пятница, 24 апреля 2026 г.

Israel in the circle of political absurdity

 

Alik Bakhshi

Israel in the circle of political absurdity

 

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       So, after 77 years, when, in accordance with UN General Assembly Resolution No. 181 of November 29, 1947, it was decided to create two states of Israel and Palestine in the British mandated territory of Palestine, Palestine finally received the status of a full member of the UN on May 10, 2024. To be honest, this resolution surprised me. The fact is that thanks to resolution No. 181, Israel automatically received membership in the UN, and of course this should have happened to Palestine as well. What was the point of re-involving the UN to re-admit Palestine to the UN? Absurd, nothing less!

 

       However, one absurdity gives rise to another, no less incredible absurdity. Israel, being a fierce opponent of Palestine's membership in the UN, draws the attention of the international community to the fact that UN resolutions are only advisory in nature and are not obligatory for their implementation. This explanation from Israel again caused bewilderment, because Israel received a mandate for a state and membership in the UN thanks to the resolution. This attitude towards UN resolutions completely nullifies the significance of this international organization.

 

        I must say the following circumstance is even more absurd. This refers to those 9 countries that are opponents of Palestine’s membership in the UN, motivating their negative attitude towards Palestine and the formation of the state of Palestine by the fact that first this issue should be resolved between Israel, which has the status of a state, and Palestine with an unequal status of autonomy. But, as you know, they have been solving this issue for 75 years to no avail through war, which, like any war, is accompanied by mass deaths of the civilian population. From the first day of the formation of the state, martial law was introduced in Israel, which has not been lifted to this day. True, during the time of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin there was an opportunity to agree on a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but everything ended with his murder, and, to be honest, this outrageous murder by an Israeli terrorist was perceived positively by the majority of Israeli citizens. (1) And Today, the Biden administration is sending the decision on the creation of the state of Palestine to Israel, which, unlike the Palestinians, I repeat, has the status of a state. You may say it's nonsense, but this is what is happening. Did they take into account the opinion of the Palestinians when they decided in 1947 to allocate part of the territory of Palestine to the state of Israel, which occupied the entire territory of former Palestine!

 

       America's mischief-making together with Israel created the absurdity of the situation regarding the creation of the state of Palestine, which had already been resolved back in 1947. (2) According to American President Biden, it is possible to end the confrontation between Jews and Palestinians by creating the state of Palestine, however, on the other hand, America is blocking this possibility by vetoing it in the Security Council. Once again, absurdity and a demonstration of the policy of double standards. (3) Such an immoral position of Biden does not paint America, which stands for justice and democracy.

       Israel's future is at peace with the Arabs, and there is no other option.(4)

 

1. On the question of who killed Rabin. Israel. Our country. 04.12.96.

2. The UN's fatal mistake. 05.12.2023.  https://alikbahshi.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-fatal-mistake-of-un.html  

3. An open letter to Mr. President Joseph Biden. 04/23/2024. https://alikbahshi.livejournal.com/109710.html

4. Peace and democracy are the future of Israel. Israel. Our country. 09.18.96.

     

         05/11/2024

Israel is a nest of international terrorism

 

Alik Bakhshi

Israel is a nest of international terrorism

 

"He who weaves slander does not know

That slander will later kill him"

M. Saadi

 

Who could have imagined that pirates would return from the depths of time to the Mediterranean, the cradle of civilization? Nor did the people sleeping sweetly before dawn in the cabins of the Turkish cruise liner "Mavi Marmara" think so when armed Israeli commandos clambered aboard and literally descended from the sky onto the upper deck. The hijacking of the peaceful liner took place in international waters, which is classified as nothing less than piracy, and the fact that the act took place under the cover of darkness underscores its malicious intent. The unarmed men's attempt to prevent this lawlessness prompted a merciless opening of lethal force. As a result, nine people were killed and dozens wounded. A significant fact, highlighting the criminal actions of the commandos, is Israel's attempt to suppress information coming from the "Free Gaza" flotilla that was attacked.

 

Blaming the gunned-down Turks for their own fault, having resisted illegal violence, is tantamount to excusing an armed bandit who killed a homeowner simply because the latter attacked the bandit as he was breaking into the house.

 

Seeing the extremely unsightly international situation Israel found itself in, Jewish journalists raised a veritable hue and cry, accusing everyone and everything: Turkey of a planned provocation and Islamization, America and Europe of the same Islamization, and human rights activists and peacekeepers of lying. In the heat of hysteria, the notorious Palestinian hater E. Bonner (http://alikbahshi.livejournal.com/7804.html ), rejecting the slogan "two states for two peoples" and attempting to justify Israel's illegal actions, calls for abandoning political correctness. And it's clear why. Because political correctness is in no way compatible with Bonner's outburst of blatant cynicism. The self-proclaimed human rights activist believes that only a "swollen belly and limbs like sticks" reflect the degree of starvation, and if this symptom isn't observed in Palestinian children, then there's no humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. In that case, one would have to assume that the tummy fused to the spine, visible in photographs of children from Auschwitz, is proof that the Nazis provided excellent nutrition to concentration camp prisoners. This isn't a question of political correctness, but rather of Ms. Bonner's complete lack of morality. Even living with a man of conscience and great morality proved ineffective in this case.

Bonner's cynicism echoes, I would say, the brazen cynicism of Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman, known for his particular "peacefulness" toward Arabs. The minister shared with the world the revelation that the people of Gaza eat in expensive restaurants! This circumstance, in his opinion, exposes the absurdity of talk of a humanitarian catastrophe. It becomes clear why chocolate is included among the long list of prohibited foods for Gaza. It's purely out of concern for the health of the people, to protect Palestinians from diabetes. I wondered if Lieberman's dream for solving the Palestinian issue (http://proza.ru/2008/03/22/576 ) had really come true. He envisioned a carpet bombing campaign, then feeding the surviving Palestinians generously, and then peace and prosperity would follow.

Explaining the bloody massacre of the peaceful "Free Gaza" flotilla in neutral waters, Lieberman sees nothing extraordinary in it, because, as he says, there are far more significant human murders in the world, and a dozen dead Turks aren't worth the attention it would require to stir up a political scandal. A very interesting thought! So was it worth it for Israel to start a Second Lebanon War over two kidnapped Israeli soldiers?

 

I'd like to address the big lie woven into the statements of journalists hanging out at Echo of Moscow (Latynina, Radzikhovsky), who always foam at the mouth to justify any aggression on the part of Israel. I deliberately recalled the Soviet newspaper phrase "foaming at the mouth," which was considered by party propagandists to be the most apt phrase for concluding the final verdict on "Western slander," but which, in this case, is precisely true. Their lie is hidden here:

"And now regarding the so-called blockade of the Gaza Strip. Well, regarding the fact that the supposed 'blockade' is simply political isolation after the Hamas terrorist organization came to power there, a policy with which the Palestinian Authority itself, to put it mildly, disagrees. And what does 'blockade' even mean? All food, energy, and other essential goods are constantly being imported from Israel." The restrictions imposed on Gaza were a response to the kidnapping of soldier Gilad Shalit from Israeli territory by Hamas terrorists."

