Unity is Not Compromise: Towards a Real Palestinian Strategy (Ramzy Baroud)

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Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust

May 19, 2011 -- As the Palestine Papers demonstrated, the major obstacle to a real, lasting and just peace in Palestine is the Israeli leadership's unwillingness to accept anything less than full domination over the Palestinians. Not only do Israeli leaders refuse to partake in any serious peace talks, they also refuse to agree on universally accepted notions, for example, the law.

On 13 Nov. 2007, then Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni told chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Ereikat that she despised the very notion of law. According to the Palestine Papers, published by Al-Jazeera and the Guardian, Livni said: "I was the Minister of Justice. I am a lawyer ... But I am against law -- international law in particular. Law in general."

Livni is often contrasted with current rightwing Israeli leader Binyamin Netanyahu, and has been described as a "dove" when compared to him. This unfounded reputation caused many broken hearts when Netanyahu became prime minister of Israel in March 2009, as chances for real peace supposedly diminished.

Such Israeli obduracy was a prime reason for Palestinians to unify their ranks. The signing of the Hamas-Fatah unity agreement in Cairo on 27 April was indeed a fitting response to Israel's incessant attempts at dividing the Palestinians.

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[shira]

1. More bullshit about Livni rejecting International Law...

This has been debunked.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=124&topic_id=342199&mesg_id=342253

For once, I'd like to see some anti-Israel internet Jihadis condemn all the exaggerations and malicious libel vs. Israel and its supporters. Not that it can ever happen as almost all the usual Palsbara arguments are based on extreme 3rd world rightwing bullshit...

[aranthus]

3. If she doesn't, she should.

International law isn't law, and she should know that since she's a lawyer. That's especially true about UN resolutions. I'm all for moral standards in the conduct of international relations, but international law isn't that.

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2. Oops, Here's The Link To The Rest Of The Story:

http://worldnewstrust.com/all-content/unity-is-not-compromise-towards-a-real-palestinian-strategy-ramzy-baroud.html

[azurnoir]

4. Thank you

as for unity what gets missed is that it is via elections the best shot at reducing Hamas presence in the Palestinian government and without unity those elections can not take place

more over with regard to Livni she is IMO a political opportunist. she plays her 'fiddle' for whatever she thinks will get her a political advantage as to the so called 'peace process' IMO she would have in the end have done little different from Netanyahu she simply would have danced a better dance said prettier words but the outcome would have been the same. Her condemnation of Netanyahu is about the same as McCain's of Obama