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From Magic City Morning Star R.P. BenDedek
I recently wrote an article entitled: "People of Palestine Arise! Wake Up!" in which I set forth some points that indicate that the People of Palestine have been suffering for the last 60 years, simply because it suits the political agenda of their leadership. I was in the process of posting to my website when I received a formal request from a Muslim Website for permission to reprint some of my articles. It was a courtesy request, because in fact, such Permission is actually granted at the bottom of my articles. I immediately granted permission and provided the link to the newest article. The webmaster wrote back immediately telling me that he liked the new article. As I said, the article maintains that the Palestinian Peoples suffer because it is in the political interests of their leadership, and after stating so, I called upon the People of Palestine to 'demand' that their leaders provide real peace and security, instead of finding more and more reasons to continue the bloodshed. So I did not react well when I saw a report from Associated Press in which Condoleezza Rice is alleged to have said that Palestinians deserve to live better than they do and be free of the humiliation of occupation in a state of their own. On the surface, M/s Rice's words appear noteworthy, don't they? But in fact, the words she used have a specific meaning in the Arab World. The land that Israel 'illegally occupies', is in fact, all that land within the State of Israel. To the Muslim world, 'the humiliation of occupation' refers to the presence of Israel as a state. The literal translation of Condoleezza Rice's words mean that the people of Palestine deserve to be rid of the humiliating presence of the Zionist State. The language she used, was a Politically Correct Lie to appease the Arab world. The statement speaks two different messages. One to the Western World and quite another to the Muslim world. Mel Gibson recently said that his alleged anti-Jewish statements were "just the stupid rambling of a drunkard". Well we hardly needed a media announcement to realise that. But what is Condoleezza Rice's excuse. One assumes that she was sober at the time she uttered her words. I found her statements astounding, not the least reason for which, is that given her position, she of all people should know, that the first reason why the Palestinians have no country, is that they refused the opportunity in 1948. She should also know that the 'occupation' that exists today is the direct result of failed Arab attempts to destroy Israel. But what is really incredible, is her apparent ignorance of the number of times that it has been the Palestinian Leadership who have refused Statehood and a return to pre 1967 borders, for no other reason, than that it would have meant recognising Israel and renouncing violence. And if all of this is not enough to demonstrate that M/s Rice appears to be in a rambling drunken Stupor, she then went on to announce that the Palestinian moderates are coming to the fore. How so? Despite the recent claims that the Palestinian leadership are ready to recognise Israel, it has been categorically stated in the Arab press, that this recognition is not of Israel's legitimate statehood, but merely of the members of the Knesset with whom the Palestinian leadership must deal. It is a recognition of Governmental counterparts, with an offer of a prolonged period of peace. What does this mean if not that war lays ahead for the Palestinian People. More casualties, more deaths, and more suffering. At anytime since 1948, the Palestinian people could have had statehood and peace. The only thing that prevented it, was the refusal of their leadership to live in peace beside Israel. Let me re-state what I have said before: No one knows, understands or cares about what the people of Palestine go through, more than the Israelis. The Israelis daily fear for their lives from an insatiable bloodlusting political agenda. The Israelis want peace with their neighbours, but the masters of their neighbours household will have none of it. It's time that the Palestinian people were granted Peace from their Leadership. It's time people like Condoleezza Rice stopped pretending to be sober individuals. Mel Gibson at least had an excuse for his irrational statements. What is Condoleezza Rice's excuse? There are some Rice that I definitely do not like, but there is only one that I can't digest. The Condoleezza Variety! R.P.BenDedek Email: rpbendedek@hotmail.com People of Palestine Arise! Wake Up!
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