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Saturday, April 08, 2006
Radical Proposal to Resolve the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict? By GREG MYRE An Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip killed six people and wounded about a dozen, Palestinian security officials and medical workers said. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/world/middleeast/08mideast.html?th&emc=th .................. U.S. and Europe Halt Aid to Palestinian Government BY STEVEN R. WEISMAN and CRAIG S. SMITH However, the U.S. and the European Union said that aid would flow to Palestinians through the United Nations and other independent organizations. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/world/middleeast/08hamas.html?th&emc=th .................. 05 Apr. 06 B'Tselem to the IDF: Make open-fire regulations public B'Tselem today urged the IDF to publicize immediately the open-fire regulations given to soldiers in the Occupied Territories. The request comes after an IDF report that confirms the on-going critique of human rights organizations that the regulations are unclear to soldiers. Since the beginning of the intifada, the IDF has refused to publish the open-fire regulations, which are provided to soldiers orally, and not in writing. The ambiguity surrounding the regulations enables the military high command to evade its responsibility for civilian deaths. >From September 2000, IDF soldiers have killed at least 1,816 Palestinians who were not participating in the fighting, 593 of whom were minors. ......................... Lest we forget -- during the Carter years peace was achieved between Israel and Egypt with the sweetener of generous U.S. subsidies each year to both of them -- now having resulted in effect in our subsidizing the IDF and the settlement extensions across the Green Line. Rather than cutting back funding for the elected (Hamas) government of the Palestinians, here is a ripe opportunity to use comparable subsidies to achieve a truce between these long warring peoples. Continuance of such subsidies would depend on the ending off of tit for tat. Needless to say the Bush administration is most likely too distracted otherwise in defending its messes created here and abroad to launch such an effort. But perhaps those of us in positions to do so should push such a move? Responses? -- "A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy) -- Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeaceEfforts http://BlogByEdKent.blogspot.com/ http://www.bloggernews.net Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Ed Kent at 10:13 AM |
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