101 Actions Israel Could Take
by Sam Bahour, COUNTERPUNCH, November 14, 2018
In debating an Israeli friend from Jerusalem, I challenged him that
Israel consciously plans and uses its military might to damage the
Palestinian’s national project to build a state and free itself from
Israeli control. Avner, my Israeli friend, argued otherwise, buying into
the Israeli state narrative that Israel is “forced” to take measures
which negatively affect Palestinians because Israeli security requires
it. My knee-jerk reaction as someone living and working under Israeli
military occupation for over two decades, was that this was hogwash and,
short of ending its illegal (note: legal occupations are temporary by
definition) occupation of Palestinians, I claimed that Israel—the
occupying power—could immediately take 101 measures to reduce tensions
on the ground, without jeopardizing any true and rational security
needs. He shrugged and said, “tell me”?
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So, here it is. A quick compilation, with the generous assistance of
several friends here in Palestine, and with a few items selected from
the umpteen reports being published about the rapidly deteriorating
state of affairs. This list is not intended to be comprehensive by any
means, but rather a look beyond the daily headlines to give readers,
especially those who have bought into the Israeli propaganda—hook, line
and sinker—that this military occupation is all about “security”.
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