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What do you mean when you say 'no'?
By Gideon Levy
Tags: Israel, Annapolis 

A festive day for peace: Israel is planning to announce a freeze on construction in the settlements as compensation for refusing to discuss the core issues. The Palestinians are ecstatic at all the good-will gestures Israel is throwing their way. First came the release of prisoners, now a freeze on construction, and the prime minister has already spoken with the settler leaders and informed them of the decision. They said it was a "difficult meeting," as it always is, winking at each other deviously.

Undoubtedly, Israel wants peace. But a tiny detail seems to have been forgotten: Israel has signed a series of binding agreements to freeze settlement activity, which it never intended to fulfill. Of the 40 years of occupation, only during three has construction been stopped despite all the agreements and promises to do so. There is no reason to believe that Israel will behave differently this time.

Of all Israel's iniquities in the occupied territories - the brutality, the assassinations, the siege, the hunger, the blackouts, the checkpoints and the mass arrests - nothing serves as witness to its real intentions than the settlements. Certainly for the future. Every home built in the territories, every light pole and every road are like a thousand witnesses: Israel does not want peace; Israel wants occupation. Whoever is serious about peace and a Palestinian state does not put up even a shed.
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From Oslo through Camp David and on to the road map, Israel has not put an end to the most criminal enterprise in its history. A short memory refresher: In article 7 of the Oslo Accords, Israel promised that "no party would undertake unilateral steps to alter the situation on the ground, prior to the completion of negotiations for the final status." That really made an impression on Israel. During the 10 years that followed, the number of settlers doubled. What about the heroic peace efforts of Ehud Barak as prime minister? During the 18 months of his government, Israel began the construction of 6,045 residential units in the territories.

And why did Israel sign up to the road map two years later? "The government of Israel will freeze all its settlement activities, in accordance with the Mitchell report, except for natural growth in the settlements." And what happened in practice? Accusations that the Palestinians are not implementing the agreements, and a boatload of new settlers. This was also the case in 2005, another major "year of peace": the disengagement. And what did Israel do in its own backyard? Another 12,000 new settlers.

This terrible enterprise, whose purpose is to foil any chance for peace, is also a criminal enterprise. According to Peace Now, based on Civil Administration data that have been kept hidden for years, about 40 percent of the settlements were built on privately owned land of Palestinians helpless to safeguard what is in most cases their sole property that was robbed in broad daylight by an occupying state. This took place years after the Supreme Court ruled in 1979 that it is illegal to build on private Palestinian land. Indeed, while Israel is debating whether it is a state of laws, whether the prime minister was given a discount for the house on Cremieux Street, and whether we want a powerful Supreme Court, we should remember that what is happening in the territories is the real corruption that engulfs us.

Now we are on the eve of another peace event, yet during the past year another 3,525 new residential units were built in the territories, under the auspices of a government that talks incessantly about the end of occupation and two states. All the grandiloquent statements are void of substance when we read the data: Construction is at a peak in 88 settlements. Go to the territories and see for yourselves. When the construction firm Heftsiba imploded, suddenly hundreds of new settlers came to light, further proof of the magnitude of the "frozen" enterprise.

The mountains of excuses, "settlement blocs" and "natural growth," as well as "beyond the fence" and "inside the fence," cannot conceal the naked truth: The enterprise has not ceased for a moment. It will not stop now. The hands of a quarter million settlers are soiled by iniquity and felony, but they are not the true guilty party. That belongs to all Israel's governments, with the exception of Yitzhak Rabin's second government. All of them have a hand in the iniquity.

Nowadays, when Ehud Olmert says no, what does he mean? Is the "no" really "no" - perhaps it is only "maybe but not right now?" In view of past experience, the bitter truth is that Olmert's "no," like all those before it, is more inviting than "yes."
