How I came to live in Islamabad Creek:
But I don’t want to get ahead of myself, so allow me to
digress. The history of both Jews and Palestinians in the region known as
Palestine is complex and spans thousands of years. Jews have a long history in
the region, with the Jewish presence dating back to ancient Biblical times. The
Jewish inhabitants of the Palestine region prior to the establishment of the
State of Israel in 1948 were often referred to as Palestinian Jews. The Jewish
community in Palestine was not exclusively of Iberian origins and included
substantial Yiddish speaking communities who had established themselves in
Palestine centuries earlier.
The Palestinian people, who are primarily Arabic-speaking,
also have deep roots in the region. The revolt in 1834 of the Arabs in
Palestine is considered the first formative event of the Palestinian people
which certainly does not precede its Jewish inhabitants. During the Ottoman
occupation of Palestine between 1834–1917, Palestine's Arab population mostly
saw themselves as subjects of the Ottoman empire, so who are the real
post-colonialists?
It's also important to note that the region has been
influenced by many different cultures and peoples over the centuries, which include
Canaanites, Philistines, Ancient Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians,
Ancient Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, early Muslims, Crusaders, Late Muslims,
Ottomans, and the British, among others.
In terms of continuous presence, it's challenging to
determine which portion of the Palestinian and Jewish population has been in
the region longer as both groups have ancient ties to the land and have
experienced periods of exile and return. Nevertheless, the modern political
entities of Israel and the Palestinian Territories were established in the 20th
century.
How did Hamas come to power in Gaza?
Hamas was elected in the Palestinian territories in 2006.
The election saw a political split between the secular Fatah (a branch of the
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) that dominated the PLO since the 1967
Arab-Israeli War, and the Islamist Hamas which was formed in 1987 as an
offshoot of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.
Hamas won a bare plurality of votes (44 percent to the more
moderate Fatah party’s 41 percent) but, given their electoral system, held a
strong majority of seats (74 to 45). Yet neither party was keen on sharing
power. Fighting then broke out between Fatah and Hamas. When a unity government
was finally formed in June 2007, Hamas broke the deal, when it started
murdering Fatah members, and, in the end, took total control of the Gaza Strip.
Yet signs here in Ottawa are calling for Canadians to stand
with Palestine to end the genocide when the Palestinians themselves elected
Hamas and murder one another with impunity even as Hamas hides behind Palestinian
women and children. There have been reports of pro-Palestinian protests planned
for November 11, 2023 Remembrance Day. However, these reports pertain to the
United Kingdom but given the fact my local grocery store’s parking lot are rife
with signage full of disinformation is telling us that there will likely be
trouble here as well.
Those who weren’t killed in the struggle between Hamas and
Fatah fled to the West Bank, and the territories have remained split ever
since. In other words, Hamas’ absolute rule of Gaza is not what the
Palestinians voted for back in 2006. It's also important to note that the last
election in Gaza occurred around 17 years ago, in 2006. It was misleading to
conflate that electoral outcome with the views of people in the region today although
I have serious doubts as to why Palestinian immigrants in Canada are screaming
outrage on their behalf of Hamas while echoing their anti-Semitic sentiments. Nevertheless, as of 2021, Ismail Haniya has
been re-elected as leader of the Palestinian group Hamas.
History of the failure of the two-state
solution:
The concept of a two-state solution to the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which would establish an independent Palestinian
state alongside the existing state of Israel, has been proposed and discussed
numerous times over the years. Here are some key instances:
1. **1947 UN Partition Plan**: The United Nations proposed
a partition plan in 1947 that would have divided the British Mandate of
Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. However, this plan was accepted
by Jewish leaders but rejected by the Palestinian Arab leadership and the
surrounding Arab states.
2. **Oslo Accords (1993-1995)**: The Oslo Accords, signed
between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), marked the
first time both parties officially recognized each other. The Accords set a
framework for future negotiations and envisioned a two-state solution, but did
not establish a Palestinian state.
3. **Camp David Summit (2000)**: U.S. President Bill
Clinton hosted a summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO
Chairman Yasser Arafat. Barak offered a plan for a Palestinian state, but the
summit ended without an agreement.
