The main beneficiary of the so-called Arab Spring

As the so-called Arab spring was a sinister project planned by the US and its regional and Western allies with the aim of weakening the Arab states and creating chaos there, it is natural for Israel to be the main beneficiary of such colonial project to press ahead with its racist and aggressive policies against Arab people.

Capitalizing on the world’s concentration on the so-called Arab Spring, Israel has taken several racist and anti-peace measures that perpetuate its occupation of the Arab territories.

In his speech to the joint session of the U.S. Congress on May 24, 2011, Israeli prime minister Netanyahu spoke about the “Arab Spring” positively, as if he stood shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with the rioters describing the “Arab Spring” as an historic moment holding the promise of a new dawn. Such a statement reflects Netanyahu’s support for this evil project because it is a golden opportunity for Israel to benefit from the chaos prevailing in the Arab region to implement its anti-peace and racist policies.

Illegal settlement activities, which run contrary to all international norms and blatantly violate the UN charter, were on the top of the occupation government’s priorities during the past two years with the aim of changing the demographic and geographic status of the occupied territories and wipe out their genuine Arab identity.

An Israeli planning committee has advanced a plan to build 69 housing units in East Jerusalem settlement of Har Homa. The occupation Jerusalem municipality claimed that the construction project, which was built more than a decade ago and now houses 12,000 Israelis, was not new and had already passed earlier planning stages.

This move was as a message to US Secretary of State John Kerry, who said that he was trying to revive long-stalled Middle East peace negotiations. But Resumption of negotiation requires a cessation of all settlement activities and racist practices.

 Patrick Ventrell, the acting deputy spokesperson for US State Department, declined to answer a question about the new settlements which indicates the US approval of such a plan.

Most recently, the occupation government adopted the racist Prawer-Begin plan that would lead to the confiscation of 800,000 dunums of land and forced displacement of 40,000 Palestinians in Negev, in addition to the destruction of 36 villages. About 850,000 dunums of Negev lands will be confiscated and thousands of Palestinian families will be displaced.

This racist plan to build settlements comes in the context of Israel going too far in the process of ethnic cleansing against our Palestinian Arab people and land confiscation and displacement of Palestinian residents. The sinister plan is part of the racist ethnic cleansing policies that Israel has practiced against the Palestinians in occupied Palestine since 1948 with the aim of Judaizing the land and putting an end to what is left of Palestine Cause with its historical, geographic, demographic and heritage dimensions.

The Prawer-Begin plan is a dangerous project constituting a flagrant violation of the international law and its principles, particularly those related to human rights.

The international community should move immediately to stop this plan and deter the occupation forces and hold them accountable for their unilateral and unashamed violations of the international law.

If it is to prove a sign of credibility, the international community should stop turning a blind eye and a deaf ear and bring the racist Zionist measures to a halt as they pose a threat to the security and stability in the region. 

K.Q.