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“An attention to the judgment of other nations is important to every government for two reasons: the one is, that, independently of the merits of any particular plan or measure, it is desirable, on various accounts, that it should appear to other nations as the offspring of a wise and honorable policy; the second is, that in doubtful cases, particularly where the national councils may be warped by some strong passion or momentary interest, the presumed or known opinion of the impartial world may be the best guide that can be followed.

What has not America lost by her want of character with foreign nations; and how many errors and follies would she not have avoided, if the justice and propriety of her measures had, in every instance, been previously tried by the light in which they would probably appear to the unbiased part of mankind?”

—James Madison, Federalist No. 63, March 1, 1788

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Barghouti: Israel Guilty of Ethnic Cleansing

From the Palestine Monitor, a report of a speech by Mustafa Barghouti, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, in Ramallah, May 29, 2014: 

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The practice of ethnic cleansing Israel is carrying out in the Jordan Valley is a repetition of the tragedy the Palestinian people suffered in 1948 during the creation of the state of Israel, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, told demonstrators at a solidarity event for the Palestinian families of the Jordan Valley on Wednesday. 
 
Over the last four years, according to Dr. Barghouti, Israel has demolished thousands of homes and facilities, displacing about 5,000 citizens. He argued that these measures are a clear attempt by Israel to Judaize the Jordan Valley and the rest of Area C—the approximately 61% of the West Bank placed under full Israeli civil and military control via the Oslo Accords. 
 
Barghouti maintained that the only way to fend off Israel’s encroachments is to increase boycott, divestment and sanctions measures, and demand that United Nations institutions take concrete measures in response to Israel’s grave violations of international laws, UN Charters and the Geneva Conventions. 
 
According to Barghouti, official Palestinian institutions yesterday began the process of joining the Internal Criminal Court in order to prosecute Israel for war crimes and racial discrimination against the Palestinian people. 
 
Barghouti reaffirmed the need for support for the steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the Jordan Valley by all means possible—support which will ensure their survival and allow them to remain within their homes.  
 
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"Dr. Mustafa Barghouti: Israeli is carrying out ethnic cleansing in the Jordan Valley," Palestine Monitor, May 29, 2014.

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