Shin Bet vetoed Secret Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement

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Drafted by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex

For immediate release 28.7.06

SHIN BET VETOED SECRET ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE AGREEMENT

Israeli and Palestinian Sources Concur: Israel Made War Inevitable

The Omega Institute (OI), which works closely with the Institute for Policy Research for Development (IPRD), has learned from Israeli and Palestinian sources that just prior to the current crisis, senior Hamas leaders were in active dialogue with Israeli religious leaders in a round of bilateral peace negotiations. Israeli negotiators included Rabbi Menachem Froman, former deputy leader and co-founder of the Israeli Settler movement Gush Khatif; Rabbi David Bigman, head of the liberal religious Kibbutz movement Yeshiva at Ma'ale Gilboa; and Yitzhak Frankenthal, founder of the Arik Institute. Ongoing negotiations had resulted in a breakthrough peace "understanding", which was to be announced at a press conference in Jerusalem to mark the launching of an extraordinary peace initiative. Israeli Prime Minister Olmert had been briefed extensively about the initiative by Frankenthal. Also due to attend the conference were Khaled Abu Arafa, the Palestinian Cabinet Minister for Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhamed Abu Tir, senior Hamas Member of the Palestinian Parliament, and other senior Palestinian delegates.

The meeting was to announce a joint Israeli-Palestinian call for the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit who had been abducted by Hamas in Gaza, along with proposals for the beginning of the release of all Palestinian prisoners. These measures were to precipitate unprecedented new peace negotiations on a framework peace agreement, drawn on the 1967 borders. The presence of Palestinian Cabinet Officers and senior Israeli religious leaders in contact with the Prime Minster was to underline the seriousness of this peace proposal on both sides.

Just hours before the meeting was due to start, the Israeli Shin Bet internal Security Service arrested Abu Tir and Abu Arafa and warned them not to attend the meeting, under threats of detention. The meeting, which offered a major opportunity to obtain Shalit's release and launch a new framework for peace, was thrown into disarray. The next day, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) invaded Gaza, and the day after both Abu Tir and Abu Arafa were abducted by Israeli forces, along with a third of the Palestinian Cabinet, provoking a predictable escalation of violence.

Israel simultaneously began conducting covert incursions on to Lebanese territory, provoking Hizbollah's capture of two IDF soldiers. Credible sources confirm that the soldiers were not abducted on Israeli territory, but inside Lebanon. Like the scuppered peace negotiations, Western officials have ignored this, and misinformed the media. However, some reports corroborate the sources. Israeli officials, for instance, informed Forbes (12.7.06) that "Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers during clashes Wednesday across the border in southern Lebanon, prompting a swift reaction from Israel."

"The revelations show that Palestinian and Lebanese actors were not principally responsible for the escalation of the current conflict", said OI Director Graham Ennis. "Contrary to the misinformation disseminated by the Whitehouse and Whitehall, Israel vetoed unprecedented peace proposals that would have initiated a promising new framework for serious negotiations, and went on to provoke Palestinian and Lebanese groups into retaliations, that now threaten to escalate into a dangerous regional conflict." Much more.
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blueflame1 wrote:

Israel simultaneously began conducting covert incursions on to Lebanese territory, provoking Hizbollah's capture of two IDF soldiers. Credible sources confirm that the soldiers were not abducted on Israeli territory, but inside Lebanon. Like the scuppered peace negotiations, Western officials have ignored this, and misinformed the media. However, some reports corroborate the sources. Israeli officials, for instance, informed Forbes (12.7.06) that "Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers during clashes Wednesday across the border in southern Lebanon, prompting a swift reaction from Israel."

"Credible sources confirm"

What a bunch of horseshyt... credible sources... Rolling Eyes

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How did they provoke firebombing school buses?

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From Forbes.com, "Hezbollah Captures 2 Israeli Soldiers
By JOSEPH PANOSSIAN , 07.12.2006, 05:41 AM

The militant group Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers during clashes Wednesday across the border in southern Lebanon, prompting a swift reaction from Israel, which sent ground forces into its neighbor to look for them.

The forces were trying to keep the soldiers' captors from moving them deeper into Lebanon, Israeli government officials said on condition of anonymity.

The Israeli military would not confirm the report.

Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called an emergency Cabinet meeting and said Lebanese guerrillas would pay a "heavy price" for Wednesday's attacks.

"These are difficult days for the state of Israel and its citizens," Olmert said. "There are people ... who are trying to test our resolve. They will fail and they will pay a heavy price for their actions."

Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/07/12/ap2873051.html

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blueflame1 wrote:

From Forbes.com, "Hezbollah Captures 2 Israeli Soldiers
By JOSEPH PANOSSIAN , 07.12.2006, 05:41 AM

The militant group Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers during clashes Wednesday across the border in southern Lebanon, prompting a swift reaction from Israel, which sent ground forces into its neighbor to look for them.

The forces were trying to keep the soldiers' captors from moving them deeper into Lebanon, Israeli government officials said on condition of anonymity.

The Israeli military would not confirm the report.

Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called an emergency Cabinet meeting and said Lebanese guerrillas would pay a "heavy price" for Wednesday's attacks.

"These are difficult days for the state of Israel and its citizens," Olmert said. "There are people ... who are trying to test our resolve. They will fail and they will pay a heavy price for their actions."

Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/07/12/ap2873051.html

And this is what started the current fighting,even though you will try and spin it that Israel started it,wont you.

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Come on you guys, its a PRESS RELEASE.

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mysteryman, Israel had already started the fighting if their soldiers were captured in Lebanon as Forbes reported on July 12.

