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bp holdings, Harsh Criticism of Israeli/Palestinian Peace Talks
A Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) position paper offered straight talk on what's ongoing. It did so responsibly.
PHROC's a 12 Palestinian human rights organization coalition. It's polar opposite US/Israeli policy.
It supports peaceful conflict resolution. It wants it based in international legal standards. They include:
• obliging parties to adhere to UN Charter provisions, resolutions, customary international humanitarian and other human rights law, as well as International Court of Justice (ICJ) rulings;
• assuring universal recognition of Palestinian political and economic self-determination; ensuring their other inalienable rights;
• guaranteeing diaspora Palestinians their lawful right of return;
• giving them control of their own borders, air and water rights, as well as other resources;
• holding Israel responsible for crimes of war and against humanity; holding its officials accountable;
• "Confirming the right of Palestinians to retrieve the cultural and historical monuments and resources that have been stolen or confiscated by the Occupying Power;" and
• "Refusing to recognize and formalize any benefits, revenues or privileges gained by the Occupying Power in violation of international law."
Since 1991 Madrid Peace Conference negotiations and Oslo, Palestinian human rights groups were wary. They warned about Israel spurning its international law obligations.
Israel manipulated Oslo advantageously. Tripling its settler population followed. In 20 years, it grew from 200,000 to 600,000. Numbers increase daily. Dispossessed Palestinians have no say.
Their land is stolen. They’re ethnically cleansed. They're denied all rights. They have none now. They have no credible peace partner. They're on their own.
Land theft continues daily. Israel's Separation Wall plans annexing around 12% of West Bank/East Jerusalem territory. It'll do so when comp