 

In justifying the military action to seize the Free Gaza flotilla, Bonner writes: "Israel, like any state, not only can but must—it is the primary responsibility of any government—defend the country from the entry of any entity that poses a threat to its citizens." But the previous quote implies that Gaza is not Israeli territory. So where is the truth? The flotilla, as we know, was heading for Gaza, not Israel. Conclusion: Bonner is not knowledgeable enough about the subject to take her amateurish approach seriously. It seems to me that Ms. Bonner doesn't even know where Israel's border is.

First, what happened before the blockade. Before the blockade, it was like this: Jewish settlers, who made up 5% of the Gaza Strip's population, owned 40% of the arable land, not counting the area where significant Israeli army forces were stationed to protect the settlers, who were also armed with machine guns. The Arab population of Gaza, squeezed into a small patch of land close to the sea (Gaza has one of the highest population densities in the world) and deprived of livelihoods, desperately resisted the occupation, and as a result, in 2005, Israel was forced to withdraw its army and dismantle the Jewish settlements. However, Israel retained control, continuing the complete isolation of Gaza from the outside world. Essentially, Gaza, surrounded by a concrete wall, became a vast open-air prison for the Arabs, and the only way out was seen as continuing the struggle for freedom. The intolerable conditions led to the radicalization of society and the rise of Hamas to power in 2006. In an attempt to suppress the resistance, Israel prevented fuel and food from passing through checkpoints and occasionally cut off electricity and water supplies. Israeli naval boats prevented all fishing. In 2007, a famine struck Gaza. Palestinians, like moles, burrowed into the ground, digging underground tunnels through which food and fuel were primarily supplied from Egyptian territory. Thus, the lies of the Echo of Moscow journalists are obvious. It wasn't the emergence of Hamas on the political scene that caused the blockade, but rather Israel's attempt to force the Palestinian people to their knees by resorting to the blockade that fuelled Hamas's popularity, making Mahmoud Abbas a political corpse in comparison.

 

Imagine, for example, France blockading the Netherlands, isolating it from the outside world by erecting a concrete wall. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand the consequences of such an undertaking. The Gaza blockade is an integral part of the apartheid policy towards the Palestinian people. At the same time, the blockade is a desperate attempt to break the will of the Palestinian people, to divide the Palestinian resistance movement into two isolated enclaves, and thereby cause internal political discord.

Now about the Islamization of Turkey, which Latynina and Radzikhovsky see as the cause of the deterioration of relations with Israel. So, Islam is a religion, but in Turkey, religion is constitutionally separated from the state, which cannot be said of Israel. Turkey is a secular country, while in Israel, rabbis are members of parliament and government. Moreover, some Israeli laws are halachic, and it should be noted that Judaism, unlike other religious ideologies, contains an element of misanthropy, as it considers the Jewish people to be chosen by God, qualitatively different from the goyim, that is, from the rest of humanity. Incidentally, of all the members of the Israeli parliament convicted of theft, it was the rabbi-politicians who succeeded most in this "God-pleasing" endeavour.

The separation of church and state is an essential indicator of the degree of democratization of society. But, moreover, and most importantly, Turkey has a constitution and has implemented the fundamental principle of democracy—the separation of legislative and executive powers. This is not the case in Israel, and therefore, not Israel, but Turkey is currently the only democratic country in the region; not Israel, but Turkey is the outpost of democracy in the Middle East. And speaking of Islamization, is there a country in the world without a synagogue? How is Judaism better than Islam? Generally speaking, blaming someone for something you're up to your ears in the same mess is, at the very least, unwise. Religion has brought many ills to humanity. The polytheism of Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire contained more democracy than monotheism, which has been the cause of religious hostility and religious wars. Recall the era of the Crusades, the endless slaughter of Catholics and Protestants, the destruction of ancient monuments—an entire layer of cultural heritage was maliciously destroyed by Christianity. The dark chapter of history—the Inquisition—also owes its origins to the religion of monotheism. All of this is a consequence of monotheism, which everyone coerced into favouring their own side. A necessary condition for democracy is the removal of the dogma of faith from power, and, I repeat, in this regard, Israel lags far behind Turkey and differs little from the Islamic Republic of Iran (see "The Sephardic Revolution or the Jewish Republic of Israel" http://proza.ru/2008/03/22/561 ).

Regarding Israel's accusations against Turkey, allegedly organizing the "Free Gaza" flotilla for provocative purposes in order to gain some kind of political advantage, they are easily dismissed by the fact that the dry cargo ship "Rachel Corrie" is Irish. Could it be that Ireland, too, provoked Israel? It would be interesting to learn from Minister Lieberman what insidious goals Ireland was pursuing. Lieberman has no answer to this.

Latynina offers a humorous explanation for European participation in the "provocation": "Israel should rely only on itself; it shouldn't rely on those European scoundrels and scum who collaborate with terrorists because the terrorists ask for their help." According to Latynina, the scoundrel she considers to be human rights activist Rachel Corrie, after whom the ship seized by Israel is named, gave her life to provoke Israel into crushing itself with a military bulldozer, standing in its way as it carried out an order to destroy the home of a Palestinian family. The poet M. Saadi involuntarily comes to mind:

"If you speak ill of people,

Even if you're right, you're evil inside."

 

But in our case, it's impossible to argue that Latynina is right. Latynina cannot understand the motivation for such an act due to its complete lack of morality, and there's no other explanation. However, I would say that other Echo of Moscow journalists, M. Fishman and V. Shenderovich, also possess this "advantage" in their lack of morality (see "Word, Fornication, or Complete Albats" http://proza.ru/2010/05/21/139 ).

But this gibberish of Latynina's, simply childish babble, is difficult for a normal person to understand: "Europe has ceased to be Europe; freedom in Europe is slowly turning into its opposite. Specifically, into a bureaucracy that openly collaborates with terrorist regimes because these regimes ask for money and portray themselves as unhappy people, and it's always a pleasure to help the unfortunate."

If Europe, according to Latynina, is not free, and America, with its Obama, has completely gone bad, then from now on we will consider Israel the truly free country!

One must assume this is yet another example of Yulia Latynina's confusion, as in her phrase "a peaceful Palestinian convoy carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza".

 (http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/code/685110-echo/ ), which clearly shows the journalist is unaware that a flotilla (caravan) of peaceful ships cannot be considered a convoy. Israeli warships served as a convoy for these ships when, under gunfire, they escorted the peacekeeper flotilla to the port of Ashdod.