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  1.   OK, Gideon - now, back to Rosner 10:54  |  Rowan Berkeley 18/11/07
  2.   The settlements have become a "stigma" for the Jewish people 10:59  |  Swiss (Dino) 18/11/07
  3.   Land Issue? 11:01  |  Khaled 18/11/07
  4.   Read My Lips: We Will NEVER Stop Building 11:11  |  Yishai Kohen 18/11/07
  5.   No evidence to the contrary will change Levy`s mind 11:19  |  Sam 18/11/07
  6.   Excellent testimony to confront temptations to duplicity 11:40  |  Ivar 18/11/07
  7.   Re Yishai #4: "We Will NEVER Stop Building" 11:44  |  Esther 18/11/07
  8.   Re Swiss (Dino) #2: settlements = stigma 11:51  |  Esther 18/11/07
  9.   Gideon Levy & the settlements 11:57  |  Arieh ben Mesha 18/11/07
  10.   Wasn`t Deganya a settlement ? 12:01  |  Kobi 18/11/07
  11.   # 8 Esther 12:04  |  Swiss (Dino) 18/11/07
  12.   say `no` 12:06  |  Ralph 18/11/07
  13.   Re Esther #7: "We Will NEVER Stop Building" 12:08  |  Yishai Kohen 18/11/07
  14.   CALLING SETTLEMENTS CRIMINAL IS TO CALL G-D AND HIS WORD CRIMINAL 12:09  |  Bill 18/11/07
  15.   land vs people 12:15  |  Stan 18/11/07
  16.   God says "don`t murder, don`t steal and don`t lie 12:19  |  Honest Jew 18/11/07
  17.   Swiss (Dino) - I see you are back here, 12:20  |  Geulah 18/11/07
  18.   #2 Swiss (Dino) 12:24  |  Daybreak 18/11/07
  19.   What do you mean when you say...... 12:25  |  Margot 18/11/07
  20.   "Halt" all settlement activety it should read at Annapolis 12:27  |  Shimon 18/11/07
  21.   yishai agrees with levy and wins bigtime 12:27  |  ephron the hittite 18/11/07
  22.   6 Ivar,israel must withdraw from ALL occupied territory,which 12:34  |  lakshmi 18/11/07
  23.   I agree - the Czar had it right - no Jews "beyond the pale" 12:38  |  Moshe 18/11/07
  24.   Tel Aviv Settlers, Jaffa Settlers, Lod Settlers, Kibbutz Settler 12:41  |  JewishHeart 18/11/07
  25.   Esther in Haifa 12:43  |  JewishHeart 18/11/07
  26.   pro-settlers,yishai/kobi eg-answer this 12:46  |  srulik 18/11/07
  27.   # 18 Daybreak, take it like a man/woman...... 13:01  |  Swiss (Dino) 18/11/07
  28.   It Stop Not Abu Gihad Levy to Sleep At Night 13:06  |  Joseph E . 18/11/07
  29.   #27 Swiss (Dino) 13:12  |  Daybreak 18/11/07
  30.   Israeli Settlements SHOULD BE ALL OF ISRAEL 13:15  |  Petra 18/11/07
  31.   For Srulik: I Have Answered This MANY Times 13:18  |  Yishai Kohen 18/11/07
  32.   messiach 13:21  |  isiaiah 18/11/07
  33.   IF ONLY A FEW DISPUTED VILLAGES WERE THE WORLDS BIGGEST PROBLEM 13:24  |  Ben 18/11/07
  34.   #22 Israel MUST 13:30  |  Petra 18/11/07
  35.   Thanks again for a great article Gideon! 13:34  |  any terrorist 18/11/07
  36.   Why This Time Has to be Different 13:36  |  T 18/11/07
  37.   just how giddy is gideon? more like dizzy 13:42  |  victor hardman 18/11/07
  38.   Better than Geonocide 13:44  |  FOX 18/11/07
  39.   Nazi Gideon wants throwing out Poles ,Chechs,Russians from "ill 13:44  |  Absolute Sweden 18/11/07
  40.   Ivar,illegal Estonian encroachment upon lands cultivated by Russi 13:48  |  Absolute Sweden 18/11/07
  41.   The Holy Land is for all to worship Almighty G-d. 13:50  |  Worshipper 18/11/07
  42.   Daybreak #18 Above the boy`s head 13:52  |  FOX 18/11/07
