Tema: DE PROFUNDIS„Jis privalo (...) geisti gyvenimo kaip vandens,tačiau gerti mirtį kaip vyną.“Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Politinė apžvalga 4
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Data: 2012-07-31 00:50:13

The topsy-turvy character of international diplomacy was acknowledged this
month by a recently retired British ambassador to the Middle East. Tom
Philips, who served in Israel and Saudi Arabia, writes in the latest
edition of Prospect magazine that Europe and the US need to use "big
carrots and big sticks" if there is to be any hope of reviving the peace
process.
 
But Mr Philips believes the US is "genetically indisposed" to forcing
change on Israel. He proposes instead choking off donor money to the PA so
as "to put the full weight of the occupation on Israel, a burden I do not
think they would be able to endure".
 
In another of the rich ironies of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it now
seems even some diplomats are concluding that the Palestinians will be best
served by destroying the fledgling government that was supposed to be the
harbinger of their independence.
 
The real obstacles to peace - Israel, its occupation and western
complicity - might then be laid bare for all to see.
 
Jonathan Cook won the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism. His
latest books are “Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and
the Plan to Remake the Middle East” (Pluto Press) and “Disappearing
Palestine: Israel’s Experiments in Human Despair” (Zed Books). His
website is www.jkcook.net

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