<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Palestine Papers: The Ultimate Confirmation of Israeli Intentions. | Joseph&nbsp;Dana]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone aligncenter" src="https://i2.wp.com/josephdana.com/wp-content/uploads/logo.png" alt="" width="408" height="69" /></p>
<p>The cables released last night by Al Jazeera, which form the  Palestine Papers, have provided ultimate confirmation of what many on  the ground have known for some time – Israel is <a href="http://972mag.com/why-the-destruction-of-the-shepard-hotel-could-be-good-thing-for-democracy/">not interested in an equitable two state solution</a>.  Instead Israel is interested in maintaining the status quo, which  necessarily means that both Palestinian and Israeli society will be in a  permanent state of war. <a href="http://972mag.com/space-control-and-the-israeli-occupation/">Control of the Palestinian population in the West Bank</a> and the separation of the West Bank from Gaza is the form of the  Israeli-imposed one state solution. Crippling land annexation in the  form of settlement expansion and development of Israeli infrastructure  permanently change the facts on the ground while the United States, the  main broker in the region, remains deftly silent. This continues while  Israel informs the world that there is no Palestinian partner for  negotiations and refuses to even provide documents detailing the Israeli  bottom line.</p>
<p>This is not a new story, it has been happening for years. We now have  ultimate confirmation that this is what was happening behind closed  doors. However, I am left with a lingering and specific question  regarding the United States. During negotiations regarding Jerusalem,  the Palestinian Authority was ready to give up part of the contentious  East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Israel simply rejected the  offer and began moving settlers into Palestinians homes in the  neighborhood. Apparently the Israeli rationale was that the Palestinians  were ready to give it up, might as well move settlers in, create facts  on the ground and force them to ‘give up’ different territory. A simple  land grab. What is striking is that the United States monitored this  entire process. American officials were aware of the Palestinian offer  and then watched in relative silence while Israel created a new  settlement. Hilliary Clinton did deplore the actions of Israel in Sheikh  Jarrah but the language was more tempered than that of the Europeans  who literally watched the take over from their consulates in the  neighborhood.</p>
<p>We are left with a number of revelations that are not surprising or  new. Israel is not interested in an equitable two state solution,  preferring a one state in which the Palestinians are controlled <a href="http://972mag.com/democratic-for-jews-jewish-for-everyone-else/">without democratic recourse</a>.  The Palestinian Authority is an effective instrument of Israeli  occupation which is not representative of Palestinians. Finally, the  United States is a dishonest broker who is acting like Israel’s lawyer  and main supplier of aid. Again nothing new, now we just have concrete  proof. These documents do not represent the death of the two state  solution, they show that it never really began.</p>
<p><a href="http://josephdana.com/2011/01/the-palestine-papers-the-ultimate-confirmation-of-israeli-intentions/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-palestine-papers-the-ultimate-confirmation-of-israeli-intentions">The Palestine Papers: The Ultimate Confirmation of Israeli Intentions. | Joseph Dana</a>.</p>
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