How will the next Palestinian uprising look?

If any Intifada erupts it is a stage show for the world, where the slightest response by Israel will be amplified 1000 times. This should be stopped before it can start. Israel should call up the reserves and crush any attempt to have a series three Intifada broadcasted around the world to gain support at the expense of Israel. Better yet Israel should annex all of the supposed Arab lands with Jewish names and deport all Arabs.

Pal children are being instructed to engage in armed struggle and are not being taught peaceful coexistence.Amira helps in the incitement and not in the education. I son't get people who criticize but add nothing

apple with parrots. "pendence movement in P.R. and occasionally it has turned violent. There was no Cast Lead in response." Do you hear any P.R had blowing up her/himself in the middle of Washingnton in a cafe and killed tens of Americans? What is the difference between Al-Quida and Palies. Do you hear any P.R. sending thousands of nukes for 8 years the a near suburb of America? AlQuida had attacked to Newyork and killed tracheosly 2500 people. The result is bombing of Afgahistan. Palies had attacked to Sderot and the result is CastLead. Go to scholl and have a course on logic. You needed badly. Aby

During the last decade Israel has shown its brutal and unruly face to the world and as a result it has lost its favored nation status today. Indeed, many Americans are waging a moral campaign against their government's unlawful and immoral support of iIsrael and I don't see any future or indeed overall gain in that picture. I imagine it will lead to a great loss such as a drought and Exodus 11. Hence, there is a situation where Israel's initial gains will not be worth its overall losses someday. Dutch

The Palestinians and their advocates like to talk about Palestinian violence against Israelis as if it were a force of nature. Intifada is 'in the air' or 'might erupt'. The Palestinians are responsible for their actions. If another Intifada happens, it will be because they chose to embark on another campaign of violence. Thus, the various commentators and journalists, such as Amira Hass, who have been writing about the next Intifada being close can only in one of two ways: Either they are anticipating a choice on the part of Palestinians to commit acts of violence or, more likely, relaying a threat from the PLO/Fatah.

Are you planning to propose the same thing for Oregon? "Or alternately, since you like the 19th century, let us fix the population ratios in all Palestine to those that existed in the 19th century."

To make it simple if another Palestinians intifada Israel security fence will be the border between the Palestine and Israel. Most Jews living other side the securtiy fence will flee to Israel side Security fence and the Palestinains living Israel side security fence force to flee to Palestinians side because volince will take place.

The Hebrew is the indiginous citizen of Israel. Jerusalem has always been the capital and soul of the Hebrew people. You can rant up and down all day long that the Hebrew is from Europe but you are wrong. Get over it.

"There is no occupation. israel is the land where Jews have autonomy our Arab guests are troublemakers." No occupation, huh? You may still be able to pull the wool over the eyes of Washington, but the rest of the civilized world is a very different animal. Even my country, which has been buying the usual AIPAC propaganda for years, has been slowly but surely starting to see that Israel is not by any stretch of the imagination innocent. "Israel has a strong government which is offensive against terrorists and rightfully disregards anti semitic European/American intervention." And there it is. I'm impressed it took 25 posts to come to the typical knee-jerk response of the right wingers. ANY criticism="anti-Semitism." That term has been used so much that it has lost much of its impact, which is a disservice.

The Irgun were called terrorists & agreed on occasion some of their actions we would today call terror but MOST the their operations were the actions of freedom fighters. Almost always their attacks were limited to the British soldiers in Palestine which was the land they wanted as a state. They did not attack either civilians or soldiers in England itself because they were not after a state in England, they just wanted the British out of Palestine. Count Bernadotte was considered a political target the same way Rehavam Zeev was considered a political target. If the palestinians want a state in Judea & Samaria only why not limit attacks to soldiers there why attack either soldiers or civilians in Israel?That would be freedom fighting what palestinans do is terror. Blowing up busses, the Park Hotel ( unlike the King David a civilian target ), nightclubs, bars, pizza parlors. Firing rockets into towns inside Israel ( targeting civilians ).