 

What was the cause of this bloody incident? What prompted Israel to commit such a blatant international crime? The answer lies in the impunity ensured by the most powerful country in the world – America – at least until now.

 

The Arab-Israeli conflict is a generator of international terrorism, which, on the Israeli side, has escalated into state terrorism. By persisting in its occupation of Palestine, Israel is sinking deeper into the quagmire of its practice of international terrorism, and its refusal to comply with numerous Security Council decisions condemning Israel is leading to the disastrous path of self-isolation.

Israel deliberately refuses to acknowledge its ongoing war with the Palestinians and reduces it to a series of terrorist attacks, responding to them according to the law of vendetta. The persecution and liquidation of Palestinian resistance leaders is taking place worldwide, regardless of borders and countries. Given that the moral component of the conflict is on the side of the Palestinians, Israel cannot resort to international investigation and prosecution, as a host of unflattering questions concerning Israel itself would inevitably arise, and therefore resorts to the services of cloak-and-dagger knights. This explains the uncivilized and immoral actions of the Mossad, such as the assassination in Dubai. The immorality also lies in the fact that Israeli intelligence services frame citizens of other countries using forged passports, which creates an international scandal that only worsens Israel's image, portraying the Jewish state as a breeding ground for international terrorism. The pirate seizure of the peaceful "Free Gaza" flotilla is compelling evidence of this.


June 16, 2010


четверг, 23 апреля 2026 г.

Israel and the Moscow-Tehran Axis

 

This article, in which I foresaw Israel's strategic cooperation with Turkey and Azerbaijan, was published in the Israeli newspaper Our Country” on 11/19/1997.

 

                                                            Alik Bakhshi

 

Israel and the Moscow-Tehran Axis

 

                                                                      

 



                                                                         

  Turkey and Israel are an ideal pair of strategic partners.

    

    For the past two centuries, Russia has been Iran's most dangerous neighbor. Iran was the last obstacle to the advance of the Russian Empire to the Indian Ocean. And the weak impoverished country would certainly become its next victim, if not for the intercession of England. Moscow made its last attempt to carry out its aggressive plans at the end of World War II, when Soviet troops occupied part of Iranian territory, the so-called South Azerbaijan. Only the political talent and foresight of Winston Churchill, who foresaw the era of the Cold War, forced Stalin to withdraw the army from Iran.

        Subsequently, under American patronage, the SEATO bloc was created, which included Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. This trio formed a military-political shield against the possible expansion of the Soviet Union to the South. Given that Turkey is a member of NATO and has a bilateral mutual assistance pact with the United States, SEATO was as unassailable as NATO.

      Iran at that time received a lot of American weapons and economic assistance. The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, who graduated from an institute in Switzerland, was a supporter of the development of his country on the model of Western civilization, like Turkey, which made a rather bold step for the religiously orthodox East, separating religion from the state. But, if Atatürk had support in the person of the Young Turks in his progressive reforms, then Pahlavi did not have such support. And yet, thanks to petrodollars, the country was developing rapidly in technical and economic terms and was on the verge of an economic boom.

 

      Following American goods, the seeds of Western culture entered the country. American films literally flooded cinemas and television. Young people like a sponge absorbed everything new and unusual. The "corruption of the souls" of the faithful aroused the wrath of the religious elite, who saw in the cultural transformation of society a threat to their influence on the masses. All attempts to convince the shah to turn off the chosen path, which runs counter to religious dogma, were unsuccessful. Moreover, the shah did not stand on ceremony with his ideological opponents, and the future father of the Islamic revolution even had to leave Iran and turn into a kind of martyr for the faith.

 

      Everyone knows the tragic finale of the transformations of Iranian society, undertaken by none other than the Shahinshah (Shah of all Shahs) of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. A proud loner, ahead of his time, ended his last days in exile. Cruel terror scattered the sprouts of a new life. The Revolutionary Guards took great pleasure in public executions of women who dared to appear with an open face, or who were convicted of treason. Cinemas were burning along with the spectators locked in them. The black veil of religious fanaticism has again descended on Iran, protecting it from the rest of the world, and in an instant plunging the country into an era of medieval obscurantism.

     The civilized world was shocked by what happened in Iran, and only Moscow remained silent. The communists have always respected all totalitarian regimes that are close to them in spirit, be it fascist in Germany, dictatorial in Libya or Iraq, and now another version of it - religious totalitarianism in the face of the Islamic state of Iran.

 

    Knowing perfectly well that democracy is the main evil for their power, the religious oligarchy declared Western civilization the enemy of Islam and all Muslims. (This is fundamentally not true, if only because it was the military action of the West that saved the Bosnian Muslims from the genocide committed by the Serbs.) Naturally, America and its ally Israel became the main opponent of the revolution, and not for the reason that Israel is at war with the Arabs, Iran and he himself fought with Iraq for 8 years, but because Iran, like any totalitarian regime, needs an enemy to mobilize the spirit and eliminate the slightest free-thinking within the regime.

    Iran is trying to assume the role of leader in the Muslim world, and for this it is necessary to back up propaganda with some more active actions. You can't reach America, but Israel is nearby.

 

     The collapse of the Soviet Union, an empire that occupied a sixth of the land, changed a lot on the political map of the world, reshuffling the interests and military-strategic plans of many states. In the sphere of geopolitics, Russia is failing, especially in Europe. NATO is expanding to the East, getting closer and closer to Russia, and if the former Soviet Baltic republics and Ukraine become NATO members, then Russian naval forces in the Baltic and Black Sea will be effectively blocked.

 

   The situation is no better in the southern direction, where Moscow quite reasonably foresees a threat to its Turkic-speaking underbelly from the Caucasus and Central Asia. Here, the contours of the bloc of Turkic countries emerging under the auspices of Turkey from Asia Minor to Altai, which cuts like a wedge into the very center of the Asian continent, are becoming more and more clearly visible here. The possibility of reviving Turkic cooperation on such a vast territory changes the geostrategic situation. This legacy of Timur has a great military-strategic potential not only because of the space, but also because of the presence of huge oil and gas reserves, not inferior to those of the Persian basin. Russia undoubtedly fears such a change in the geopolitical situation and takes preventive measures to prevent the emergence of a union of Turkic countries.

 

    The weak point of the Turkic community is the absence of a continuous territorial corridor between Turkey and Azerbaijan, which is also the reason for the difficulty in implementing the project of laying an oil pipeline from Baku to Turkey. In strategic terms, the situation is aggravated by the occupation of 20% of Azerbaijani territory by Armenia. But in case of reunification of Azerbaijan with its southern part, located in Iran, the bloc will become monolithic. Naturally, for Iran, the prospect of losing a significant part of the territory, where about 30 million Azerbaijanis live (there are 9 million Azerbaijanis in Northern Azerbaijan), seems like a nightmare. This is where the geopolitical interests of Russia and Iran intersect, and the existing Moscow-Yerevan-Tehran axis just serves as a noose in this most vulnerable spot. In addition, the unfinished Karabakh war plays the role of a smoldering fuse in order to start military operations in this region with the hands of Armenia at a favorable moment for Moscow.

