(Business with terrorists …) To President Bush Eli E. Hertz | July 17, 2007 I read with interest your remarks on the I appreciate your sincere commitment and devotion in promoting and advancing the creation of functional democracies and peace around the world - particularly your effort in the As one who devotes his time studying the Arab-Israeli conflict, and as a person of the Jewish race and religion, it became incumbent upon me to direct your attention to statements you made of which I found offending. Statements perceived as fact, but in reality are, in my humble opinion, misguided. I would start with the notion that your administration will not 'do business' with terror organizations and those who call for the destruction of This brings me to Fateh, the main faction of the PLO for whom Mahmoud Abbas is the driving force and was one of its founding members. This is the organization and leadership that the administration relies upon to bring functional democracy, freedom and peace to the region. Mr. President, it takes little effort to learn what Fateh is all about. Its constitution calls under Article 12 for the "Complete liberation of As for how it will achieve its goal to wipe "Armed struggle is a strategy and not a tactic, and the Palestinian Arab People's armed revolution is a decisive factor in the liberation fight and in uprooting the Zionist existence, and this struggle will not cease unless the Zionist state is demolished and Palestine is completely liberated" [italic by author] If this does not suffice, please review Abbas' words in a recent rally on January 11, 2007, to a crowd estimated at nearly 250,000 supporters. Abbas calls on Palestinians to refrain from internal fighting and to direct their guns only against Israeli "occupation." He promises to "not give up one inch of land in In his book, "the issue of the refugees is non-negotiable" So as much for the partner. And now to the "Occupation" I notice with relief that you did not spell out who is the occupier and who is the occupant - just to make sure I will discuss the legal occupation under international law of Jewish settlers in the area known forever as Judea, In 1897 it was Benjamin Herzl, founder of modern Zionism who said: " In 1917 it was Arthur James Balfour of "His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in In 1922 it was Winston Churchill (your hero), British Secretary of State for the Colonies that declared: Jews are in Palestine "as of right and not on sufferance ... When it is asked what is meant by the development of the Jewish National Home in Palestine, it may be answered that it is not the imposition of a Jewish nationality upon the inhabitants of Palestine as a whole, but the further development of the existing Jewish community, with the assistance of Jews in other parts of the world, in order that it may become a centre in which the Jewish people as a whole may take on grounds of religion and race, an interest and a pride." On July 24, 1922 it was fifty-one member countries - the entire "Recognition Has Been Given to the Historical Connection of the Jewish People with The "Mandate for Palestine," a historical League of Nations document laid down the Jewish legal right to settle anywhere in western Palestine, a 10,000-square-mile area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, an entitlement unaltered in international law and valid to this day. On June 30, 1922 it was the joint resolution of both Houses of Congress of the "Favoring the establishment in "resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State of America in congress assembled, That the United States of America favors the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of Christian and all other non-Jewish communities in Palestine, and that the holy places and religious buildings and sites in Palestine shall be adequately protected." [The resolution was incorporated in the 1937 On September 21, 1922 it was Warren G. Harding, President of the United Sates of Mr. President, As a matter of fact there has never been a sovereign Arab state in Mr. President - Jewish "continuing occupation" that you speak about, is legal and endorsed by international law. The "Mandate for "The Administration of Palestine, while ensuring that the rights and position of other sections of the population are not prejudiced, shall facilitate Jewish immigration under suitable conditions and shall encourage, in co-operation with the Jewish agency referred to in Article 4, close settlement by Jews on the land, including State lands and waste lands not required for public purposes." The "Mandate for Mr. President, political rights to self-determination as a polity for Arabs were guaranteed in three other mandates - in Mr. President: 300,000,000 Arabs in 21 'exclusive' Arab countries now occupy an area of 5,207,000 Square Miles, including all the principal Arab and Moslem centers. 6,000,000 Jews in 1 country now occupy an area of nearly 10,000 square miles [will fit into Lake Michigan with plenty of room left] in This is an injustice and a grievous handicap to the continuous development and security of the Jewish State. Thank you. Eli E. Hertz
Sources: The President speech: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070716-7.html Commentary: This Land is My Land (Includes the "Mandate for A short presentation at: Mandate for Mandate Document - British Archive. |
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