4. **Annapolis Conference (2007)**: U.S. President George
W. Bush hosted a conference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The conference aimed to produce a
two-state solution by the end of 2008, but it did not result in a final
agreement.
5. **U.S. Proposals (2020)**: The U.S. administration under
President Donald Trump proposed a peace plan that envisioned a demilitarized
Palestinian state with limited sovereignty, but this plan was rejected by the
Palestinians.
It's important to note that while these offers were made,
agreement on the details of a two-state solution, including borders, the status
of Jerusalem, security arrangements, and the right of return for Palestinian
refugees, has not been reached since Hamas has sworn to murder every Jew and
destroy the nation state of Israel which is the only functional liberal
democracy in the Middle East. The two-state solution remains a major topic of
discussion in ongoing peace efforts but obviously cannot address the murderous
genocidal intents of Hamas and its followers since the only acceptable solution
to them is death to the Jews.
Reasons the two-state solution has failed:
So, we can see the reason that there is no definitive
answer as to why Palestinians rejected the two-state solution, as different
Palestinian factions and leaders may have different reasons and perspectives.
However, some possible factors are:
- Historical grievances: Some Palestinians may see the
two-state solution as a betrayal of their historical rights and claims to the
entire land of Palestine, which they believe was unjustly partitioned by the UN
in 1947. They may also resent the displacement and dispossession of millions of
Palestinian refugees during the 1948 and 1967 wars, and demand their right of
return to their original homes inside Israel.
- Political distrust: Some Palestinians may distrust the
sincerity and goodwill of Israel and the US in pursuing a genuine and fair
two-state solution, especially after decades of failed negotiations, broken
promises, and continued Israeli occupation and settlement expansion in the West
Bank and East Jerusalem. They may also doubt the viability and sovereignty of a
Palestinian state that would be fragmented, demilitarized, and dependent on
Israel for security and economic cooperation.
- Ideological resistance: Some Palestinians may adhere to a
nationalist or Islamist ideology that rejects any recognition or compromise
with Israel, and views armed struggle as the only legitimate and effective way
to liberate Palestine. They may also oppose any normalization or peace with
Israel by other Arab states, and seek to rally regional and international
support for their cause.
- Internal division: Some Palestinians may be influenced by
the internal rivalry and conflict between the two main Palestinian factions,
Fatah and Hamas, which have different visions and strategies for the
Palestinian national movement. Fatah, which controls the Palestinian Authority
(PA) in the West Bank, has officially endorsed the two-state solution and
engaged in negotiations with Israel, but has faced criticism and challenges
from Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip and rejects the two-state solution and
the PA's legitimacy.
From Post Media:
It is not apartheid: A quick debunking of the
most obvious lies about the State of Israel
For decades, the pro-Palestinian cause has
assailed the Jewish state with basically any falsehood that would stick – and a
lot of it has
Author of the article:Tristin Hopper Published
Nov 04, 2023
For decades, the pro-Palestinian cause has assailed
the Jewish state with basically anything that would stick – and a lot of it
has. In academic and left-wing corridors across Canada and the West, it is now
commonplace for Israel to be cited alongside terms such as “colonial violence,”
“apartheid” and even “genocide.” But just because these terms are ubiquitous at
universities, that doesn’t mean they’re true. Below, a quick guide to the most
obvious lies about the State of Israel.
Israel is not, under any circumstances, an
outpost of “settler colonialism”
On the semi-frequent occasion that Western
academics have openly praised the Oct. 7 massacres, the gist is usually that
they see it as an act of “decolonization.” Israel is a Middle Eastern “settler
colony,” they argue, and thus deserves whatever “anti-colonial” violence it
receives.
Setting aside the fact that most of these
academics are non-Indigenous residents of countries that are actual former
settler colonies (such as Canada or the United States), the basic accusation
doesn’t make sense in the Israeli context. Jews are not indigenous to Poland or
Brooklyn; and the recent explosion in new genetic technologies has only
confirmed that Jews have origins in the Middle East stretching all the way back
to Neolithic times. What’s more, there has been a permanent Jewish presence in
the area since then, even if it was only a few thousand years prior to the
start of the modern-day Zionist movement. And most Israelis are not descended
from European Jews; they are primarily descended from North African and Middle
Eastern Jewish communities that were forcibly expelled in the wake of the 1948
Arab-Israeli war.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem has been a
major focus of Hamas; it’s on their official logo and they even named the Oct
7. massacres after it (Operation Al-Aqsa Flood). The mosque is built atop the
Temple Mount, former site of the Temple of Jerusalem, which until its
destruction by the Romans in the year 70 was Judaism’s primary focal point.