 

     In military cooperation with Iran, Russia sees a worthy response to the West for NATO expansion, and assistance in the construction of a nuclear reactor, which, with an excess of natural energy resources, Iran undoubtedly needs to create an atomic bomb, is a good irritating factor for America and Israel. And politicians who consider Russia already completely defeated are greatly mistaken. The Evil Empire is still capable of burning the Earth with nuclear breath in death convulsions or giving birth to its own kind in the face of Iran.

 

      The Moscow-Tehran axis should also protect Russia's economic interests. Russia cannot accept the fact that Azerbaijan is single-handedly extracting oil and gas from its shores and from time to time raises the issue of some unclear status of the Caspian Sea. Moreover, it should be taken into account that oil from Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan may be added to Baku oil. Thus, Baku will become a transit hub for transporting oil from the Caspian basin through Turkey to the countries of the Mediterranean Sea. It is very important for Russia that Caspian oil be transported to the Black Sea through its territory, and by political leverage, using the Karabakh conflict, Russia will in every possible way prevent the laying of an oil pipeline from Baku to Turkey. On the other hand, the throughput of the existing oil pipeline through Chechnya is insufficient to carry out the pumping of the amount of oil that is planned to be produced in the Caspian. Moreover, it should be taken into account that oil from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan will be added to Baku oil. Along with technical difficulties, Russia also has political problems due to the instability of the general situation in the North Caucasus.

Taking all this into account, the Turkish option for building a new oil pipeline remains the most promising. In this case, oil will become more accessible to all Mediterranean countries, including Israel, and then there will be no need to bring oil from distant Mexico.

 

    Thus, Caspian oil is the cause of future political and possibly military clashes.

 

    After a series of political defeats in the Middle East, Russia does not give up hope of resuming its activity in this region, which is not desirable for both Israel and Turkey.

    Having common political opponents and not having friends in the immediate environment, Israel and Turkey need mutual support and the union of these countries is the best response to Moscow's demarche to return to the political arena of the Middle East with the help of Iran.

 

    Turkey and Israel are an ideal pair of strategic partners. The combination of a country that has the largest army among NATO members and in the Middle East region, and a country that possesses nuclear weapons and is not associated with any military bloc and, as a result, is able to make decisions independently, represents a serious force that cannot be not to take into account strategists in Moscow and Tehran, not to mention closer neighbors.

         Hence the recent visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs Yevgeny Primakov to Israel, one of the purposes of which, I think, was to probe how deep Israeli-Turkish military contacts are.

 

    In the current situation, the conclusion of an alliance between Israel and Turkey would undoubtedly cool the ardor of the Tehran fanatics and make it clear that any intentions to upset the balance of power that has developed in the Middle East will not go unpunished.

 

     11/19/79.

вторник, 14 апреля 2026 г.

Features of Jewish national policy

 

Alik  Bakhshi

 

Features of Jewish national policy

 

Similar to the Russian film "Peculiarities of the National Hunt," which vividly depicts how hunting in Russia should be understood and who ends up as its prey, Israeli national characteristics also add a unique flavor to the dishes offered by its political cuisine. The most well-known of these are Israeli-style democracy, Israeli-style socialism, Israeli-style Jew (a Jewish mother's side is considered a sweet dish, while a Jewish father's side has a uniquely bittersweet flavor), Israeli-style marriage, or rather, Paraguayan-style marriage, or the dish known as "controlled territories" (everything beyond the green line is controlled, while everything within it is uncontrolled), Israeli-style justice, and so on. One can't help but mention the most popular dish of today—the Middle East peace process, whose unique feature lies in its masochistic application, namely, the process of successively (unfortunately, at long intervals) applying the toe of the American boot to the soft spots of the political leaders of the conflicting parties.

 

Israel's political course is carried out by two major parties: Labor and Likud (the Kadima party, a spinoff from Likud due to the political ambitions of former Likud members, is essentially the same Likud), sharing the same primary goal: building and defending the state. The difference between these parties is that Labor's economic policy is based on quasi-socialist principles of governance, while Likud proclaims freedom of enterprise, privatization of state property, and the expansion of democracy. It proclaims precisely this, having essentially made no significant changes to the country's economy during its years in power. And there are objective reasons for this, stemming from the Likud's political program. The fact is that the creation of a Greater Israel, Likud-style, can only be achieved under a socialist system, the closest thing to totalitarianism, where all levers of control, both political and economic, are concentrated in the hands of the state. It's no coincidence that the Israeli version of socialism has been so well suited to the current situation and has existed virtually unchanged for over 50 years. No spontaneous free market is capable of creating settlements or even entire "development cities" exclusively populated by Jews for strategic and political purposes, either within the Green Line or in the occupied (or, if you prefer, controlled) territories. Moreover, remarkably, these cities are experiencing the same unemployment problem as the BAM cities in Russia, once again demonstrating the futility of arbitrary decisions that take into account only ideological considerations, not backed by economic feasibility.

 

The Likud bloc's core political position is to retain all territories conquered in defensive wars for Israel, and socially to democratize Israeli society. This is where the Likud bloc inevitably runs into each time: the impossibility of democratic reforms without resolving the Palestinian issue. For example, a necessary attribute of democracy, such as a constitution, is impossible only for a select segment of the population, and equalizing the rights of the Arab population of the territories with the Jews is not part of the Likud bloc's plans.

 

Considering the above, Labor's policies have always been more realistic, while Likud pursued illusory goals that had nothing to do with reality, which adjusted Likud's policies and forced it to make the only possible decisions, which it followed contrary to its party program. Hence the fateful decisions of the Likud governments regarding the ceding of Sinai and the Madrid Peace Conference, which launched peace negotiations with the Palestinians, the outcome of which will undoubtedly be the creation of a Palestinian state.

 

Of course, the Likud's stated goals reflect the dreams of the majority of Israelis, who remain trapped in a world of illusions and, due to their inert mindset, are unwilling to embrace the changes in the political situation in the Middle East, which had long been an arena for clashing interests between the US and the USSR over the availability of global oil reserves. The collapse of the Soviet empire and the Kremlin's abandonment of its political plans to take control of the Middle East, thereby depriving the West of energy resources, led to a situation in which America became the sole and sovereign political arbiter of the Middle East. This was clearly demonstrated by the politically justified Gulf War of 1991 and the completely mistaken current invasion of Iraq, which will bring America undesirable political consequences. As a result, Washington's task of achieving stability in the Middle East has become much more complex. In addition to the Iraqi problem, there is a pressing need to resolve the long-standing Arab-Israeli conflict—the main culprit behind the September 11 tragedy in New York (see my article "...and then came the thunder")—a problem that, like a cancer, is metastasizing across the globe.

