http://popular-resistance.blogspot.com/2013/11/geopolitical-shifts.html
(below the commentary are TWO KEY ACTIONS to support for November 30
and December 5-6)
We are in the middle of major, some say tectonic, changes. We see
realignments going left and right that will change the geopolitical
reality in Western Asia (the Euro term is “Middle East”) and even
beyond. Hamas abandoned Syria/ Hizbollah/Iran/Russia (SHIR) axis some
two years ago and tried to accommodate the Zionist/US/Gulf monarchies
(ZUG) axis. It is now trying to shift back (but Iran does not seem in
a Rush to accept the Hamas overtures). Declassified 1970s documents
showed that Fatah leaders o the ZUG axis nearly 30 years ago though
Arafat kept his options open and was killed for his “noncommittal”.
Mahmoud Abbas interviews with Israeli and Egyptian TV tried to assure
his commitments to this disastrous course that has strengthened
Zionism and weakened the Palestinian struggle.
After the Iran deal with the 5+1 countries on its nuclear program,
Iran is moving confidently to forge even stronger alliances with
Turkey, Russia, and China while also assuring gulf monarchies that
Iran has no intention to harm Arab countries interests. The only
constant Iran emphasizes is that it is not going to normalize with the
Apartheid state of Israel. At one thinks almost in the same level as
the US government is committed to defend the apartheid state of
Israel. But then I saw evidence (from public discourse, private
conversations, leaked documents etc) that the US itself maybe in the
process of rethinking its self-destructive subservience to Zionist
lobbies.
Perhaps that explains the Iran agreement and now the agreement to go
to an International conference in January on Syria (which clearly is
not making Israel happy). Turkey (a major country ) has also
reevaluated its direct support for the fighting against the Syrian
government. As the Syrian government with help from Hizbollah is
cutting off armed supplies from Lebanon, now the only remaining
support is via the monarchies and through Jordan-Syria border but even
here signs of hesitation is coming. Jordan and the gulf monarchies
are beginning to feel that there will not be a PAX Americana made in
Tel Aviv imposed in the Middle East. Hence the importance of the
tentative dance between gulf monarchies and Iran and Russia and
Turkey. Perhaps the US administration will indeed move in to the idea
of multilateralism and a bit away from Zionism. These trends are
worth studying and analyzing especially by Palestinians. Is there any
sign to suggest that Mahmoud Abbas and the self contained Ramallah
bubble around him is about to get connected to the changing reality?
Time will tell soon if this too will change (hopefully with people
pressure). There si a movement now of Palestinian intellectuals and
activists to demand such real and significant change away from the
disastrous path that has gone on now for three decades (since 1974).
Those interested, please email me.
November 30 is an international day of action against the "Prawer
Plan" a plan to ethnically cleanse nearly 40,000 Palestinian Bedouins
of the Naqab/Negev in an attempt to Judaicize the area. Please act and
publicize in your city. The central rally for Day of Rage will be
held Saturday, 30th of November at 3:30 pm at the Hura Junction on
Route 31 in the Naqab (map at http://goo.gl/maps/OwcLj).
http://www.bdsmovement.net/2013/stop-prawer-plan-nov-30-11385
https://www.facebook.com/prawershallnotpass
http://abirkopty.wordpress.com/2013/11/24/schedule-of-actions-worldwide-to-stop-prawer-on-
nov-30th-day-of-rage/
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/aicafe/7493-aicafe-30-november
Critical conference: Since Israel will not come to Helsinki conference
on eliminating WMD in the Middle East, we bring it to Israel. “For a
Middle East Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass
Destruction”. conference in Haifa, December 5-6, 2013. More details
here:
http://paxchristiusa.org/category/middle-east/
http://www.abolition2000.org/?p=3080
Zionist lobby suffers major defeat in France: BDS activists vindicated
in French courts
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/boycott-activists-beat-israel-lobby-frenc
h-high-court
Oslo’s roots: Kissinger, the PLO and the Peace Process
http://al-shabaka.org/sites/default/files/Khalil_PolicyBrief_En_Sep_2013.pdf
What's behind Israel's biggest economic boom? The occupation. By Dr. Assaf Oron
The period of Israel’s history that by far saw the largest economic
growth, more than any other, was the six years following the Six Day
War. And what agricultural, industrial, or hi-tech breakthroughs took
place around 1967-1973? None worthy of mention. More than any other
single factor, it was the establishment of the Occupation-Settlement
Enterprise.
http://972mag.com/whats-behind-israels-biggest-economic-boom-the-occupation/81038/
Palestinians set animal traps to protect lands from settler raids
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=647797
What is Normalization?
….political, cultural and economic tool that allows Israel to dispense
with the historical causes of the conflict and make its resulting
realities seemingly banal. The most dangerous dimension of
normalization policies is that Israel presents them as peace deals in
themselves
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/politics/opinions/7381-what-is-normalizat
ion
At Tuwani- On the afternoon of October 17, Palestinians discovered 106
olive trees destroyed alongside Bypass Road 317, in a field located
between the Israeli outposts of Avigayil and Mitzpe Yair, in the South
Hebron Hills. Pictures at http://snipurl.com/2875x2p
From the camera of an occupation/apartheid soldiers operating in the
middle of Bethlehem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7jN0iCVEtQ#t=21
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