Today, Monday, June 14, 2010, was approved - unanimously on a proposal from Prime Minister Netanyahu - the launch of an internal committee to clarify the responsibilities of the military in the attack Freedom Flotilla of ships in international waters perpetrated by the IDF, and who saw the killing of activists nine Turks, injuring dozens of people and the arrest of hundreds. Two weeks before the attack, Israel continues to show the face of an overbearing and unilateral military policy. We, unfortunately, we have become accustomed to this arrogance and it seems the community International has no intention (or should I say "interest"?) to exercise the right pressure on them to bring clarity and justice on the facts of May 31, 2010.
This decision, taken unilaterally and contrary to the request of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (who had requested the opening of an international commission), he sees Israel in the role of prosecutor and judge at the same time. Well, yet another mockery of international law and therefore the international community (often passive and compliant in respect of the atrocities that the Palestinians suffer every day in Gaza, prisoners of the largest prison open world, and that since 2006 suffered a heavy isolation due to the embargo imposed by Israel). Of the same opinion is the Minister turkish Davutoglu, which considers it unnecessary and not relevant international launching this council. For Turkey, it is particularly important to clarify what happened, since all the dead are of Turkish nationality. Since then, in fact, have cut off all diplomatic ties with Israel, by withdrawing its ambassador.
Personally I am not surprised. Israel has used disproportionate use of force and unilateralism. Just think of the many condemnations by the Council for Human Rights UN; attack "preventive" and fratricide, as the last called "lead time" that cost the lives of more than a thousand people, or call the policy of "ambiguity" toward nuclear weapons, namely, the fact that have never denied nor confirmed nor to possess the nuclear bomb (though there is evidence of their existence). In short, nothing new we see today. And, as usual, the U.S. is complicit in Israel.
There, despite a possible "perspective" future that opens a glimmer of hope. Noam Chomsky, in a recent interview with Al Ahram Weekly on the occasion the presentation of his latest book, "Hopes and Prospects", declared that the U.S. might soon realize that their interests are no longer in that area and the fact that the situation is leading to many problems. If this happens, Europe would follow the same policy, thereby isolating Israel, which would greatly complicate their situation and that he could no longer act unilaterally and in (almost) total international silence. It 'so important that Israel change the route, which begins to open up horizons of dialogue, and understand that their future and their lives depend on the possibility of initiating a process of reconciliation and justice (assuming the costs), although this perspective it is currently impossible. The price to pay, otherwise, it would be a crescendo of violence (but in this case insulation in total) that would permanently fade away the few prospects for change on which (maybe) we can still entertain a reasonable hope.
Personally, I condemn all forms of violence, from whatever faction comes and I strongly believe in nonviolence as the only possible way out of this and many other conflicts. And 'Dear Alice important that you understand that I'm writing to point the finger at the "guilty". All are responsible for what they did, but no one is "guilty" of when it happened. But this, dear Alice, not to say that they are all equally responsible. No, I can not say this.
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