 

Here we come to the most unpleasant moment for the Israeli right. It is perfectly clear that America is using every lever of political and economic pressure on Israel to implement the slogan "peace for territory." The main obstacle to this development is the bloc of right-wing parties led by Likud, which has nothing to offer for a solution to the Palestinian problem. Torn apart by internal party contradictions, Likud could not hold out for long, and its first concession to American pressure led to its collapse.

Likud and Labor are going through a difficult period, necessitating a change in ideological orientation. The Zionist program for statehood has been fulfilled. Israel is recognized by the international community and even by its enemies. The time has come to transition to fully democratic conditions within the state, without which further progress and the normal existence of the state are impossible, and the Meretz bloc's program best meets these requirements. Labor, by attempting to resolve the Palestinian issue, is in fact playing into Meretz's hands. The resolution of the issue of the controlled territories, the main obstacle to the further development of democracy, will usher in a chain of democratic reforms that will eliminate state monopolies and thereby undermine the economic base of the Labor electorate.

 

The peculiarities of Israel's political landscape are due to the characteristics of the electorate, which is quite diverse in social, ethnic, and religious backgrounds and represented by various parties.

 

The Labor electorate is the highest-paid segment of the population, employed in state and semi-state enterprises, which are represented by monopolies. The income of this segment of the population is disproportionately high compared to the labor expended, compared to the significantly lower incomes of private sector employees, whose work is more difficult and socially less secure.

The Socialist Party has spawned a host of party officials and functionaries who enjoy a kind of sinecure with a lifetime allowance. All state institutions are built on the same principle. Recall how unsuccessful Barak's attempt to retire a handful of party functionaries was. It seems that maintaining material well-being is more important to the majority of the Avoda electorate than party ideology, and if they are deprived of their sinecure and all kinds of social privileges, they might end up in the opposition tomorrow.

 

The Likud electorate consists primarily of people working in private business, which also includes the majority of immigrants from the former Soviet Union. It's noteworthy that the majority of Russian repatriates, former members of the Soviet intelligentsia, hold right-wing political views, unlike the Israeli intelligentsia, and indeed the rest of the world, which already gives rise to some reflection. (See my article "Baggage from the Empire.") Why did people who experienced national oppression, who understand the essence of totalitarianism and have been schooled in double standards, find themselves here in Israel and accept as axiomatic the idea of ​​the superiority of Jews over Palestinian Arabs? With repatriates of religious views, everything is clearfor them, there are Jews and there are goyim, who occupy a lower position in relation to God, but when you hear something like this from an intellectual, it simply doesn't make sense. Or something else. Once, a highly intelligent repatriate from Riga expressed outrage at the Baltics' demand for independence, citing their already comfortable situation in the USSR compared to the Uzbeks, as if freedom could be measured by standard of living and material well-being. Was it really true that only a select few were allowed their own state, while Latvians, a quarter of whom had been rotted by Russian communists in the Siberian taiga, seemed to have no need for one? One can't help but recall a similar argument (referring to the pre-Intifada era) that Palestinian Arabs in Israel were no worse off than the Arabs of Jordan or Egypt, and that their dream of their own state was simply a whim.

 

    Religious citizens of Israel also predominantly hold right-wing views, intuitively understanding that peace and democracy, these two inseparable concepts, will put an end to religious dominance in the country's public life. The constant presence of the religious oligarchy in parliament and government can also be attributed to the peculiarities of Israeli politics. Everything immoral in politics is vividly demonstrated by the religious faction of the Knesset. The insatiable thirst for power and money on the part of religious members of the Knesset introduces elements of an oriental bazaar. The vote-trading alone is worth a look! It's no wonder that one of the rabbis, the thief Yair Levi, was imprisoned, while another rabbi, Aryeh Deri, was also imprisoned for a similar "godly" crime after a seven-year investigation, which nearly sparked a revolt in the Moroccan community of Israel.

It is precisely the thirst for power and the desire to prove their worth to voters that drives rabbis to push through religious laws that contradict democracy.

 

Only a constitution that proclaims the separation of religion and state, as is done in all civilized countries, can free rabbis from their unnatural occupation and return them to God. The Israelis' casual, even condescending, attitude toward the constant pressure exerted by religious circles on the rights of the secular population is astounding. What is taking place is a true dictatorship of the minority, and herein lies the main danger for the state. Recall historical examples of dictatorial regimes that came to power entirely legally, relying on an ideology perceived as the ultimate truth, and the misfortunes they brought about in the aftermath. It doesn't take a rich imagination to imagine Israel's future if clerics come to power and, citing the exceptionalism of Jews and their qualitative difference from the goyim, isolate themselves from all humanity with an "iron curtain," just as the communists in the USSR protected the Soviet people from the penetration of alien ideologies. The law banning the import of non-kosher meat will be followed by a ban on ballet and pop music, and indeed all forms of art, as the work of the goyim. The only permitted songs will be psalms, the only musical instrument will be the ram's horn, and the anticipation of the coming of the Messiah will resemble a communist, bright future. It's possible that in such a case, the only friendly country will be Iran. And that will be the end of the state of Israel.

 

A significant feature of Israeli political life is its extremely close ties to the financial oligarchy. Incidentally, the high-profile Lerner case has once again exposed this connection and, moreover, demonstrated that Israel is a haven for thieves fleeing the CIS, who are barred from entering Europe and America. The Israeli police weren't interested in the origins of Lerner's millions, his flirtations with Knesset members, or his complicated relationship with the Russian mafia, from which he was protected by a group of bodyguards. But when Mr. Lerner attempted to open his own bank, he was jailed without trial. The police chief himself was sent to Moscow in the hopes of procuring criminal evidence against him. Lerner understood perfectly well that without political support, he would be unable to break into the banking sector, but he failed to take into account that Israeli bankers are unwilling to share their profits with anyone and use the power structures to protect their interests.

Much of the peculiarities of Israeli political life stem from the absence of the long-promised constitution embodying the principle of separation of legislative and executive powers, the adoption of which is primarily hampered by the Palestinian issue.

 

In the aforementioned film, due to the peculiarities of Russian hunting, the unfortunate cow of one of the hunters becomes the prey. As a result of the peculiarities of Israeli policy, the State of Israel itself might become a victim.

