Maybe the Green Party honchos feel that, with the overwhelming majoority of U.S.
politicians talking about Palestinians like Father Coughlin used to talk about Jews,
they're being courageous by placing the blame for the violence in occupied Palestine
mainly on the Israelis. But, especially given what they acknowledge about the reality
of the situation, there's no justification for their unctuous preaching to the
Palestinian people to "refrain from violence" to "set a moral example and higher
standard than their occupiers, which will [do they really believe this???] engender
the respect and unequivocal support of the international community [of imperialists
and their clients?]"
I believe that this Green Party organization (or is it another one) calls for only a
50% cut in the U.S. military budget, which would leave it at a couple of hundred
billion dollars per annum. One hundredth of one percent of that amount would buy the
Palestinians more stones than they could possibly use, even if every one of them
became a full-time stone-thrower.
It's obvious that the Green politicians are torn between not alienating people who are
looking for an honest alternative and not alienating pro-Israel Jews among their
supporters. May these opportunist cowards wind up suffering the anal discomfort that
such fence-sitting merits.
- Aaron
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From: Michael Eisenscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: US Green Party Statement on Middle East
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:59:07 -0500 (CDT)
GREEN PARTY ENDORSES UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
PROPOSES BASIS FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE
The Association of State Green Parties, USA (ASGP) condemns the ongoing violence
between Palestinians and Israelis. The ASGP supports recent UN Security Council
Resolution 1322, which deplores Israeli provocation at Haram Al-Sharif and condemns
the excessive use of force against Palestinians. According to ASGP Steering Committee
Co-Chair Tom Sevigny, The Green Party opposes violence by either Israelis or
Palestinians. However, by supporting this UN resolution, we acknowledge the greater
responsibility of Israel for the conflict both in this immediate crisis and in Israels
continuing history of non-compliance with international law and UN resolutions. There
can be neither justice nor an enduring peace for Palestinians or Israelis as long as
international law and human rights are not strictly observed.
In advocating a resolution to the PalestinianIsraeli conflict, the ASGP reaffirms the
Green Partys commitment to non-violence. According to ASGP Coordinating Committee
member Dean Myerson, We acknowledge that Israels continued military occupation of
Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem constitutes a clear violation of Palestinian
human rights under international law and numerous UN resolutions. However, we urge
Palestinians--especially in response to provocations like those by Ariel Sharon and
Israeli settlers--to refrain from violence and to protest their injustice by mass
non-violent civil disobedience and non-cooperation, as well as by empowering leaders
who support such non-violent acts of liberation. In doing so, Palestinians set a moral
example and higher standard than their occupiers, which will engender the respect and
unequivocal support of the international community.
Israels ongoing occupation of Palestinian land embodies a fundamental challenge to
international peace in this era. As ASGP International Committee member Justine
McCabe said, Will the world that witnessed the last gasps of colonialism, the horror
of genocides and atomic bombs, begin the new millennium by affirming international law
which prohibits the acquisition of territory by force? Or will it step back into 19th
century consciousness where might made right? Its important to remember that the
international interdiction against acquiring territory by force applies regardless of
how a conflict started or was conducted. It also stipulates that military occupation
is always temporary and never becomes legal through force or duration. These
universal principles concerning belligerent occupation are also recognized in the UN
Charter and are reflected in UN Security Council Resolutions 237 and 242 which call
for Israeli withdrawal from land seized in 1967 as the basis for a !
just peace.
The ASGP also calls attention to the rights of Palestinians to return to their homes,
to reclaim their property and to be compensated for their losses, rights which are
unconditional and guaranteed by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UN
General Assembly Resolutions 194, reaffirmed every year since 1948.
The ASGP acknowledges the intrinsic limitations of the Oslo peace process as currently
constituted. Given irrefutable guarantees in international law for Israeli and
Palestinian human rights, ASGPs Tom Sevigny stated, Its significant that the very
mechanism for achieving peace, the Oslo Process, has ignored international law, which
is the only equitable basis for resolving ethnic conflict. Instead, Oslo has been
subject to inherent biases that are antithetical to international law. It privileges
Israeli goals and needs at the expense of inalienable Palestinian rights to
self-determination, political and economic freedom and return of refugees.
Therefore, the Association of State Green Parties, USA calls on the US Government to
commit to the following propositions, and to stop all further aid to Israel until it
also adheres to them:
*Peace negotiations must be re-established based on equality of the two parties before
international law. Thus, adherence to international law and the inalienability of the
human rights of Israelis and Palestinians must be the foundation for continuing peace
negotiations.
*Jerusalem must be a shared city, open to all, without exclusive claims to national
sovereignty or religion. A solution for Jerusalems status must be negotiated that
respects the human rights of both Palestinians and Israelis, as well as the rights of
the three religious communities for whom Jerusalem is sacred. Until such time, the
US embassy should not be moved to Jerusalem.
*Israel must withdraw from all lands acquired since 1967, including East Jerusalem,
Gaza and the West Bank.
*Palestinian refugees inalienable rights to return to their homes and to receive
material compensation for their losses must be honored.
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