So, if Israel is a settler colony, it’s notable
as the only one where the settlers just happen to be colonizing an area where
their direct ancestors built and maintained sprawling places of worship more
than 2,000 years prior — which were then destroyed and built upon by the
region’s supposed indigenous people.
And from :Hamas
invaded Israel to murder Jews, not for Palestinian statehood “–
opinion by JULIUS MEINL @ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/hamas-invaded-israel-to-murder-jews-not-for-palestinian-statehood-opinion/ar-AA1ilCQE
“Our struggle against the Jews is very great
and very serious.”
“When they will have digested the region they
overtook, they will aspire to further expansion, and so on. Their plan is
embodied in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and their present conduct is
the best proof of what we are saying.”
“With their money, they took control of the
world media... With their money, they stirred revolutions in various parts of
the globe... They stood behind the French Revolution, the Communist Revolution,
and most of the revolutions we hear about... With their money, they formed
secret organizations – such as the Freemasons, Rotary Clubs, and the Lions –
which are spreading around the world, in order to destroy societies.”
You wouldn’t be surprised to find out that the
quotes above are from Adolf Hitler, the man responsible for the worst crimes
against the Jewish people in history. They are built around the same
antisemitism, they use the same conspiracy theories, and they drip with the
same hate.
But those words weren’t spoken by Hitler,
although they could easily have been. Those quotes come from Hamas’s charter.
They were written by the same terrorist organization that carried out the
October 7 massacre in Israel.
That brutal massacre was an act of
antisemitism. It was driven by a hatred of the Jewish people, a hatred of the
Jewish state, and a hatred of Jews.
In summation, my final thoughts:
Make no mistake, Canada has imported its own ruin by
bringing in the very thing that Justin Trudeau so often declares that he abhors.
Only someone as addled by their own ideological possession as Justin Trudeau
could have possibly imported unvetted immigrants who bring with them the very
thing his government claims to hate, namely racism. Ten of thousands of radical
Islamist immigrants are filling our streets with protests calling for an end to
Israel while celebrating the murder of innocents. At the same time, they claim
that they are not genocidal maniacs who delight in murdering innocents but
rather the Jews are. The very same people who have rejected a two-state
solution to the Palestinian issue while supporting Hamas, which is a terrorist
death cult that hides behind Palestinian women and children, are also causing
renewed Anti-Semitism in Canada. And what is Trudeau's response? For him to
call for combatting Islamophobia as Islamists call for death to the Jews.
So as Remembrance Day approaches:
There was a time when we had no doubts about who we are and
what we stand for, moreover neither were we confused as to who are allies were in
the fight for liberty. The history of Canada during World War II begins with
the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. While the Canadian Armed
Forces were eventually active in nearly every theatre of war, most combat was
centred in Italy, Northwestern Europe and the North Atlantic. In all, some 1.1
million Canadians served in the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal
Canadian Air Force, out of a population that as of the 1941 Census had
11,506,655 people, and in forces across the empire, with approximately 42,000
killed and another 55,000 wounded.
Let me be absolutely clear about this, no Canadian today ought
to be in the least doubt that Israel has the legal right, authority and
obligation to defend itself against the antisemitic neo-Nazis in Hamas who
murder their own with impunity, hide behind their own women and children,
behead and burn babies alive in ovens, kidnap and murder the elderly, cry death
to the Jews in the worst act of holocaustic genocide since WWII only to have
the gall to decry Israel for defending its existential right to exist.
I will be there on Remembrance Day and God help any and all
who attempt to disrupt the necessary, righteous, and holy act of remembering our
fallen!
Canada writ large has become something I not longer can
recognize, just like my own neighbourhood, Islamabad Creek, a pro-Palestinian
Jihadist sympathising shithole!
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