 

July 30, 2004

 

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ОСОБЕННОСТИ ЕВРЕЙСКОЙ НАЦИОНАЛЬНОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ

 

АЛИК  БАХШИ

 

ОСОБЕННОСТИ  ЕВРЕЙСКОЙ  

НАЦИОНАЛЬНОЙ  ПОЛИТИКИ

 

   Подобно российскому фильму “Особенности национальной охоты”, в котором весьма образно показано как следует понимать охоту по-русски и кто оказывается ее жертвой, израильские национальные особенности также вносят неповторимый колоритный аромат в блюда, предлагаемые тамошней политической кухней. Наиболее известные из них – демократия по-израильски, социализм по-израильски, еврей по-израильски (еврей по маме относится к сладкому блюду, а еврей по папе имеет своеобразный кисло-горький привкус), брак по- израильски, вернее по-парагвайски или такое блюдо как “контролируемые территории”(все что за зеленой чертой контролируется, а что находится внутри нее не поддается никакому контролю), правосудие по-израильски и так далее. Нельзя не упомянуть и о наиболее популярном на сегодняшний день блюде, - это Ближневосточный мирный процесс, вся особенность которого заключается в некоем мазохистском приложении, а именно, в процессе поочередного (к сожалению, с большими временными промежутками) прикладывания носка американского сапога к мягкому месту политических лидеров, конфликтующих сторон.

  

   Политический курс Израиля осуществляется двумя крупными партиями Аводой и Ликудом (партия Кадима, отпочковавшаяся от Ликуда в силу политических амбиций бывших ликудовцев, по сути тот же Ликуд), имеющими одну и ту же главную цель - строительство и защита государства. Отличие этих партий заключается в том, что экономическая политика Аводы основывается  на квази социалистических принципах управления, а Ликуд декларирует свободу предпринимательства, приватизацию государственной собственности и расширение демократии. Именно декларирует, ничего в общем-то существенно не изменив в хозяйстве страны за годы своего правления. И на то есть объективные причины, вытекающие из политической программы Ликуда. Дело в том, что создание Великого Израиля по-ликудовски можно осуществить только при социалистической системе, как наиболее близкой к тоталитаризму, когда все рычаги управления, как политические, так и экономические сосредоточены в руках государства. Не случайно, что израильский вариант социализма так кстати подошел к сложившейся обстановки и вот уже более 50 лет просуществовал почти без изменения. Никакой стихийный свободный рынок не способен создать поселения и даже целые города ”развития” исключительно с еврейским населением в стратегических и политических целях, как в пределах зеленой черты, так и на оккупированных (или, если хотите, на контролируемых) территориях. Причем, что примечательно, эти города испытывают ту же проблему безработицы, что и города БАМа в России, лишний раз демонстрируя порочность волевых решений, когда учитываются только идеологические соображения, не подкрепленные экономической целесообразностью.

  

  Основная позиция блока Ликуд в политическом плане это оставление за Израилем  всех завоеванных в ходе оборонительных войн территорий, а в социальном плане демократизация израильского общества. Вот здесь и кроется тот подводный камень, на который неизбежно каждый раз натыкается корабль Ликуда, а именно, невозможность демократических преобразований без решения палестинского вопроса. Такой, например, необходимый атрибут демократии, как конституция, невозможен только для избранной части населения, а уравнивать в правах арабское население территорий с евреями не входит в планы Ликуда.

  

  С учетом выше изложенного политика Аводы всегда отличалась большей реалистичностью, Ликуд же преследовал иллюзорные цели, ничего общего не имеющие с действительностью, которая корректировала политику Ликуда и вынуждала его принимать те единственно возможные решения, которым следовал Ликуд вопреки своей партийной программе. Отсюда и судьбоносные для страны решения правительств при Ликуде, связанные с отдачей Синая и с Мадридской мирной конференцией, положившей началу мирным переговорам с палестинцами, итогом которых, несомненно, станет появление палестинского государства. 

   Безусловно, декларируемые цели Ликуда отражают мечты большинства израильтян, продолжающих находиться в мире иллюзий и не желающих, в силу инертности мышления, воспринять происшедшие изменения в политической ситуации Ближнего Востока, который долгое время являлся ареной столкновения интересов США и СССР из-за наличия мировых запасов нефти. Крах Советской империи и отказ Кремля  от политических планов взять под свой контроль ближневосточный регион, лишив тем самым Запад энергетических ресурсов, привел к ситуации, при которой Америка стала единственным и полновластным политическим арбитром Ближнего Востока. Это наглядно продемонстрировано вполне оправданной с политической точки зрения Войной в Заливе в 1991 году и совершенно ошибочным нынешним вторжением в Ирак, которое принесет Америке нежелательные политическими последствиями. В результате, задача Вашингтона добиться стабильности Ближневосточного региона намного усложнилась, ведь кроме иракской проблемы, назрела необходимость решить застарелую проблему арабо-израильского конфликта, - главную виновницу Нью-йоркской трагедии 11 сентября (см. мою статью “… и грянул гром“), проблему, которая, подобно раковой опухоли даёт метастазы в различных точках Земного шара.

   

  Здесь мы подошли к самому неприятному моменту для израильских правых. Совершено ясно, что Америка использует все рычаги политического и экономического давления на Израиль для претворения в жизнь лозунга “мир в обмен на территории” и главным препятствием такому обороту дела является блок правых партий во главе с Ликудом, которому нечего предложить для решения палестинской проблемы. Раздираемый внутрипартийными противоречиями Ликуд долго не мог протянуть и первая же уступка американскому давлению вызвала его распад.

  Ликуд и Авода переживают не лучший период, связанный с необходимостью смены идеологической установки. Программа сионизма по созданию государства выполнена. Израиль признан мировым сообществом и даже его врагами. Пришло время перейти на полностью демократические условия внутригосударственной жизни, без которых невозможен дальнейший прогресс и нормальное существование государства и больше всего этим требованиям отвечает программа блока Мерец. Авода, пытающаяся разрешить палестинскую проблему, на самом деле льет воду на мельницу Мерец. С решением вопроса контролируемых территорий, являющимся главным препятствием дальнейшего развития демократии, последует цепочка демократических преобразований, которые ликвидируют госмонополии и подорвут тем самым экономическую базу электората Аводы.

 

   Особенности политической картины Израиля обязаны особенностям  довольно пестрого по социальным, этническим и религиозным признакам электората, представленного различными партиями.

  

  Электорат Аводы это наиболее высокооплачиваемая часть населения, работающая на государственных и полугосударственных предприятиях, которые представлены монополиями. Доходы этой части  населения несоизмеримо высоки по сравнению с затрачиваемым трудом, если сравнивать со значительно меньшими доходами наемных работников частного сектора, труд которых тяжелее и менее защищен в социальном плане.

   Социалистическая партия породила сонм партийных чиновников и функционеров, имеющих своего рода синекуру с пожизненным квиютом. По этому же принципу построены все государственные институты. Вспомните насколько безуспешной была попытка Барака отправить на пенсию кучку партийных функционеров. Кажется, что сохранение материального благополучия для большей части электората Аводы важнее партийной идеологии и, если лишить ее синекуры и всякого рода социальных привилегий, то возможно завтра, она окажется в рядах оппозиции.

