Originally posted by subz

Let's hope the renewed international pressure on Israel can force this outcome instead of being doomed to repeat this deadly broken record of tit for tat carnage.

Great post subz with outstanding rationale and facts.

Israel as long as have the support of the US it will never bend to any pressures from the countries that surround it.

That is the problem only when the US put pressure (and you know that will never happen ) then they will feel compel to do something.

It makes the whole situation looks like an agenda orchestrated by US and pushed by Israel to never have peace in the middle east.

Thanks Marg, you're right that Israel will not do any of what is required of it by the UN simply because the United States vetos any binding resolution critical of Israel. Until the PNAC cabal (of which the US UN Ambassador is a member) and AIPAC is outlawed for blackmailing congress there is no chance the United States will get tough on Israel.

One just has to look at how embarrased Condi Rice was over the whole 48-hour cease fire that never happend. Olmert gave Ms. Rice his assurance that air strikes would be halted for 48-hours to assess the Qana massacre but not even 2-hours into the cease fire Israel resumed its sorties unabated thanks to Israeli public uproar and vehement rhetoric in the Knesset.

I think the World will just have to act with regards to Israel's adherence to UN resolutions without the UNSC and without the United States. This is sure to have the religious fundies frothing at the mouth in anticipation of the End Times I'll bet but something has to be done. The situation with Israel and the Palestinians is untenable, the things im reading in my current book (My Israel Question, by Anthony Loewenstein) are completely heartbreaking.

Either the UN General Assembly gets rid of the Security Council veto system in the latest rounds of changes or the rest of the World will have to act outside of it. It's not entirely impossible, its just going to take a lot of comitment.

[edit on 2/8/06 by subz]

Why are people STILL going on about resolutions and such?

When has war and conflict ever been about anything other than money & power?

Whilst citizens squable amongst themselves over the smoke cloud created, the real facts get overlooked and ignored.

This conflict and the other conflicts soon coming, are about those wanting to retain their wealth (arab nations) and those wanting to take away that wealth (western world)
As in times past BOTH sides of the conflict use beliefs, laws and age old human psychology (propaganda) to smoke screen the truth.

And that smoke screen blinds men in hate towards each other, and guess who does the fighting?
How many times does this need to happen before people wake up and learn from history?

Those who get caught up and belive the smoke screen take sides very quickly.
Those who take a step back from the smoke screen, see whats really taking place.

This is not about resolutions, laws and beliefs, those are tools used by the masters of human psychology and propaganda to make the citizen take sides.
This about vast sums of money, huge resources, and the power to those who control them.

There is no right side and wrong side, no good guys versus bad guys - thats propaganda to make men believe and fight. Their justification for murder.

Be above the smoke screen of lies and see the truth.