What is more costly than arriving at independence is
maintaining it. Are all third world countries actually independent, or have
they merely moved from colonization to a mellow form of dependency on their
colonizers?
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Take Israel as an example. It boasts its record as the
“only” democracy in the
Middle East. Wow?
A tall claim like this needs to be substantiated with solid
evidence. The maltreatment of its Palestinian citizens shames the worst
dictatorships, let alone those who pose themselves as the “ideal haven of human
rights”. Not only that, but Israel also celebrates what they call their
“independence day”?
Independence of whom and from what? Until May 15, 1948,
there was no Israel and there was no occupier of an Israeli entity. The Jews
population was part of the demography of Palestine. Actually, they were the
beneficiaries of British colonial power. So, this misnomer of “independence”
defies the historical facts, and it proves that Jordan, in comparison, is a
country whose “real independence” preceded that of Israel by two years.
As far as the West Bank is concerned, it is an occupied
territory by a foreign state, and according to international law and in conformity
with human rights, Israel’s occupation forces must leave and the Palestinians
who are under Israeli occupation must be freed and awarded their well-deserved
independence.
The American diplomatic efforts spearheaded by the new
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is trying to restore the situation back to
the status quo prior to the Trump interregnum. Should Blinken and team succeed
in doing that, it would bring Arabs, both normalizers and non- normalizers,
back to the negotiation arena without hesitation.
Yet, the Blinken process is creating its own impediments
along the way.
The allocation of $360 million by the US administration as
an extra aid to the Palestinian people is conditioned by the proviso that any
intervention by Hamas is refused. Why would Hamas willingly fall into this
Catch-22? It will not work, and the people of Gaza will not trade Hamas for few
million dollars. This aid package is not meant to be.
Sympathetic American media coverage focuses on Gazans who
lost dear ones and homes, and who in a moment of somber sorrow may ask for
help. I wish the media correspondents there (Ben Wedeman and Arawa Damon) would
ask those grieving children if they would accept aid at the expense of their
war heroes?
To replenish Israel’s arsenal after its 11-day aggression on
Gaza is nothing more than a humorous oxymoron. If we are to derive any
conclusions from this situation, we can deduce that Israel, which is full of
claims that it can defend itself, is actually more vulnerable than their
antagonists in Gaza.
Netanyahu who called on Europeans and Westerners to stand by
Israel because it is an advanced outpost defending their interests is nothing
but an admission of dependence.
Jordan, which celebrated its 75th Independence Day on May
25, is by far more independent than Israel despite all the latter’s claims to
the contrary.
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