  

  Электорат Ликуда состоит в основном из людей, работающих в сфере частного бизнеса, сюда же можно отнести и большую часть репатриантов из бывшего уже СССР. Примечательно, большинство русских репатриантов, представляющих когда-то советскую интеллигенцию, придерживаются правых политических взглядов, в отличие от израильской, да и от интеллигенции всего остального мира тоже, что уже наводит на некоторые размышления. (см. мою статью “Багаж из империи”) Почему люди, испытавшие на себе национальное притеснение, люди понимающие суть тоталитаризма и прошедшие школу двойной морали, оказавшись здесь в Израиле, приняли за аксиому идею главенствующего положения евреев по отношению к палестинским арабам. С репатриантами религиозных взглядов все ясно,- для них есть евреи и есть гои, располагающиеся по отношению к Богу на более низкой ступени, но, когда что-то подобное слышишь от интеллигента, такое просто не укладывается в сознании. Или еще. Как то раз, интеллигентнейший репатриант из Риги, возмущался  требованием  прибалтов независимости, мотивируя свое несогласие тем, что им и так было неплохо в СССР по сравнению с узбеками,  будто свободу можно соизмерять с уровнем жизни и материальным благополучием. Неужто свое государство дозволено только избранным, а латышам, четверть которых была сгноена русскими коммунистами в сибирской тайге, оно вроде как  и не к чему. Как тут не вспомнить аналогичный довод (имеется ввиду до интифады), что палестинским арабам в Израиле живется не хуже, чем арабам  Иордании или Египта и их мечта о своем государстве просто блажь.

  

  Религиозные граждане Израиля также придерживаются преимущественно правых взглядов, интуитивно понимая, что мир и демократия, эти две неотделимые друг от друга категории, положат конец религиозному засилью в общественной жизни страны. Постоянное представительство религиозной олигархии в парламенте и правительстве страны также можно отнести к особенностям израильской политической кухни. Все что есть аморального в политике ярко демонстрируется религиозной фракцией Кнессета. Неуемная жажда власти и денег со стороны религиозных членов Кнессета вносит элементы восточного базара. Уже одна торговля голосами чего стоит! Недаром один из раввинов - вор Яир Леви сидел в тюрьме, а другой рав Арье Дери за аналогичное “богоугодное” дело после семилетнего следствия также оказался за тюремной решеткой, что чуть ли не вызвало бунт марокканской общины Израиля.

   Именно жажда власти и желание доказать свою значимость перед избирателями толкает раввинов на протаскивание противоречащих демократии религиозных законов.

  

   Освободить раввинов от несвойственного им занятия, вернуть их Богу в силах только конституция, провозглашающая отделение религии от государства, как это сделано во всех цивилизованных странах. Поражает несерьезное и даже снисходительное отношение израильтян к постоянному давлению религиозных кругов на права светского населения. Происходит самый, что ни на есть, настоящий диктат меньшинства и здесь кроется основная опасность для государства. Вспомните исторические примеры, когда совершенно легально к власти приходили диктаторские режимы, опирающиеся на идеологию, воспринимаемую как истину в последней инстанции, и какие несчастья они приносили впоследствии. Не надо иметь богатое воображение чтобы представить будущее Израиля, если у власти окажутся клерикалы, которые, ссылаясь на исключительность евреев, на их качественное отличие перед гоями, отгородятся от всего человечества посредством “железного занавеса” подобно тому, как коммунисты в СССР оберегали советский народ от проникновения чуждых идеологий. За законом, запрещающим ввоз некошерного мяса, последует запрет на балет и эстраду и вообще на все виды искусства, как на происки гоев. Единственно разрешенными песнями останутся псалмы, и единственным музыкальным инструментом – бараний рог, а ожидание прихода Машиаха будет подобно коммунистическому светлому будущему.  Не исключено, что в таком случае единственно дружественной страной окажется Иран. И это будет концом государства Израиль.

  

   Немаловажной особенностью политической жизни Израиля является ее более чем тесная связь с финансовой олигархией. Кстати, нашумевшее дело Лернера лишний раз обнажило эту связь и, кроме того, показало, что Израиль является прибежищем для бежавших из СНГ воров, которым закрыт въезд в Европу и Америку. Израильскую полицию не интересовало ни происхождение лернеровских миллионов, ни его заигрывания с депутатами Кнессета, ни его непростые отношения с российской мафией, от которой он оберегался группой телохранителей, но стоило Господину Лернеру попытаться открыть свой банк, как он без суда угодил за решетку. Сам шеф полиции командировался в Москву в надежде раздобыть криминал на него. Лернер отлично понимал, что без поддержки политиков ему не пробиться в банковскую сферу, но он не учел того, что израильские банкиры не желают ни с кем делиться доходами и используют властные структуры для  защиты своих интересов.

    Большая часть из особенностей политической жизни Израиля является следствием отсутствия давно обещанной народу конституции, содержащей принцип разделения законодательной и исполнительной властей, принятие которой сдерживается главным образом палестинской проблемой.

   

   В упомянутом выше фильме из-за особенностей русской охоты жертвой ее становится незадачливая корова одного из охотников. Как бы в результате особенностей израильской политики жертвой не оказалось само государство Израиль.

 

 30.07.2004

October 7 - Cause and Effect (supplemented)

Alik Bakhshi

October 7 - Cause and Effect (supplemented)

 

On October 7, 2023, Israel suffered a terrorist attack by Palestinians from Gaza. Taking advantage of what must be called the carelessness of Israeli border guards during the holidays, they killed 1,200 people and took 242 hostages into Gaza. Thus, the war began once again, lasting over five months and, despite Israel's incomparable military superiority, continuing to this day, claiming the lives of both Palestinians and Israelis.

 

The US and the EU, while condemning the actions of Palestinian terrorists and believing Israel has the right to punish Palestinians, simultaneously urge Israel to be more cautious when dropping multi-ton bombs on Gaza, which has the highest population density in the world. Frankly, it's amazing how, from above, a pilot dropping a bomb can distinguish a terrorist from an ordinary citizen. After all, the Palestinians don't have a regular army with tanks, guns, and planes. In fact, judging by the scale of the destroyed buildings, they were all inhabited by terrorists, and it must be said, this is closer to the truth. It's hard to imagine that their residents wouldn't wish death on the Israelis, given the conditions of their disenfranchised existence under apartheid and the number of people killed by rockets, bombs, and shells. I wouldn't be wrong if I said that every Palestinian is a potential terrorist, including women.

