Israel- Expansionism even as Joe Biden arrives to negotiate a settlement between Israel and the bele

galway | crime and justice | opinion/analysis Friday March 12, 2010 11:45 by donkylemore - self

..imbalance of power in Middle East - a drastic solution

The UN mandate 424 demands that Israel return to it's pre '67 borders.
She has refused to do so in 40 years.
Israel 's hegemony in the region is manifest in her military and social expansionist policies .
She ignores the rest of the world , perpetrates whatever atrocities she chooses with impunity. When criticized by the Goldstein report she attacked Goldstein , then attacken the UN for having the timerity to criticize her invasion of Lebanon and killing of over 1400 civilians.
There is one bizarre and paradoxical for a recalibrating the balance of power in the Middle East....

Even as Joe Biden's plane were touching down this week the caterpillar tracks of the bulldozers were already crunching their way into the heart of Palestinian Jerusalem in another vicious land grab from their poorer neighbor . More settlements go up in the ancient city as Mr Obama's highest serving officer comes to negotiate a deal between Israel and Palestine .
The avuncular Mr Mitchell has endured derision and scorn during his tenure thus far in the Middle East chiefly at the hands of Israel. Initially all seemed to auger well for some movement towards a resolution concerning the 2 state proposal and a final settlement in Jerusalem. Ms Clinton's appearance on the scene seemed to enhance such hopes. But back home after his magnificent Cairo address , Obama seemed to shut down and lost his enthusiasm for reining in Israel or even ameliorating her hegemony in Palestine .
The building of settlements in Jerusalem not only breaches UN decree every day- it is a betrayal of the deal struck by Clinton with both sides.- remember that famous photo shot of both sides shaking hands on the White House Lawn ? Remember Arafat at the UN - ''Dont let me drop the olive branch'' he said - Kalashnikov in his other hand when he addressed the UN in the 70's
He pleaded , implored . Israel expanded their army and invaded Lebanon in a gesture to show their military supremacy in the region . The Un were sent in to ensure that Isreal return to it's pre- '67 borders . It has not done so in over 40 years .
Would such a flagrant infraction of a UN brokered mandate by any other nation on earth.?

But Mt Obama's seems to be thinking - perhaps wisely- in a parallel world. His focus would be on whether Israel is really shaping up to a nuclear strike on Iran.
If he can not stay the hand of Israel regarding a preemptive nuclear strike on Iran - Obama could introduce the MAD deterrent by giving a bomb to the Iranians - Or the Palestinians for that matter.
The world will not criticize Israel for her repeated land grabs on the Palestinians for fear of the Israelis playing the Holocaust card - and how effective a silencer that is..
It is like the Irish playing the Famine card to the Brits . Eventually you have to come up with a more potent proposal than nostalgia , while always respecting the tragedy of the atrocity.
Dialogue eventually worked in N. Ireland .

It worked because when the UVA and UVF were doing body building exercises in the Maze the IRA were studying a political approach.

And we almost have peace there at last.. of course there were IRA body builders in the Maze also and it is these factions on both sides who are responsible for the recent troubles.

But back to Messrs Obama and Biden . What will they do if anything?