  43.   Why This Time Has to be Different 13:53  |  Tzfonit 18/11/07
  44.   # 25 Jewish Heart (2nd try), you must be kidding...... 13:58  |  Swiss (Dino) 18/11/07
  45.   Self hateing Jews 14:03  |  rofehd 18/11/07
  46.   #14 Bible Bill`s criminal deities 14:03  |  Boycott 18/11/07
  47.   In every other country they go to jail 14:15  |  Marilyn 18/11/07
  48.   #42 Fox 14:20  |  Daybreak 18/11/07
  49.   # 42 Fox, the closed season (with Swiss-Dino) is over...??? 14:20  |  Swiss (Dino) 18/11/07
  50.   #4 Say Yishai 14:37  |  ballistic 18/11/07
  51.   ballistic- with nearly 6% annual growth, Yishai is correct 14:51  |  Dani 18/11/07
  52.   Daybreak about Zertal 14:53  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 18/11/07
  53.   Margie inTA WHERE ARE YOU. 15:04  |  Labhras 18/11/07
  54.   Question for Bible Bill # 14 15:17  |  Clickfool 18/11/07
  55.   #2 swiss dino 15:18  |  duncan 18/11/07
  56.   #2 swiss dino p2 15:21  |  duncan 18/11/07
  57.   #52 Margie 15:24  |  Daybreak 18/11/07
  58.   LEVY HAS FORGOTTEN THAT TEL AVIV IS A SETTLEMENT 15:25  |  Grim Reaper 18/11/07
  59.   those who attack gideon are his mirrors 15:37  |  srulik 18/11/07
  60.   # Victor Paul hardhead 15:49  |  LabhraS 18/11/07
  61.   Pigs & Swine = Settlers 15:52  |  POP 18/11/07
  62.   Palestine Annexes Settlements 15:54  |  POP 18/11/07
  63.   47 Justice will be done 16:01  |  John 18/11/07
  64.   Thats why us Palestinians see the non-peace of Israel 16:13  |  charlie 18/11/07
  65.   Pas wants a binational muslim state 16:34  |  zody 18/11/07
  66.   Sterilization, Deportation, Denial, Jew-Free World of Left 16:37  |  B 18/11/07
  67.   BUILD JEWISH CITIES,NOT SETTLEMENTS. MAKE HEBRON, RAMALLAH JEWISH 16:43  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 18/11/07
  68.   Propagandist for Expansionist Islam. The WICKED LIE of Occupation 16:47  |  Linda Rivera 18/11/07
  69.   #60 labhras 16:48  |  duncan 18/11/07
  70.   to rofehd #45 - what reality? 16:48  |  zeev 18/11/07
  71.   Charlie, Mirror time buddy #64 16:50  |  FOX 18/11/07
  72.   Cruel Leftists IGNORE Justice for One Million Jewish Refugees 16:51  |  Linda Rivera 18/11/07
  73.   Arab Muslims Already HaveAn ARAB Palestinian State on Jewish Land 16:56  |  Linda Rivera 18/11/07
  74.   If This Was 1935 16:59  |  Erica 18/11/07
  75.   #54# Primate at Large 17:04  |  D.Segusted 18/11/07
  76.   to Grim Reaper #58 - brothers? 17:04  |  zeev 18/11/07
  77.   Charlie- Israeli gestures make no difference 17:06  |  Sam 18/11/07
  78.   Gideon Levy is a hypocrite 17:20  |  Pssd off Arab 18/11/07
  79.   Fox#71 -Cheetah would suit you better..buddy! 17:25  |  Martin 18/11/07
  80.   #69 duncan 17:25  |  Labhras 18/11/07
  81.   Marilyn - why aren`t you in jail 17:27  |  aliza 18/11/07
  82.   I will believe it when the Illegal Outposts are removed 17:28  |  Tosefta 18/11/07
  83.   77 Sam of Canada,correctly said ! The simplest,but possible the 17:34  |  lakshmi 18/11/07
  84.   Gideon Levy 17:37  |  Daniel 18/11/07
  85.   "Lebensraum" theory outdated no. 1 17:42  |  Frank 18/11/07
  86.   #80 labrhas 17:44  |  duncan 18/11/07
  87.   Call me Mr. Horoscope 17:48  |  Max The Horoscope 18/11/07
