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Palestine in the Crossroads: The Middle Eastern Neo-Colonial Realignment AUTHOR: COMITÉ DE SOLIDARIDAD CON LA CAUSA ÁRABE Conclusions of Madrid Complutense University's Summer Course at The Escorial (Madrid, Spain) Translated by Carlos Sanchis. Revised by Mary Rizzo. 29 July, 2007
From the different interventions made during the Course, the conclusion has been reached that the end of the Occupation should be considered the central element to glimpse a path toward a fair peace in the area. All the Plans, Roadmaps, Conferences, etc. that don't start from this principle and don't try to revert the situation by applying international law, will only lead to further failure. The Occupation is part of a meticulously planned Israeli strategy and it presents different forms and methods: annexation of territories, expulsion of millions of Palestinian refugees, locking the population in authentic ghettoes that make the land they live on nonviable as its own state, the appropriation of natural resources such as water, etc. This situation has been increased after the Conference of Madrid and the Agreements of Oslo, which had taken place under international tutelage. New colonies have been created in the West Bank, there is an acceleration of the Judaising of Jerusalem, the building of the Wall has been carried out, permitting it to reach 850 Km and accomplishing the isolation or confinement of more than 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza open-air prison. None of these accomplished facts have been criticized nor sanctioned internationally. Taking as base the international law of which Israel cannot remain at the margin, in this Course imparted from 16 to 20 of July and organised by associations belonging to the Solidarity Net Against the Occupation of Palestine [1], the following conclusions were reached: - The necessity to work in awareness and information activities highlighting that it is the Occupation the element that determines the impossibility that a fair peace can exist in the area and prohibits coexistence among its inhabitants. - The imperious moral obligation of avoiding more suffering. For that, it is necessary to mobilise the public opinion so the governments revise their positions which are regrettably suitable to the colonial politics and apartheid that Israel imposes. - That International Law and the media can be instruments that facilitate the change of political will that passes over the partial or accomplice words from our governments to ones that will put pressure on Israel against actions that contribute to the maintenance of the Occupation, until the execution of International Legality will be achieved. Among the measures that have been appointed are: Suspension of the Association Agreement between Israel and the European Union Not to carry out military exchanges with Israel Not to finance infrastructures associated with the Wall and furthering of the Apartheid. Note [1] Hispanic Palestinian Association Jerusalén, Association Peace with Dignity, Committee of Solidarity with the Arab Cause and Sodepaz.
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The recent events in Palestine cannot be explained without
keeping in mind the Occupation, Israeli politics and the Western
governments' consent or indifference. The drama of the
confrontations between Palestinians comes from the effects of an
implacable Occupation that subjects and punishes the Palestinian
population. The seizure decreed by the Quartet has punished the
victims and supports the Israeli aggressor defying international
legality in every way.