THE CATASTROPHE
As Israel celebrate its 60th anniversary as a Nation State, 80percent of the Palestinian people are depended on the UN for basic food supplies.
This has become the reality of the UN created conflict in the Middle East. And instead of an event to celebrate, the anniversary should mark a time of reflection over the catastrophic decision made by the West in relation to the Palestinian people.
The state of Israel was given to the Jews by the UN, as a way of redeeming the outcome of the Second World War, when 6 million Jews were killed.
The speaker of the Israeli Parliament, Dalia Itzik claimed: “The state of Israel is an unusual success story, a wonder by an historical standard…There are flaws and we still have things to do, but behind these flaws is a great country.”
‘Flaws’ is an understatement, and it is just a shame that the great country Itzik refers to, does not belong to them. Israel is, and always will be an occupational power. And although it is by grief we think about the massacre of the Second World War, nothing can ever justify 60 years of oppressing the Palestinian people.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a speech on Wednesday: “Our conflict has been long indeed… However, it is peace, not war we aspire to and crave.”
But how can you ever restore peace through oppression?