  88.   "Lebensraum" theory outdated no. 2 17:49  |  Frank 18/11/07
  89.   #73 message should be repeated again!! 17:49  |  z 18/11/07
  90.   ToFox #71 continous injustice has created different versions of 17:50  |  Charlie 18/11/07
  91.   # 29 Daybreak (99th try...:), let`s make a little test..... 17:51  |  Swiss (Dino) 18/11/07
  92.   HELLO CENSOR 17:57  |  Gideon Levy 18/11/07
  93.   FOX # 38 17:59  |  ChanahS 18/11/07
  94.   The trouble is some believe the Modarates,yet.. 18:02  |  Akram Zekaria 18/11/07
  95.   POP= dana=swine 18:07  |  Danite 18/11/07
  96.   how like s.africa 18:09  |  ravi 18/11/07
  97.   Settle wherever you want... 18:10  |  Outsider 18/11/07
  98.   here he goes again 18:11  |  paul 18/11/07
  99.   Israels national pathology 18:13  |  Danite 18/11/07
  100.   #86 duncan 18:16  |  Labhras 18/11/07
  101.   Uh, Gideon, the Pals were having babies too 18:18  |  Burned Liberal 18/11/07
  102.   Sam you are right but the settelments unvails 18:24  |  charlie 18/11/07
  103.   shocking article! 18:29  |  David 18/11/07
  104.   #85 frank 18:29  |  duncan 18/11/07
  105.   #91 Swiss Dino 18:31  |  Labhras 18/11/07
  106.   Lakshmi-Israel won`t be withdrawing until the issues are resolved 18:37  |  Sam 18/11/07
  107.   #90 charlie 18:38  |  duncan 18/11/07
  108.   70= Zeev.Better still not to dream.. 18:40  |  Akram Zekaria 18/11/07
  109.   land 18:45  |  vidi 18/11/07
  110.   Lakshmi the Great 18:45  |  Cyasher 18/11/07
  111.   Re Yishai #13 18:54  |  Esther 18/11/07
  112.   Terror of colonists supported and condoned by the state 18:58  |  Ben Alofs 18/11/07
  113.   Great news from Levy 19:06  |  RPS 18/11/07
  114.   Settlers, the disgusting face of Israeli racist-terrorism 19:13  |  anti-racist 18/11/07
  115.   USA paying for settlementsa 19:17  |  David 18/11/07
  116.   # 104 Duncan 19:19  |  Frank 18/11/07
  117.   #52 Margies comes clean on the illegal Settlements 19:23  |  Labhras 18/11/07
  118.   # 105 Labhras 19:25  |  Swiss (Dino) 18/11/07
  119.   # 55 / # 56 duncan (2nd try) "A try to explain my view" 19:39  |  Swiss (Dino) 18/11/07
  120.   unspoken idea 19:51  |  Don`t believe them 18/11/07
  121.   Massive boom in Judea and Samaria will follow next election. 19:54  |  Chaim 18/11/07
  122.   Tell me you made it up (#117 Labhras; re Margie of SA) 19:56  |  Tosefta 18/11/07
  123.   Gideon Levy: I grant you a golden Medal of Honour! 19:57  |  Dutch Dirk 18/11/07
  124.   Duncan you fail to see the reason #104 20:02  |  Jonathan S 18/11/07
  125.   #118 Swiss Dino. 20:17  |  Labhras 18/11/07
  126.   # 49 The silence of the FOX.....????? 20:31  |  Swiss (Dino) 18/11/07
  127.   What do you mean Levire? 20:38  |  Abromovitch from TA 18/11/07
  128.   THe most criminal venture was Arabs refusing peace. 20:38  |  PETER S.M. 18/11/07
  129.   ISRAEL`S BIGGEST MISTAKE....... 20:42  |  Dolly 18/11/07
  130.   Tell me you made it up (#117 Labhras; re Margie of SA) 20:45  |  Tosefta 18/11/07
  131.   #46 CLICKFOOL 20:50  |  Bill 18/11/07
  132.   #84 Daniel, Re The truth 20:53  |  Dutch 18/11/07
  133.   I like the headline 20:57  |  Clickfool 18/11/07
