Israele: il 72 per cento degli Israeliani pensa che non ci sia occupazione Come si chiama un governo militare allora?
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Un recente sondaggio rileva che il 72 per cento degli ebrei israeliani crede che il controllo di Israele sui territori palestinesi non costituisca occupazione. Quindi come si chiama un governo militare su una popolazione prigioniera che non ha votato perché l'esercito si trovi lì?
Per alcuni la parola "occupazione" è un termine sbandierato dalla sinistra traditrice che vuole distruggere il paese ;altri credono che Israele non possa occupare un territorio che , secondo la Bibbia, è stata promessa da Dio agli ebrei, per una minoranza in diminuzione rappresenta tutto ciò che è marcio nello Stato di Israele,per altri è qualcosa che accade "là"Quindi non è sorprendente leggere nell' Index delDemocracy Institute di Israele questo : il 72 per cento degli ebrei israeliani ritiene che controllo di Israele nei territori palestinesi non sia occupazione , il 50 per cento è sicuro che Israele non sia una potenza occupante e il 22 per cento "pensa" che non lo sia.
Con quale termine allora verrebbe definito il regime militare imposto a una popolazione prigioniera che non ha votato perchè l'esercito sia lì e non ha alcuna sovranità? Come verrebbe definito un regime militare che può sigillare intere città, villaggi o tutta la West Bank ogni volta che lo ritiene necessario? Come si potrebbe definire uno stato di cose dove la popolazione nativa di un'etnia è soggetta alla legge militare , mentre la popolazione civile di un gruppo etnico diverso, spostata nel territorio nonostante sia vietato dal diritto internazionale, è soggetta al diritto civile? (A parte l'apartheid che c' è.)
Che dire di una autorità all'interno del Ministero della Difesa che decide dove le persone sotto legge militare possano o non possano costruire case? Come verrebbe chiamata la stessa autorità quando demolisce le case di coloro che non hanno ottenuto l'approvazione (uno per cento )per costruire in Cisgiordania?
Come verrebbe definita una situazione dove i palestinesi possono avere la loro terra arbitrariamente designata come zona militare o zona archeologica e quindi confiscata ? O la loro terra espropriata per insediamenti illegali senza possibilità di tornarvi a risiedere?
Se "occupazione" è un parola sbagliata per descrivere una realtà dove i palestinesi possono, senza alcun potere di opporsi, essere cacciati dalle loro case per poche ore in modo che l'esercito israeliano possa fare esercitazioni di guerra qual è la parola giusta? Come si definisce un regime che considera un raduno di 10 o più persone un " assemblea illegale " e quindi arresta , picchia o spara ai partecipanti? Con quale termine si definisce l'esistenza quotidiana palestinese dove ogni entrata ed uscita richiede 'approvazione militare , registrazioni e monitoraggi continui e l'autorità militare può togliere la libertà di movimento come mezzo di punizione collettiva ?
In un certo senso possiamo ricorrere ad altri termini,ma il vero nodo è un altro : la negazione di quanto accade. La vera domanda è se si crede legittimo che il governo militare di Israele possa soggiogare 2,8 milioni di palestinesi in Cisgiordania e un 1,8 milioni di abitanti di Gaza . Quindi tu dove ti trovi?
Most Israeli Jews think there's no occupation. So what is it?
A recent poll finds that 72 percent of Jewish Israelis
believe Israel’s control over the Palestinian territories does not
constitute occupation. So what do you call military rule over a captive
population that didn’t vote for the army to be there?
Depending on who you speak to, the word “occupation” is either the most loaded or the most ignored term in Israel-Palestine. For some, it’s a canard bandied about by traitorous leftists who want nothing more than to destroy the country by smearing it into oblivion; many believe that Israel cannot occupy territory that the bible says was promised by God to Jews; for a dwindling minority, it represents all that is rotten in the State of Israel. And for others, it’s something that happens “over there” which a lot of people seem to make a lot of fuss over, but which has (as far as they’re concerned) little impact on their day-to-day life.
So it’s perhaps not surprising to read in the latest Peace Index from the Israeli Democracy Institute that 72 percent of Jewish Israelis believe Israel’s control over the Palestinian territories does not constitute occupation — of whom 50 percent are “sure” that Israel is not an occupying power, and 22 percent “think” that it isn’t.
