[WCUSP] "The Annapolis Illusion" by Khalid Amayreh in Occupied East Jerusalem

[KATHARLOW at aol.com]

The Annapolis Illusion   
By By <ST1>Khalid in Occupied  in Occupied <ST 
<ST1>21 November, 
“The mountain went into  labor, then it gave birth to a rat ,” so says the 
famous Arab proverb. This  adage is likely to caricature the outcome of the  
upcoming  American-sponsored “peace conference,” slated to take place on 27 
November, in  upcoming , , <ST1>M. 
Forecasting the failure of the  Forecasti meeting  is more than  speculation. 
It is a realistic assessment of an event that is  not intended  to be 
successful, even if the declared desire  suggests otherwise. 
Indeed, apart from the pleasantries which are meant to create  positive 
atmospherics, Indeed and the PA have failed to  reach any modicum of agreement on 
the core issues that define the Palestinian  problem. 
A few weeks ago, PA officials were almost euphoric about the  conference. PA 
chairman Mahmoud Abbas vowed to boycott the  A few wee  meeting unless  meetin 
agreed in principle at least  to  end its occupation of the to  end , Gaza 
Strip and , Gaza Strip and, as well as accept a just settlement of the refugee 
problem  pursuant UN resolution 194. But , as w, of course, agreed  to non of 
that. 
Now, the PA will go to Now, the   without any  assurance policy, relying 
mainly on George Bush’s  “good will,” (whatever that means in real terms). 
I asked one  high-ranking PA official in  Ramallah this week how come the PA 
leadership was  going to  going to , despite the clarion fiasco of the 
protracted  meetings between Israeli and Palestinian officials.. 
Embarrassed by the question, the official said “we are going  to Embarrass to 
demonstrate to the world the justice of  our cause and the need for a just 
and durable peace in this volatile  region.” 
I reminded him that “we have been doing this for  ages  but to no avail.” 
Disquieted by the rejoinder, the  official looked rather  attentively at me, 
saying “what else  can we do, if you have some ideas, convey them to Abu Mazen?” 
There  will be several  categories of participants and attendees at  the 
Annapolis conference:  First,  the  master of disaster,  George W. Bush,  the  
Fuhrer of the White House  who has invaded, occupied and  destroyed two Muslim 
countries and killed or caused the death of over a million  innocent human 
beings under the pretext of ridding  the world  of Iraq’s weapons of mass 
destruction that turned out to be nonexistent. 
The man , who claimed that God had  told him to do what he did,  has never  
had  the moral courage to say “I made a  mistake,  Mea Kulpa.” Instead, he 
concocted all sorts of  pretexts, canards  and lies to justify his criminality 
and  evil designs. After all, criminals show no concern about their crimes. 
Which really begs the following  question:  can  the peoples of the Middle 
East in particular and humanity  in general count on one of the world’s most  
premier murderers  and liars to force Israel to make peace? Let us not forget 
that this is the man  who had described Ariel Sharon, the certified Israeli war 
criminal, as a man of  peace. 
Then there is the perpetual  murderer, liar  land thief, namely Israel, a 
state that murders school children and calls the  murder  self-defense and then 
lies about its crimes and calls  the lying hasbara and public relations, a 
state that claims to have ended  its occupation of Gaza while continuing to 
tightly control Gaza’s borders,  border crossings, territorial water, skies and the 
region’s very  lifeline. 
The  leader of this nefarious state, Ehud  Olmert,   is going to the  is 
going  conference, not to make peace and show good will  towards  confe’s victims, 
but rather  in  order to make sure that no  substantive progress  will come 
out of it.  
Olmert, a man notorious for his criminality, mendacity and  deceitfulness, 
will heavily indulge in prevarication, verbal juggling and red  herrings, but 
will shun the real issues, namely ending  the  hateful  occupation of the 
Palestinian homeland and brutality  against the Palestinian people. 
Olmert  will not even  allude to  millions of miserable Palestinian refugees  
languishing in squalid refugee camps  all over the Middle East  because a 
state calling itself  a light upon the  nations wouldn’t allow them to return to 
their homes and villages from which  they were uprooted when that state was 
born sixty years ago.   
He will not mention  <ST1>East  Jeru whose Arab Christian-Muslim identity  
successive  Israeli governments have sought  to decapitate,  humanly 