Also the current prime minister Bibi attended the 60th anniversary celebration of the bombing of the King David Hotel by the Irgun, in which 92 innocent people were killed. At the time Bibi was a former prime minister.

Surely you remember the run-up to the election, where the Israelis were pressuring the Gazans NOT to vote for Fatah? So now please tell us who was left to vote for, assuming the Palestinians were (albeit foolishly) taking israeli advice on the matter... This should be very interesting.

Yes indeed, but if you are interested in history you must also remember that in the 19th century there were fewer jews in Palestine than arabs. So how about everyone that is not directly descended from those 19th century inhabitants of Palestine return to where they came from, Arab and Jew alike? Or alternately, since you like the 19th century, let us fix the population ratios in all Palestine to those that existed in the 19th century. Perhaps you would like to try another date for those numbers? Didn't think so.

The Hadassah medical convoy masacre on april 13 1948. This masacre was in response to the Dier Yassin masacre on april 9th 1948. Both masacre's were crimes against humanity.

"ever hear of Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa, US Virgin Islands? - and none of those colonies are trying to destroy and replace the US, Britain or France!" That's a creative argument, Doctor, until you inspect it. Puerto Ricans can travel the world on a U.S. passport, emigrate freely to the mainland, and instantly have all the rights of U.S. citizens. They suffer from two disabilities -- no representation in Congress and no vote in presidential elections. But they don't pay federal income taxes. There has long been an independence movement in P.R. and occasionally it has turned violent. There was no Cast Lead in response. There have no fewer than five referenda on their status, and Puerto Ricans voted freely each time to keep the status of a "freely associated state." (same is true for the other "colonies" you mention.) In summary, I got two words for ya: Sonia Sotomayor. If Israel were to give the Palestinians the same rights as Puerto Ricans have, bubbalah, its a deal.

Once again, a powerful and thought-provoking analysis that makes us rethink our easy assumptions about the struggle in Israel and Palestine. Thank you.

Julia, could you tell me where I can read a report by A.Hass on Hamas which,as you say, CRITICAL and BALANCED.I believe it has never been published in Haaretz but I am sure all the readers will enjoy it. Regarding the truth about "innocent" people in Gaza, you can read # 71 and try to give answers, at least to yourself, to those questions.

issued in their honour. "Labtrhas Zionist leadrs themselves condemned the Irgun"psm NAMELY --THE LEHI medal for bravery. Give us a break psm --we are on to you on every lie and piece of propaganda you try to spin. They were terrorist but now they are your heroes---does not matter what who said back then. many of them became your leaders. I am using facts on the ground or on Israeli war criminals chests.

and the Arab army ethnic cleansing of Jews,their TOTAL blockade of Jerusalem including food and their massacre of captured Drs and nurses and surrendrered Israeli defendents -- Best to cry victim rather than face facts. Above all else avoid any genuine historians in favor of "Iam not a truth seeker" political scientists.It spoils agood story doesnt it "sarbahl"? Do you have problem accusing others of mutiple name postings and not even apologising? hypocrit!

Feel free to quote genuine historians not leftist political scientists.

here is a reminder. "INTIFADA special.refuse peace since 1948, chose war and terror instead. Do massacre-murders such as Ben Gurion Airport,Maalot,Sucide bombing buses etc. Cry victim while refusing to negotiate."psm "Irgun was described as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, British, and United States governments, and in media such as the The New York Times newspaper,[12][13] and by the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry.[14] In 1946 The World Zionist Congress strongly condemned terrorist activities in Palestine and "the shedding of innocent blood as a means of political warfare". Irgun was specifically condemned.[15]" wikipedia Want the list of bombs thrown into open markets or assaninations of peace brokers---Count Bernadotte or letter bombs(invented ny your heroes. You were saying about crying victim. Hypocrite.

