Bill Sykes' - In Retrospect
XVI.
(January 2009)
Bill
Sykes looks back in retrospect at material which has
been published in previous editions of "View from
America", in an attempt to determine whether the
subject matter written then is still applicable in
today’s world.
Article #16A. Introduction.
"Trying to understand the complex Israeli/Palestinian situation".
Looking back in retrospect I find that in previous editions of "Understanding
the Middle East" I concentrated mainly upon the take over of most of the
Palestine land by Israel, and the American invasion of Iraq. Apparently I barely
included the mention of other important Middle East countries such as Lebanon,
Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, and therefore I must apologize for
the lack of coverage of certain peripheral nations in the Middle East who obviously
have a definite interest in the current Israeli/Palestine Arab situation.
Consequently I have corrected the title of this article to "Trying to understand
the complex
Israel/Palestine Arab situation".
Considering the current rapid deterioration
of the Jewish/Palestine Arab situation I think that
the time has come for me to resurrect portions of an
article which upon looking back in retrospect I had
given the title, "Understanding the Middle East" which
was published on the www.openwriting.com website
on the
2nd August 2006
If I remember correctly the articles were written
in such a way as to remind the people of this world
how in the 1946/1948 time period Great Britain had
been coerced by the British and American Jewish Lobbies
to pull its troops out of Palestine, in order to allow
the Jewish people to have a homeland. This of course
was after Great Britain had kept law and order in Palestine
for twenty six years, (1922/1948).
Under the Balfour agreement and the British mandate
of 1917, the entry of Jewish immigrants was restricted
to specified numbers, and in 1920 The League of Nations
ratified the agreement.
The takeover of most of the Arab lands in Palestine
by the Israelis since that time was largely
financed by America, and unfortunately to a lesser
extent by Great Britain, and in my opinion the Jewish
immigrants have finally neared the completion of what
I believe they always intended to achieve that is the
takeover of practically the whole of Palestine. I may
be wrong, but I have always figured that the intention
of the British Government at that time was to allow
Jewish immigrants to enter Palestine in order to create
a "Jewish Homeland/State", which was to
be shared with the Palestinian Arab population.
I’m sure that it was not the British Government’s
intention to allow the Jewish immigrants to takeover
practically all of the Palestinian land, which incidentally
has been fully supported by American finance and the
supply of modern day weapons to Israel, (including
nuclear capability), for the last sixty plus years.
In my opinion, Israel has for many years, (since the
initial Jewish State was formed), conducted a land
grab expansion program which over the years they have
successfully achieved. I’m also pretty sure that
their plan included the possible annexation of Lebanon
as an integral part of the Israeli homeland.
To clarify my personal position on the subject: I’m
not anti-Semitic, and I’m not pro-Arab, so I
do not support either side in this dreadful situation.
I’m just trying to sort out reasons and facts
which appertain to the situation, and I certainly think
that the time is long overdue for both Israel and Hamas
to stop their warlike posturing and live peaceably
together, and also for Israel to return some of the
Palestinian Arab land that it has occupied since the
inception of the State of Israel.
Disclaimer:
Some of the information gathered for this news letter
has been gleaned from American and International
media sources, (Including the Internet), and as such
is quoted as accurately as possible. I try to obtain
confirmation on each subject from several outlets,
so the text is a mixture of composite news items
and my personal comments and therefore the reader
must make his/her own judgment as to the reliability
and degree of accuracy of the subjects discussed.
Eric (Bill) Sykes, (Southern California).
January 2009.
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