  134.   102 Charlie of Bethlehem, You just exposed the typical 20:58  |  Max The Horoscope 18/11/07
  135.   #120 Dutch Dirk, This is what people all over the world say... 20:58  |  Dutch 18/11/07
  136.   Weekly reminder: Hey Israelis, Gideon Levy is your mortal enemy 21:17  |  Steve Randolph 18/11/07
  137.   # 54 # Clickfool and the kangaroos : 21:19  |  Skippy 18/11/07
  138.   Tell me you made it up (#117 Labhras; re Margie of SA) 21:22  |  Tosefta 18/11/07
  139.   "the most criminal enterprise in Israeli history" 21:22  |  newageblues 18/11/07
  140.   Gideon Levy those winks will have to stop.... 21:28  |  Dutch 18/11/07
  141.   Any more excuses to lose the peace? 21:42  |  Shelley 18/11/07
  142.   What do you mean when you say `no`? 21:44  |  steve 18/11/07
  143.   A short-lived experiment 22:04  |  Clickfool 18/11/07
  144.   # #128 Tosefta re MA IN TA 22:11  |  Labhras 18/11/07
  145.   Bill answers my question about the kangaroos and Noah`s Ark 22:15  |  Clickfool 18/11/07
  146.   #125 Max , your hatred blinded with misunderstanding 22:21  |  Charlie 18/11/07
  147.   to Sam #5 - I hope you are wrong 22:22  |  zeev 18/11/07
  148.   Further question about Genesis for Bible Bill 22:25  |  Clickfool 18/11/07
  149.   Gideon Levy is an failure 22:25  |  felix 18/11/07
  150.   Clickfool 22:40  |  Danite 18/11/07
  151.   #104 frank 22:46  |  duncan 18/11/07
  152.   "settlements" 22:54  |  Joseph 18/11/07
  153.   Needs his Meds 23:01  |  Yossi 18/11/07
  154.   Why blame just Israel 23:02  |  Eric S 18/11/07
  155.   For Danite # 144 23:05  |  Clickfool 18/11/07
  156.   #140 Clickfool re bill 23:11  |  Labhras 18/11/07
  157.   Zeev in Beersheba 23:11  |  Sam 18/11/07
  158.   For Joseph in Toronto # 147 23:21  |  Clickfool 18/11/07
  159.   #147, Joseph says 23:24  |  Binco 18/11/07
  160.   sam 5 23:28  |  realism 18/11/07
  161.   to Akram Zekaria #108 (1) 23:49  |  zeev 18/11/07
  162.   Gideon`s Contribution to the Jews` Destruction 23:49  |  CSB 18/11/07
  163.   #86 duncan and Article 4 CGIV 23:50  |  Johnboy 18/11/07
  164.   to Akram Zekaria #108 (2) 23:57  |  zeev 18/11/07
  165.   B.ALLOFFS.Terror of Jihadists who call for destruction of Israel 00:01  |  PETER SM 19/11/07
  166.   To be truthful, settlement expansion would not have occurred... 00:04  |  Smadar 19/11/07
  167.   Clickfool re selectivity on Genesis 00:20  |  Hubal 19/11/07
  168.   What do you mean when you say `no` 00:21  |  Klara 19/11/07
  169.   # 3 KHALED.Land Issue?NOT AT ALL AND WE KNOW THE TRUTH.. 03:05  |  JOSH 19/11/07
  170.   illegal settlements like Tel Aviv and Jerusalem 03:09  |  peter 19/11/07
  171.   # To Chaim ..Briefly Put You Put your Finger On the Pulse.. 03:12  |  JOSH 19/11/07
  172.   arabist apologist mounts a comeback 03:14  |  peter 19/11/07
  173.   re Yishai #4 "We will never stop building" 03:28  |  peacelover 19/11/07
  174.   Realism 04:00  |  Sam 19/11/07
  175.   moron levy 05:03  |  victor 19/11/07
  176.   Esther #7 05:33  |  GABE1 19/11/07
  177.   #3, you mean, the lands you stollen!! 05:34  |  Niva dos santos 19/11/07
  178.   #7, There`s no Israel land in Palestine!! 05:37  |  Niva dos santos 19/11/07
  179.   to A. Zekaria #108 (3) on reality and settlements 05:53  |  zeev 19/11/07
