Sharon's Grand Plan?

R rhisiart at earthlink.net
Fri Jun 28 19:13:00 PDT 2002


Sharon's grand plan? WL 327

Arial Sharon came to power in Israel on a promise of securing the

lives and property of Israelis. His year in office has coincided with

some of the worst violence since the expulsion of the Palestinians in

1948. It has provoked the new tactic of suicide bombing, to which the

Israeli army has not found an answer, nor seems likely to do. At the

same time the Israeli spokesmen reiterate tirelessly the obvioulsy

nonsensical statement that the military actions are taken to protect

Israeli civilians.

Whatever else the Israeli prime minister is - war criminal, thug,

schemer or arch-villain - he is no fool. Thus he must well know that

the strategy of occupying Arab territory in order to worst his Palesinian

enemies is likely to have unforeseen consequences and possibly adverse

results. His invasions of Lebanon in the 1980's were spectacularly

unsuccessful in ridding the Israelis of the threats of terror attacks.

Not until the Israeli army was forced to withdraw did things return to

the usual state of muted hostility.

So one must ask, what is the motive behind the series of military

incursions into the Palestinian territory on the West Bank if it is

clearly not for the stated purpose of defending Israel against attack?

It provokes more terrorist action - indeed, since it is itself essentially

designed to strike terror in the Palestinian population and break their

resistance, it might almost be planned to do just that. The result of

the Palestinians suicidal resistance, moreover, is to increase the U.S.

government's support for Israel and for Sharon, which suits him very

well.

The latest result of these actions and reactions has been for George

Dubya to announce the end of the Palestinian right to choose their own

leaders. The arrogant ultimatum for them to use new elections in order

to replace Yasser Arafat and members of his Authority is a crowning

success for Sharon's policy. Then his practice of scattering Jewish

settlements across the West Bank in defiance of international law and the

signed agreements is also showing more success. 40% of the West Bank

is all that will be left to the "reformed" Palestinian Authority and it will be

criss-crossed by military roads and dominated by Israeli army strong-points.

This form of apartheid that has been perfected over the years since

1969 is to be sanctified by American support and international agreement

and if, as is inevitable, the Palestinians refuse to accept it, their

leaders will be deported, first to the vast prison known as the Gaza

Strip and probably after an interval, the remainder will be tipped into

Jordan, always seen as the Palestinian state by Sharon and other

Israeli fascists. Long ago the Jews expelled the Canaanites from the

land of Israel on the bidding of Jehovah and some of the Jewish fanatics

since 1948 have always believed that it was necessary to repeat the

process.

Presumably Sharon, being no fool, is quite able to see the future

eventuality of such an outcome. He may even have planned it. Or he may

simpl leave it to the God of the Jews to ensure that, in the long run,

all will come to pass. But in the world in which we live, he can only

rely on the strong backing of the United States paying the military and

other costs; the acquiescence of the world at large; and the passive

acceptance by 100 million Arabs. And who knows, the worms may yet turn. ...

John Roberts 6/02

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