here is a reminder. "INTIFADA special.refuse peace since 1948, chose war and terror instead. Do massacre-murders such as Ben Gurion Airport,Maalot,Sucide bombing buses etc. Cry victim while refusing to negotiate."psm "Irgun was described as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, British, and United States governments, and in media such as the The New York Times newspaper,[12][13] and by the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry.[14] In 1946 The World Zionist Congress strongly condemned terrorist activities in Palestine and "the shedding of innocent blood as a means of political warfare". Irgun was specifically condemned.[15]" wikipedia Want the list of bombs thrown into open markets or assaninations of peace brokers---Count Bernadotte or letter bombs(invented ny your heroes. You were saying about crying victim. Hypocrite.

here. "As it will be demonstrated below, the decision by the Zionist leadership to accept the 1947 proposed UN GA Partition plan was nothing but a smoke screen, which was done solely to gain international recognition and support. This deception was a political ploy to gain initial international legitimacy for the existence of the "Jewish state", and this was well known to the Palestinian people. The reader is urged to contemplate the following Zionist leaders' quotes in an open mind. Note that most, if not all, of the quotes below are dated before the entry of any single Arab Army into British Mandated Palestine: * In a letter Chaim Weizmann sent to the Palestine-British high Commissioner, while the Peel Commission was convening in 1937, he stated: "We shall spread in the whole country in the course of time ..... this is only an arrangement for the next 25 to 30 years." (Expulsion Of The Palestinians, p. 66) * Ben-Gurion emphasized that the acceptance of the Peel Commission would not imply static borders for the future "Jewish state". In a letter Ben-Gurion sent to his son in 1937, he wrote: "No Zionist can forgo the smallest portion of the Land Of Israel. [A] Jewish state in part [of Palestine] is not an end, but a beginning ..... Our possession is important not only for itself ... through this we increase our power, and every increase in power facilitates getting hold of the country in its entirety. Establishing a [small] state .... will serve as a very potent lever in our historical effort to redeem the whole country." (Righteous Victims, p. 138) * In 1938, Ben-Gurion made it clear of his support for the "Jewish state" on part of Palestine was only as a stepping ground for a complete conquest. He wrote: "[I am] satisfied with part of the country, but on the basis of the assumption that after we build up a strong force following the establishment of the state--we will abolish the partition of the country and we will expand to the whole Land of Israel." (Expulsion Of The Palestinians, p. 107 & One Palestine Complete, p. 403) * One day after the UN vote to partition Palestine, Menachem Begin, the commander of the Irgun gang and Israel's future Prime Minister between 1977-1983, proclaimed: "The Partition of Palestine is illegal. It will never be recognized .... Jerusalem was and will for ever be our capital. Eretz Israel will be restored to the people of Israel. All of it. And for Ever." (Iron Wall p. 25) * ""Shamir has said Israel must keep the territories in order to accommodate the immigrants. "A great aliyah [immigration]," he said, "requires a Greater Israel."(5) He has insisted that, although Soviet Jews are not being directed to the territories, any Jew has the right to live anywhere in the land of Israel, which for most Israelis includes the territories.

not only the future of Palestine, also that of Israel is at stake. Violence begetting violence in an ever more vicious downward spiral is already killing the Israel (democratic, socially responsible, civilised "western" state) many of us believed in. Judging by the uncompromising stance of Israel's politicians (and so many Talkback entries) and the equally violent rhetoric of Hamas, the future of both Israelis and Palestinians looks terribly bleak.

instead. Do massacre-murders such as Ben Gurion Airport,Maalot,Sucide bombing buses etc. Cry victim while refusing to negotiate.

THE INTIFADA SPECIAL--- Ingredients Crushed rubble from Palestinian homes. Broken olive branches with olives still attached. Broken Palestinian bones ala Yitzak Rabin. Congealed Palestinian Blood ala IDF. Palestinian babies bodies soaked in White phosphorous and stewed in raw sewage.(Easily found running on the streets of Gaza---compliments IAF. Mix all the above and place in a large pot, then place a tight lid and steam for 40 years stirring intermittently--add hot chilli as required. Gauranteed to satiate the ravenous hunger of any Zionists greedy palate and produce the desired effect. Walla---Itifada.