 

It doesn't take much insight to fail to understand why, from the very first day of Israel's establishment, there has been a war between Jews and Arabs in Palestine, and why martial law has been declared in Israel, which hasn't been lifted to this day. It's because of the demographic situation that arose immediately with the establishment of a state for the Jews. Israel cannot be a Jewish state if the majority of its citizens are Arabs. This is why exiled Palestinians emerged, becoming refugees scattered across neighbouring Arab countries. The remaining Arab population of the former Palestine received Israeli citizenship, while the majority of Palestinians were isolated in the autonomous region, whose territory, like shagreen leather, is shrinking year after year.

 

 

As a result of Israel's expansionist policies, the territory of the Palestinian Authority differs sharply from the territory of the Palestinian state envisaged by the infamous UN resolution to establish two states for two peoples – Jewish and Arab – on the site of Palestine. The Israeli government ignored the UN resolution and solved the problem by erecting a concrete wall around the occupied territory, which resembles a vast, roofless prison. The population of the autonomous region is deprived of the civil rights inherent to state citizens and is used as a source of cheap labor. The isolation of Palestinians in a concrete prison strongly resembles the actions of a state pursuing apartheid. It would be a different matter if the construction of this wall reflected a mutual agreement on the state border between Jews and Palestinians. Unfortunately, such an agreement does not exist, and the wall's placement merely consolidates the annexed territories for Israel, emphasizing its aggressive intentions toward the Arabs. Most importantly, the wall becomes yet another, additional barrier to peace.

 

Currently, due to the war, Israel is experiencing serious problems in construction, which has been completely halted, and in declining agricultural production, the prices of which have increased by 50%. Israeli businessmen, accustomed to dealing with Palestinians from the Palestinian Authority, are unwilling to pay significantly higher wages to workers brought in from abroad. Continuing the war could lead to a catastrophic economic situation.

 

As I wrote previously (1), the blame for the ongoing war in the former Palestine lies entirely with the UN, which should have foreseen the current standoff and deployed troops to the designated dividing line of Palestine, as outlined on the map.

 

 

The Palestinian terrorist attack on October 7, which triggered the military action, also prompted the international community to address the cause of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Many Western politicians, including Biden, suddenly remembered the idea of ​​a Palestinian state and began to speak about its creation as the only way to end this half-century-long conflict. This circumstance leads to a rather unpleasant conclusion: if not for the Hamas terrorists, no one would have even mentioned the forgotten Palestinian state, even though everyone had long known how to stop the bloodshed between Jews and Arabs, but remained silent so as not to irritate...

 

By the way, a few words about terrorists. The fact is that guerrillas also engage in terrorism; moreover, any war cannot do without mass terror, resulting in the death of civilians. The difference between terrorists and guerrillas is the same as between spies and intelligence agents. (2, 3)

 

For greater clarity, a brief historical overview.

Palestine never existed as an Arab state. This territory was part of the Arab Caliphate, which was destroyed by the Turks. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Britain and France divided all Arab lands among themselves, fragmenting them into separate Arab states. In 1948, the territory of Palestine, inhabited by Arabs, was further divided into two states: Palestinian and Jewish. However, the Jews, armed with weapons, prevented the Arabs from establishing a state by occupying all of Palestine. Since the Arab population of Palestine far outnumbered the Jews, most of the Arabs were forced into autonomous regions, while some fled to neighbouring Arab countries. This is how the newly established Jewish state of Israel ended up with more Jews than Arabs. Since 1948, Palestinian Arabs have been trying to achieve their own state, as decided by the UN, but Israel has prevented this decision from being implemented and has been at war with the Palestinian Arabs ever since. To end the war, the Jews have two options: either allow the Palestinians to establish a state within the territory, in accordance with the UN resolution, or kill all the Arabs within the autonomous region.

 

1. The UN's Fatal Mistake. , https://alikbahshi.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-fatal-mistake-of-un.html

2.  International terrorism and its stakeholders.

       https://alikbahshi.blogspot.com/2026/04/international-terrorism-and-its.html     

3. Terrorists or partisans? https://alikbahshi.blogspot.com/2026/04/terrorists-or-partisans.html  

 

February 21, 2024

 

  


Terrorists or partisans?

 

Alik Bakhshi

Terrorists or partisans?

 

         There is no clear answer to this question, because no war is complete without terror against civilians.

      In the article “International Terrorism and Its Interests,” I examined the topical issue of terrorism and its cause. (https://alikbahshi.livejournal.com/1904.html) Today, Israel is waging a war in Gaza against the terrorist organization Hamas, which carried out an insidious attack on Israel, as a result of which 1,200 Israelis were killed and about 250 hostages were taken to Gaza. The Israeli government has decided to destroy Hamas. Due to the fact that the Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated areas and the fact that Hamas terrorists hide behind civilians, casualties among the civilian population of the strip are inevitable. America cautiously reproached Israel for the disproportionate military actions in Gaza, once again demonstrating a double standard. Can America's actions during the war with Japan, when atomic bombs were dropped on the civilian population of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, be called proportionate?

 

     The UN adopted an anti-Israeli resolution, condemning Israel's military actions in Gaza, despite the fact that the initiator of the war is the terrorist organization Hamas.

     The representative of Israel in the Security Council, when discussing a resolution on Israel’s war with the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip, was strongly indignant, it must be said, at the very bold words of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the Hamas attacks did not happen in a vacuum, the Palestinian people were subjected to a suffocating occupation for For 56 years, Palestinians have seen their lands consumed by the creation of Jewish settlements. Yes, the Israeli diplomat did not like the truth and aroused outright anger at Guterres, whom he strongly advised to resign, but he forgot that he was in the UN, and not in the US Congress, where the Jewish lobby traditionally has influence on political decisions.( 1) By the way, we must pay tribute to Biden, who spoke about the need to create a state for the Arabs of Palestine. Echoing the US President and Secretary of State, Blinken spoke about the need to revive the peace process.

      However, the peace process had already taken place, if we recall the Madrid Peace Conference on the Middle East in 1991, lasted for 4 long years and ended with the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin (2). And, if now, as Blinken advises, we begin the peace process again, which will again drag on for an unknown amount of time and it is unknown how it will end, then this is only a waste of time, during which Israel will continue to take away Palestinian land through settlement activities. We must not waste time during which blood will flow again. The UN must correct its mistake made in 1947 (3) and send troops to the borders between Israel and Palestine, as provided for in the UN resolution, in accordance with the famous map:

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   True, in this case one unpleasant nuance will inevitably appear. The fact is that if the Palestinians really find their own state, then, sadly, the only conclusion that will follow is that this happened thanks to Hamas.

 

    1. Israel, and the simple, honest truth. https://alikbahshi.livejournal.com/6466.html

 2. On the question of who killed Rabin. Israel. Our country. 04.12.96. https://alikbahshi.livejournal.com/94912.html

    3. Two states for two peoples. https://alikbahshi.livejournal.com/104990.html

 

        11/22/2023