  180.   #178 Where is the world was or is Palestine? 06:21  |  Robert 19/11/07
  181.   When all the Arabs go back to Arabia the Settlements will stop, D 06:22  |  Efox 19/11/07
  182.   From Bangladesh to Somalia, The Whole of Islam is Stolen Land 06:24  |  Efox 19/11/07
  183.   Now lets see the Pals goodwill gestures 06:33  |  Jason 19/11/07
  184.   to A. Zekaria #108 (4) Isaiah, you know? 06:57  |  zeev 19/11/07
  185.   Drop the alias, please 06:58  |  D.R. Zukerman 19/11/07
  186.   to A. Zekaria #108 (5) - Yirmiyahu too? 07:07  |  zeev 19/11/07
  187.   For Nos. 38 and 39 07:23  |  D.R. Zukerman 19/11/07
  188.   too bad you all did not accept in 48 I am glad Israel is building 07:24  |  KEEP BUILDING 19/11/07
  189.   Conquered, for sure 07:32  |  D.R. Zukerman 19/11/07
  190.   # 7 then you are THIEF esther... 07:49  |  eric 19/11/07
  191.   # 14 then YOUR god is a criminal, bill 07:51  |  eric 19/11/07
  192.   to Sam #157 - it`s a fact 08:09  |  zeev 19/11/07
  193.   #176 Gabe 1 WARNING Mother`s of ISRAEL 08:31  |  Ari ben Yisrael 19/11/07
  194.   bored bored bored bored bored 08:58  |  Samuel 19/11/07
  195.   settlements = basic right 09:04  |  Dr Eric 19/11/07
  196.   how is a leftest wired? 09:11  |  Dr E 19/11/07
  197.   How is a leftest wired 09:20  |  Dr Eric 19/11/07
  198.   "MOST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE"?? BULLS$%!!!! 09:24  |  B`Galil 19/11/07
  199.   to A. Zekaria #108 (5) - and Yirmiyahu too? 09:40  |  zeev 19/11/07
  200.   danite-clickfool has a point 09:44  |  reimarus 19/11/07
  201.   Zeev.In a nut shell. 09:59  |  Akram Zekaria 19/11/07
  202.   to #10 KOBI - Yes, but..... 10:17  |  B`Galil 19/11/07
  203.   to Dr Eric #195 - basic right, Jews and Eretz Israel 10:44  |  zeev 19/11/07
  204.   Why was response to Charlie`s Post # 146 censored twice? 12:56  |  Max the Horoscope 19/11/07
  205.   to Akram Zekaria #201 - (1) 16:54  |  zeev 19/11/07
  206.   to Akram Zekaria #201 - (2) 17:26  |  zeev 19/11/07
  207.   #13, Yishai Kohen... 17:39  |  Silvienne 19/11/07
  208.   Gideon Levy, thank you for an excellent article... 17:43  |  Silvienne 19/11/07
  209.   CALLING SETTLEMENTS CRIMINAL IS TO CALL G-D AND HIS WORD CRIMINAL 17:49  |  oribe 19/11/07
  210.   israeli intransigence 18:07  |  steven 19/11/07
  211.   The PALESTINIAN APOLOGIA!!! 18:28  |  Ben Uziel 19/11/07
  212.   Gideon Levy Pay little attention to B`Gilil`s arrogance 18:30  |  Dutch 19/11/07
  213.   to Yishai Kohen #13 18:37  |  zeev 19/11/07
  214.   # 182 Efox..You Are Right.But! I Would Not Call Theirs 19:02  |  JOSH 19/11/07
  215.   to Ben Uziel #211 19:07  |  zeev 19/11/07
  216.   Ben Uziel Jewish presence 20:19  |  Dutch 19/11/07
  217.   to Dutch #216 - apropos Gorenberg 23:52  |  zeev 19/11/07
  218.   205 & 206# Zeev Malking a case is NOT a solution. 02:02  |  Akram Zekaria 20/11/07
  219.   #198 Gideon Levy, A couple of points on B`Gilil`s post 02:05  |  Dutch 20/11/07
  220.   #217 Zeev, Thank you 02:17  |  Dutch 20/11/07
  221.   to Akram Zekaria #218 13:59  |  zeev 20/11/07
  222.   #119 swiss dino 21:08  |  duncan 20/11/07
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