If that’s the case, though, what word does accurately
describe military rule over a captive population that didn’t vote for
the army to be there and that has no sovereignty? How do you describe a
military regime that can seal off entire towns, villages or the whole West Bank whenever it feels like it?
How would you describe a state of affairs wherein a native population of one ethnicity is subject to military law while a civilian population of a different ethnicity that has been moved into the territory, against international law, is subject to civil law? (Aside from apartheid, that is.)
What about an authority that sits within the Ministry of Defense, and that decides where the people under that military law can and can’t build homes? What would you call the same authority when it tears down the houses of those who weren’t fortunate enough to get inside the one percent approval bracket Israel gives to Palestinians seeking building permits in the West Bank?
How would you characterize a situation in which Palestinians can have their land arbitrarily designated a firing zone, conservation area or archaeological zone, and therefore have it confiscated? Or one in which Palestinians’ land is expropriated for illegal settlements and to which the army bars them from returning?
If “occupation” is the wrong word to describe a reality in which Palestinians can, with no power to object, be kicked out of their homes for a few hours or a few days at a time so that the Israeli army can come and play war games in their backyards — what is the correct word? How do you classify a regime that considers a gathering of 10 or more people to be an “illegal assembly,” and which responds by arresting, beating or shooting the participants?
Or how about a daily existence in which every entry and exit requires military approval and is scrutinized, logged and tracked unfailingly? And when that military authority can take away freedom of movement as a means of collective punishment — what is that called?
In a manner of speaking, you can call this state of affairs anything you like: an occupation by any other name would still be as unjust. But that is precisely the point behind this poll finding — the denial and argument here is not, despite what it may seem, over semantics. At the heart of the matter is whether one believes that Israel’s military rule over 2.8 million Palestinians in the West Bank, and its siege on 1.8 million Gazans, are just or not. So where do you stand?
Depending on who you speak to, the word “occupation” is either the most loaded or the most ignored term in Israel-Palestine. For some, it’s a canard bandied about by traitorous leftists who want nothing more than to destroy the country by smearing it into oblivion; many believe that Israel cannot occupy territory that the bible says was promised by God to Jews; for a dwindling minority, it represents all that is rotten in the State of Israel. And for others, it’s something that happens “over there” which a lot of people seem to make a lot of fuss over, but which has (as far as they’re concerned) little impact on their day-to-day life.
So it’s perhaps not surprising to read in the latest Peace Index from the Israeli Democracy Institute that 72 percent of Jewish Israelis believe Israel’s control over the Palestinian territories does not constitute occupation — of whom 50 percent are “sure” that Israel is not an occupying power, and 22 percent “think” that it isn’t.
How would you describe a state of affairs wherein a native population of one ethnicity is subject to military law while a civilian population of a different ethnicity that has been moved into the territory, against international law, is subject to civil law? (Aside from apartheid, that is.)
What about an authority that sits within the Ministry of Defense, and that decides where the people under that military law can and can’t build homes? What would you call the same authority when it tears down the houses of those who weren’t fortunate enough to get inside the one percent approval bracket Israel gives to Palestinians seeking building permits in the West Bank?
How would you characterize a situation in which Palestinians can have their land arbitrarily designated a firing zone, conservation area or archaeological zone, and therefore have it confiscated? Or one in which Palestinians’ land is expropriated for illegal settlements and to which the army bars them from returning?
If “occupation” is the wrong word to describe a reality in which Palestinians can, with no power to object, be kicked out of their homes for a few hours or a few days at a time so that the Israeli army can come and play war games in their backyards — what is the correct word? How do you classify a regime that considers a gathering of 10 or more people to be an “illegal assembly,” and which responds by arresting, beating or shooting the participants?
Or how about a daily existence in which every entry and exit requires military approval and is scrutinized, logged and tracked unfailingly? And when that military authority can take away freedom of movement as a means of collective punishment — what is that called?
In a manner of speaking, you can call this state of affairs anything you like: an occupation by any other name would still be as unjust. But that is precisely the point behind this poll finding — the denial and argument here is not, despite what it may seem, over semantics. At the heart of the matter is whether one believes that Israel’s military rule over 2.8 million Palestinians in the West Bank, and its siege on 1.8 million Gazans, are just or not. So where do you stand?
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