Jeremiah 6:14 “ They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace .”
I you believe the current press reports, peace is about to break out between the Palestinian militants and Israel . The really believe the post-Arafat PLO is actually taking steps toward peaceful co-existence with Israel , including our deceived leadership. In this one, Bush is being suckered and made a fool.
To prove this the report now that there is a real cease fire and pledges made by both Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and PLO President Mahmoud Abbas , as the shake hands at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, on Tuesday, February 8, 2005. They were there at the invitation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and also joined by Jordan 's King Abdullah II. The headlines of the MSNBC article on this event is titled; “ Mideast cease-fire paves way for peace talks”
In return for Abbas' going to this meeting and pledging peace, the United States new Secretary of State, Dr. Rice, said we will immediately give the PLO 40 million dollars to give them a jump start with promises of hundreds of millions more. How stupid can we be?
Even in the same article, it is mentioned that Hamas immediately let it be know that they were questioning the deal.
We need to get back to that which is rational and known facts in this issue. We must try to separate facts from fantasy.
First, the fantasy: The new PLO president Mahmoud Abbas is really actively seeking a ceasefire with Israel . Before Abbas was even sworn in ABCNEWS had an article with the headline “Palestinians Vow Action Against Militants” and tried to promote the idea that the PLO was really serious about peace. This feeds the perception that the next step is up to Israel . As in the past, the PLO many times under Arafat vowed to take action, but as we have seen from their past history, vowing to take action and taking action are two entirely different matters.
Yasser Arafat vowed to take action all during the Oslow Accords. He did, but the wrong kind of action. And perception is often so different from reality. Recently the Kansas City Star ran the story of a suicide bomber attack against Israel . They headline read, “Attack Complicates Push for Ceasefire.” That headline shows the crazy view of western media to the events and situation in the Middle East . An attack in the context of an offer for a cease fire merely complicates things because it causes Israel to doubt their sincerity for wanting a ceasefire and being willing to prove it. The fact that it is all an insincere ploy by the PLO is inconsequential. The intent of the headline is meant to create the fantasy that if peace talks break down, it has to be Israel 's fault, even though they are being attacked. It also implies that the PLO is really trying as hard as they can. This is a very dangerous illusion the western media is creating.
Let us now define some of the tactical terms Muslims use. Possessing an accurate vocabulary of historic Islamic terms is extremely important to understanding the current events.
Recently the PLO executive committed endorsed Abbas' called for “hudna,” which the western media translated as a ceasefire. The PLO Statement said, “The committee calls for halting all military operations that cause harm to our national interest and provide Israel with an excuse to disrupt stability on the Palestinian arena” What a pile of smooth deception.
The PLO statement was carefully crafted after the ways of Arafat. It does NOT call for a halt of all military operations, but only those they deem to be harmful to their national interests. Implicit in the statement is a green light for attacks that advance their interests, making the statement meaningless on its face and deliberately so. In addition the different terrorist factions have not agreed to a ceasefire but to a “hudna” which is entirely different and means something different to the militant factions of the PLO. To them a “hudna” is a temporary tactical truce.
The Prophet Mohamnmed stuck a legendary 10 year hudna with the tribe that controlled Mecca in the seventh century. During the first two years of the temporary truce to rearm. Then he used a minor infraction of their agreement to break the hudna and launch a full conquest of Mecca , which became the holiest city of Islam . A hudna, as the Muslims understand it, is made for tactical reasons and advantage rather than for the purpose of a real and honest ceasefire and an ultimate peace.
In 1994, Arafat infamously invoked Mohammed's hudna to describe his own Oslow commitments on the road to Jerusalem . The implication is clear. Six years later Arafat's hudna came to an end when he launched what has been termed the Oslow war against Israel .
Hamas also understands the concept of hudna. IT has agreed to no less than ten hudna's in the past ten years. After every single one, they have returned, freshly armed to new terror.
