The Joke of a Settlement Freeze

As you might know or have heard, Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu has put in effect a ten month settlement freeze in the West Bank, as an act of restarting peace talks. This settlement freeze will stop all new settlements and housing, however, any houses that are being built are not to be halted. Also, public buildings such as synagogues, schools, and the such will also not be included in this "freeze". And the whole settlement freeze is aimed at restarting the peace talks like I mentioned above, and is so full of "honesty" and "integrity" and the Prime Minister and the Government of Israel only have peace in their minds as they put this into effect.

The Israeli Government now says that it has come the time for the Palestinians to contribute to the peace process and start negotiations. But as I had stated in a past article, Israel seems to offer all of the "generous" peace treaties, yet the Palestinians seem to be rejecting the whole of them every time, and for no apparent reason, or so they say, but since we've uncovered the truth of that all, let us look specifically at this move. This whole ten month settlement freeze only concerns the West Bank, and not East Jerusalem, since, as they say, "cannot stop building in our sovereign capital." This is yet another flaw in this so called "move for peace" that seems insignificant but is probably one of the biggest roadblocks to peace. Anyway let us examine the true motive of the Israeli Government's decision.

I'm positive this is just another scheme by the Israelis to cover up and better their profile in the International Community. Israel's corruption is now slowly being uncovered to the world, and the first step to this vast uncovering was seen during the Gaza offensive and after with all the protests and the global outcry. And Israel has full knowledge of this, and now wants to do anything to redeem its image. Of course, in terms of financial and militaristic support, the United States would never relent, but the image is what matters here. This was only proposed and put into effect because Israel wanted to show the world that it was not in opposition to peace, it was the side that started the peace. And now, I don't expect the Palestinians to respond at all to this so called "proposition of peace" because it is false and corrupt. Just yesterday, the Israeli government approved of 28 new settlements to be built in their beloved "Judea and Samaria" (West Bank), despite the freeze that was publicized to extremes. And not only that, but the Minister of Tourism vowed to build more settlements and to "unfreeze" this freeze on settlements soon.

Hypocrisy, foul, and corrupt are some of the words that come to mind when thinking of this whole issue and the Israeli government. With numbers like 28 new settlements, being offered on a regular basis, the West Bank will have no more Palestinians, and no more Palestinian land. Palestinian land is dwindling at a frightening pace, because the land that the settlements are built on is confiscated Palestinian land. And on top of all of this, Israel expects the Palestinians to come forth and bow down to this "generous" offer.