spiritually,  demographically and economically. 
And, of course, he will completely ignore the sinister  Israeli blockade of  
1.4 million Gazans who  are being tormented and starved to death because 
Zionism can’t forgive  Palestinians  for electing a political party that  for el 
doesn’t like. 
Instead of dealing honestly and seriously with the real  issues , Olmert,  
will launch a charade  about strengthening PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas  and 
encouraging “the forces of moderation and  peace”  as if the real problem in  as if 
the was the absence of moderation and peace among  Palestinians, not the 
Nazi-like Israeli occupation and oppression of  Palestinians.   
And then there is  Abbas, the  American-backed PA leader  who apparently  
thinks that now is the best time for making peace  because  <ST1><S’s conscience 
has suddenly  awaked up from its slumber   and George W.  Bush has undergone a 
graceful metamorphosis, from an evil man to a saint. 
Abbas looks really very pathetic. He had already placed all  his eggs into  
the American basket which means that he won’t  be able to say “No” to the 
Americans even when he must. 
This is why all he can do to save his Palestinian Authority,  which is 
actually devoid of any real authority, is to day-dream and implore the  werewolf of 
the White House to press Israel to demonstrate true desire for  peace. 
Day-dreaming, psychologists say, represents the highest degree of  frustration. 
But, as the famous Arab poet Zuheir said more than 1400 years  ago,   he that 
doesn’t respect himself shall not be  respected by others. Abbass should have 
himself to blame.   He  trusted  Bush and Olmert too much  to the extent that 
he has become a vanquished supplicant at their doorsteps.  He  maltreated  
his  people and did many things that should not have been done, all to please 
and  appease  Olmert and Bush, but to no avail.  
In a nutshell, beggars can’t be choosers.  
And then there will be  the usual horde of  Arab despots who are at the usu’s 
beck and call and who  always value the legitimacy that comes form  always ’s 
acceptance more than which comes from their own  masses’ acceptance.  
Most of these kings and  presidents-for-Most  are quite tired of the enduring 
 Palestinian cause and are very much  eager to sell out  whatever has 
remained of Arab honor and Arab rights, probably  including the al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’
s third holiest shrine. This inertia, this  exhaustion, can be detected in 
the tone of their voices. 
However, these tyrants would like  to see the Palestinians themselves  do it  
first  so that they would be able  to tell  their respective peoples  “look! 
we can’t  be more Palestinian than the Palestinians.”  
These are the same so-called leaders  who  are now quietly colluding with who 
 to decimate and  starve to death the people of star in  order to appease  in 
 o and obtain from it a certificate  of good conduct. 
Then there is the  European Union (EU),  whose leaders continue to curry 
favor with Europe, despite  its wicked treatment of Palestinians.  This is the 
same EU  that has proven ad nauseam that it won’t miss an opportunity  to succumb 
to Israeli and Zionist pressure, even at the price of seeing innocent  
civilians starved and killed. 
A few days ago, A few ’s Foreign  Minister Bernard Kouchner  assured  assure 
that  that  would always seek  to ensure  would’s security. You see the moral 
whoredom!  The security of ’s s, a country that  possesses  300 nuclear 
weapons, 700 state-of-the-300 nuclear weapons, 700 state-of-the-<WBR>art   several  
nuclear-fit submarines, must be protected and preserved, while the 
Palestinians  who can  hardly put food on the table for their starving  children, must be 
blockaded and punished.  
We shouldn’t forget Tony Blair, the deceitful and duplicitous  former British 
Prime Minister, who has  tons of Iraqi blood on  his dirty hands. This war 
criminal  is now trying to bribe the  Palestinians with “economic projects,” in 
the hope that this would make them  forget some of  their inalienable rights, 
including the right  of return for the refugees and their ina. 
Finally,  <ST1><ST1  will be honored to have  the comical Ban Ki-moon 
attending the  conference.  For those who don’t know, this  Ki-moon  must always  
watch his tongue very  carefully lest he  inadvertently says something Bush and  
Condoleezza Rice don’t like. 
Well, with such a great company, the Palestinians need not  worry!! Their 
cause is in honest hands.!



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