It is not difficult to discover the religious, historical and diplomatic facts regarding the actual meaning of a hudna. That is why it is so disturbing to see the western media translate it as a truce, which implies permanence. Their anti-Israeli bias is nowhere more obvious. The mainstream media was impressed with Abbas' integration of the Al Aqusa Martyr's brigade into the Palestinian security services. They reason by co-opting the terror groups into the PA's official security apparatus the Al Aqusa's terrorist group will become subordinate to President Abbas. Government. What they don't perceive is that there is no difference between the terrorists and the Palestinian Authority other than the PA's tactical use of the concept of plausible deniability
Former security minister Mohammed Dahlan is expected to play a major security role in the new P.A. cabinet. HE said that Abbas has no intent of disarming the Palestinian group that are fighting with Israel . He told the Saudi daily, “Abbas's pledge to end lawlessness had been misunderstood. He was not referring to the weapons that are in the hands of the Palestinian resistance. These weapons constitute only 10 percent of the problem. The remaining weapons, which are responsible for lawlessness, come from arms dealers and smugglers.” – Mohammed Dahlan, Former PA Security Minister.
Dahlan said the PA would not use force to disarm any Palestinian group because it prefers to engage in dialogue with all factions “… to reorganize the weapons of the resistance.” – Mohammed Dahlan
This is an evident reference to Palestinian terrorist groups being absorbed into the Palestinian Authority. It is easy to determine these facts. So why is most of the mainline media either failing to report them or covering them up?
Mohmoud Abbas, the man of the hour, was carried on terrorists shoulders at his election rallies. He held high the banner of the Al Aqusa Martyrs brigade and referred to Israel as the Zionist enemy. He promised to protect the terrorists. As the new leader of the Palestinian Authority Abbas demands the following for “peace” with Israel :
+ The dismantling of all Israeli settlements in Gaza amd the West Bank .
+ A return to pre-1967 borders
+ Israeli acceptance of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capitol
+ Israeli agreement to the Right of Return
+ The release of all Palestinian prisoners
And all of this was before there is a possibility of peace. Those are exactly the same demands made by Arafat. Abbas has shown that he intends to carry on in Arafat's footsteps. It was Arafat's insistence on the “Right of Return” that torpedoes the Camp David Accords and launched to Oslo War. It was Abbas who counseled Arafat not to give in. Remember, the “Right of Return” is part of the PLO's long term plans for the destruction of Israel . It provides that all 1949 refugees and all their descendants be allowed to settle in Israel as immediate Israeli citizens. It doesn't mean the right of return to a new Palestinian state. It demands that all those who fled in the 1948 war be allowed to settle inside the borders of Israel . Abbas is also coordination the strategy with Syrians President, that way Israel cannot make peace with the Palestinians without making peace with the Syrians as well.
Israel is not likely to open peace talks with Syria unless the United States is convinced that they have stopped supporting terrorism. This adds an unnecessary obstacle for a genuine peace deal for the Palestinians.
Israel has said it will never give up Jerusalem to the Palestinians to have as their capitol and they will never do that which would be an obvious and immediate national suicide. Allowing a right of return for all Palestinians to Israel and not to a Palestinian state, would be national suicide for Israel . The four stage plan for the destruction of Israel has survived it's author, Yasser Arafat. For the Palestinians, peace is not an option, but a weapon of war. What is so astonishing about this is the willingness of the so-called “quartet for peace” to overlook these facts and are knowingly supporting a regime that is being constructed of active terrorist groups. These terrorist groups have refused to renounce terrorism as a legitimate form of political expression. In stead, they are simply pretending that they have turned over a new leaf by ignoring any evidence to the contrary.
Just looking at a sketch of Abbas' history should bring up red flags. In his doctorate at the University of Moscow , he argued that the Zionist conspired with the Nazis to create the holocaust to force the surviving Jews to immigrate to Israel after the war. For more on his history and what he has accomplished, read the short article, “ The Mahmoud Abbas Victory and Israel ”
