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March 18, 2008
Step by Step
inch by inch, we move closer to the Day of Reckoning:
The Palestinian Authority is planning to mark Israel's 60th anniversary by calling on all Palestinians living abroad to converge on Israel by land, sea and air.
The plan, drawn by Ziad Abu Ein, a senior Fatah operative and Deputy Minister for Prisoners' Affairs in the Palestinian Authority, states that the Palestinians have decided to implement United Nations Resolution 194 regarding the refugees.
Article 11 of the resolution, which was passed in December 1948, says that "refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible."
The initiative is the first of its kind and is clearly aimed at embarrassing Israel during the anniversary celebrations by highlighting the issue of the "right of return" for the refugees.
Entitled "The Initiative of Return and Coexistence," the plan suggests that the PA has abandoned a two-state solution in favor of one state where all Arabs and Jews would live together.
"The Palestinians, backed by all those who believe in peace, coexistence, human rights and the UN resolutions, shall recruit all their energies and efforts to return to their homeland and live with the Jews in peace and security," the plan says.
"Fulfilling the right of return is a human, moral and legal will that can't be denied by the Jews or the international community. On the [60th] anniversary of the great suffering, the Palestinian people are determined to end this injustice."
Abu Ein's initiative, which has won the backing of many PA leaders in Ramallah, calls on all Israelis to welcome the Palestinians "who will be returning to live together with them in the land of peace."
The plan calls on the refugees to return to Israel on May 14, 2008 with their suitcases and tents so that they could settle in their former villages and towns. The refugees are also requested to carry UN flags upon their return and to be equipped with their UNRWA-issued ID cards.
I've discussed such a scenario many times in private conversations over the years. The question troubled me, what could Israel do if the palestinians sent their women and children marching into Israel? How could Israel stop it? How could Israel protect itself? The only answer would be by force and while that's just fine with me, it could be somewhat troublesome in the eyes of the rest of the world. Could Israel use overwhelming force against the invaders and still exist afterwards?
The question troubled me, but I have never written about it, after all, this is the internet and there's no sense in giving anyone ideas.
Now we have this "Initiative," which is not designed to embarrass Israel, oh no. It is designed to destroy Israel as a Jewish State, to kill the Jews and to overrun and overtake the land. There can be no coexistence with the palestinians, how can there be, when among the palestinian young, ages 18 -25, an overwhelming number - between 84% - 93% -- deny Israel's right to exist. How can there be, when overall, 75% of palestinians deny Israel's right to exist.
And now, the invaders are coming, with their suitcases and their tents, their bomb belts and their guns and their knives and their sticks and their stones. They are coming to kill the Jews and they will put their women and children on the front lines, and try to overrun the checkpoints. Hezbollah and Hamas will likely attack at the same time, and engage the IDF. If the arabs kill a few arabs, so what? They will blame the deaths on Israel, as they have before.
What will happen?
In the end, it will be Israel's citizens who decide what will happen.
I know what those on the right will do, and I support them in the fight to keep their land, to keep Israel a Jewish State. But I wonder, what will the leftists do, those who want to give the country to the arabs to make peace. Will they give up their homes and their lives to the invaders, or will they fight for life and for Eretz Yisrael?
If this really happens, it could be the final Day of Reckoning. May 14, 2008.
Isaiah 31:4 For thus saith the LORD unto me: Like as the lion, or the young lion, growling over his prey, though a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them; so will the LORD of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.
Isaiah 31:5 As birds hovering, so will the LORD of hosts protect Jerusalem; He will deliver it as He protecteth it, He will rescue it as He passeth over.
I believe in miracles.
Posted by LindaSoG at March 18, 2008 07:50 AM
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Good grief, visions of their filth, their tents set up, the smell of their vile Jew hating bodies makes me feel ill. I pray for strength for those on the right, those that will fight back.
And to those on the left, they can line up side by side with the Palestinians for all I care, destroy them all. They are very much part of the problem.
G-d bless those on the right, those that truly love Israel and G-d, in Israel and also here in America. The left in both countries is the enemy we need to fight till our last breath.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 18, 2008 11:08 AM
I am new to understanding the conflict. I agree with Wild Thing wholeheartedly.
Please hit the link to the article above and scroll down to "Findings". It will chill your Blood.
Thank you Linda, you force us to think and to feel.
Wollf
Posted by: Wollf at March 18, 2008 02:59 PM
Wow. Just wow.
Quoted and linked. And I think I'll say some extra prayers.
Posted by: Foxfier at March 18, 2008 04:10 PM
I was worried about just such a scenario for a while now. I was afraid that instead of sending suicide bombers they would just send women and children across the border. The Chinese actually did just that: they kept sending civilians across the Soviet border in the 1970s. Only the Soviets simply mowed them down. Unfortunately the Israelis will not do that. Frankly, I don't know if I could do that.
That's scary.
Eric.
Posted by: Eric-Odessit at March 18, 2008 06:11 PM
Back in July and August of 1967 I was in the Mojave at what is now Ft. Irwin, having been sent there just after 1967 Six-Day War, wondering where is the UN in this battle. They were where they have always been, on the wrong side.
It will take Israeli resolve to stop the onslaught. Following Israel's overwhelming victory, a number of Arab groups were looking for alternatives to conventional inter-state warfare to recover territory and advance other goals. In particular, displaced Palestinian Arabs constituted a large internal population of Jordan and were supported by many Arab regimes, most notably Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Israel was repeatedly hit with cross-border attacks by Palestinian fedayeen guerrillas. Fatah had been organizing such attacks since January 1965, but received much broader support following the 1967 defeat. The cross border attack continued until September 1970 in what is known as the Black September in Arab history and sometimes is referred to as the "era of regrettable events."
It was a month when Hashemite King Hussein of Jordan moved to quash an attempt by Palestinian organizations to overthrow his monarchy. The violence resulted in the killing of 7,000 to 8,000 from both sides. Armed conflict lasted until July 1971 with the expulsion of the PLO and thousands of Palestinians to Lebanon. Omnce again the UN interdeded and saved Arafat from extinction.
Between 1922 and 1946, Trans-Jordan remained an integral part of Mandated Palestine. In 1946, it became the independent Palestinian Arab State in that area. When King Abdullah came to the Jericho Conference in December 1948, which was attended by Palestinian Arabs west of the Jordan River, he was crowned 'King of Palestine'. Abdullah, in fact, wanted to rename his country 'The Kingdom of Palestine'. King Hussein, in his memoirs, indicates clearly that Trans-Jordan was arbitrarily siphoned off from the rest of Mandated Palestine. Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan, in the Jordanian National Assembly on 2 February 1970, stated unambiguously: "Palestine is Jordan and Jordan is Palestine. The nation is one and the land is one." There is no Palestine!!!
Posted by: Jack at March 18, 2008 08:21 PM
Jack, Absolutely. There is no "Palestine". In that one respect, the Jordanian was correct.
There is Israel, and as Her fortunes fall, so does the rest of the Free and Civil World.
Wollf
Posted by: Wollf at March 19, 2008 01:41 AM
Linda, I believe in miracles too and I also believe in the promises of Gd.
Wollf, it is not a conflict, it is a war and the sooner the world accepts that one simple fact, the sooner we can begin to fight the enemy in earnest.
Jack, that is an excellent history lesson. thank you.
Posted by: Chana at March 19, 2008 07:37 PM
Chana......*smacked*...and rightly so. I have spent my life concerned with "tangos" and Mine, and me......
I have learned and am still learning about "Ours".
The Civilised and Good People of this Planet.
It's War.....got it.
Wollf
Posted by: Wollf at March 19, 2008 10:38 PM