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"MSNBC online first reported that Hezbollah had captured Israeli soldiers "inside" Lebanon, only to change their story hours later after the Israeli government gave an official statement to the contrary.

A report from The National Council of Arab Americans, based in Lebanon, also raised suspicion that Israel's official story did not hold water and noted that Israel had yet to recover the tank that was demolished during the initial attack in question.

"The Israelis so far have not been able to enter Aitaa al-Chaab to recover the tank that was exploded by Hezbollah and the bodies of the soldiers that were killed in the original operation (this is a main indication that the operation did take place on Lebanese soil, not that in my opinion it would ever be an illegitimate operation, but still the media has been saying that it was inside 'Israel' thus an aggression first started by Hezbollah)."
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_joshua_f_060725_kidnapped_in_israel_.htm

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It never ceases to amaze me. Despite the fact that 99 reports say one thing, if a single source says something else, it is the single source that is "credible" and used by the whack-loons to prove their point.

How about finding a report on this adbuction taking place in Lebanon on ANY actual news source? CNN, NPR, PBS, FOX, CBS, Times Online, The Guardian, hell, the National Enquirer. You can't because it ISN'T F'ING TRUE!

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blueflame1 wrote:

mysteryman, Israel had already started the fighting if their soldiers were captured in Lebanon as Forbes reported on July 12.

So,the rockets fired before that into Israel,the suicide bombings against Israeli targets before that,the attacks on and firing at Israeli soldiers before that,none of that matters?

Is that what you are saying?

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mystaryman, you're likely never to admit to atrocities committed by Israel or America. You love the explanation that we are hated because terrorists hate freedom and democracy. That childish Bushie explanation is aimed at mindless people to lazy to investigate beyond the hype.

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blueflame1 wrote:

mystaryman, you're likely never to admit to atrocities committed by Israel or America. You love the explanation that we are hated because terrorists hate freedom and democracy. That childish Bushie explanation is aimed at mindless people to lazy to investigate beyond the hype.

And you are assuming to know what I think.

I have never made that claim about why terrorists hate us,nor have I ever said that Israel is blameless.

You,on the other hand,have constantly said that the terrorists are not doing anything wrong,you have constantly defended the right of the terrorists to bomb shopping centers and other civilian targets,you have defended the terrorists right to hide in civilian areas and use private homes and schools and mosques as bases (which violates all of the rules of war that you want obeyed).

You are a supporter of the terrorists,and you are proud of that fact.

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mysteryman, I believe in non-violent resistence. I dont support Israeli bombs, Bushie's bombs or terrorist bombs. I have noticed that it was Likud that funded Hamas in the beginning and that Hezzbollah was born out of Israeli occupation of Lebanon and that Saddam and bin Laden were armed and funded by the Reagan/Bush administration that included Cheney, Rummy, Wolfie etc as were those killing our troops in Afghanistan and the Phillipines. I say it's time for America's war mongers to stop the nasty habit of arming madmen and creating wars for fun and profit.

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blueflame1 wrote:

mysteryman, I believe in non-violent resistence. I dont support Israeli bombs, Bushie's bombs or terrorist bombs. I have noticed that it was Likud that funded Hamas in the beginning and that Hezzbollah was born out of Israeli occupation of Lebanon and that Saddam and bin Laden were armed and funded by the Reagan/Bush administration that included Cheney, Rummy, Wolfie etc as were those killing our troops in Afghanistan and the Phillipines. I say it's time for America's war mongers to stop the nasty habit of arming madmen and creating wars for fun and profit.

Non violent resistane is a good ideal,but it is not always practical.

The Jews in europe before WW2 tried non violence,and they were murdered by the millions.

Israel has tried nonviolence,and their shopping centers,their schools,their nightclubs and other soft targets are attacked by suicide bombers and their people are murdered.

There comes a time when the only way to resist is by using violence and force against your enemies.

While most people recognize and accept that fact,you blame those countries and people that do use force to defend themselves.

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mysteryman, so you justify the resistence in Lebanon, Gaza and Iraq? As for the Jews in WW2 I would remind them that the same corporations and families who armed and funded Saddam and bin Laden armed and funded Hitler's rise to power and invested heavily in his military industrial complex. That of course includes the Bush/Walker family that had 3 businesses seized by the US government under the Trading with the Enemy Act. The enemy being Hitler.

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blueflame1 wrote:

mysteryman, so you justify the resistence in Lebanon, Gaza and Iraq? As for the Jews in WW2 I would remind them that the same corporations and families who armed and funded Saddam and bin Laden armed and funded Hitler's rise to power and invested heavily in his military industrial complex. That of course includes the Bush/Walker family that had 3 businesses seized by the US government under the Trading with the Enemy Act. The enemy being Hitler.

No matter who you claim armed and funded them,that does NOT excuse the brutality,the mass murder,the genocide,and the crimes against humanity committed by the Nazi's.

You seem to be saying that it does excue their crimes.

Of course,you have claimed that Bush and his family,along with other US companies,have armed and funded both sides in EVERY war of the last 100 years.

So,your claim about who armed and funded who must be taken with a grain of salt.

But it is interesting that you try and find a way to blame the US for that actions of the Nazi's.

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mysteryman, I seem to be saying that Hitler, Saddam and bin Laden are pots and American war mongers are the potters who spun them. The lowest common demoniator is the fact that our enemies are manufactured over and over by American elites. You get the picture. You can excuse selling WMD to a guy who already used WMD but I wont. I say "we" armed Saddam because "we" knew there'd be blowback that would be profitable for those who armed him.

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