THE INTIFADA SPECIAL--- Ingredients Crushed rubble from Palestinian homes. Broken olive branches with olives still attached. Broken Palestinian bones ala Yitzak Rabin. Congealed Palestinian Blood ala IDF. Palestinian babies bodies soaked in White phosphorous and stewed in raw sewage.(Easily found running on the streets of Gaza---compliments IAF. Mix all the above and place in a large pot, then place a tight lid and steam for 40 years stirring intermittently--add hot chilli as required. Gauranteed to satiate the ravenous hunger of any Zionists greedy palate and produce the desired effect. Walla---Itifada.

The voted for Hamas while hamas was firing missiles into Sderot and sending suicide bombers into Israel before there was any Israeli blockade of Gaza. they got theie freedom from Israel didn't they? Why didn't their elected government stop the rocket firing and the suicide bombers before Cast Lead? Why did they burrow into Israel to kill and kidnap Israeli's before cast Lead? there are no innocent people in Gaza, not even children who have been brainwashed to murder Israelis and Jews in general. so please don't get on your high horse and preach such one sided crap. You know the truth, i know the truth and everybody else knows the truth. Truth and facts dont matter to the likes of you, and your leftist Jew-bashing, self aggrandizing, lieing low-lifes .

from tunnels under the ground like these at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8548277.stm. the darn shame is that they are being dug while the Isaeli government is busy defending itself from slander by the Arabs in the UN, EU and US. One must not expect others to give up their comfort (oil, trade, etc...) just to help a little guy fend off a big bully. the 1.5 billiuon moslems are the bully on the 5 million Jews in Israel. Even the self styled Palestinians outnumber the Jews when you add up those in Gaza, WB, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. Israel is like a little kid who has learned karate defending hinself in a dark alley against a bunch of bigg bullies. Once they acquire the same skill, look out little guy. Cripple them now so that they can never hurt you later.

The UK should stop colonizing Ireland, Scotland, Wales, etc. Enough is enough. Clean up your own backyard before you begin pointing fingers at Israel. I enjoy reading comments from Englishmen who support Israel. They remind me of the Brits I read about who fought in WW1 and WW2.

are considering another intifada is because they were not hit hard enough the last time. The Germans and the Japanese have been deterred from continuing their military past because we bombed the crap out of them and physically occupied them. We killed millions of them. Their size was decreased and populations were shifted. This was justified because they attacked us. There was international law in the 1930's which could have stopped Hitler if it had been enforced. Nobody wanted to enforce it. That is the lesson. Now, only Israel is expected to abide by international law. The only way Israel, the US, the UK, etc. will be defeated by the Muslim extremists is if we just surrender to them. They cannot defeat us militarily, intellectually, or economically.

In case you haven't noticed, Israel is not part of the United States, and is not obligated to follow its 1776 Declaration of Independence you quoted. The Arabs of Gaza and the "West Bank" are not part of Israel, and are not seeking to become Israelis in any case, so your post is doubly silly. As for "ghetto-ized" colonies whose citizens are not exactly 100% "equal" in rights, our allies Britain and France have numerous such colonies, and so does...the United States!! - ever hear of Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa, US Virgin Islands? - and none of those colonies are trying to destroy and replace the US, Britain or France! "Point" you are trying to make is as idiotic as your characterizing Israel as "apartheid" - it has no such laws or practices. Not one. Interestingly, its PA and Gaza demanding a racist exclusivist state where no Jews are allowed to live. Israel is a Jewish State, and has that right, just as Italy and France are Catholic States, Britain an Anglican State. Whats YOUR problem?

Stop with the old Zionist canard of victimization. It's tired and ineffective. You came from Europe you ethically cleansed the people who have lived there for 1400 years and you continue to do it. You are a racist society with Jew-only roads and your house of cards is starting to fall. Spare us your revisionist BS. like I said before, take the aprty hats off and start packing up!

another violent uprising. Both President Abbas and PM Salam Fayad stated that they will not endorse any violent uprising and know that the only way towards peace is a negotiated final status agreement. If the previous government succeeded in talks, why should we not continue?

Clearly, 'peaceful' resistance is what has shown to have effect on Israel's international position. If as you say Netanyahu will not 'allow' for a peaceful resistence to succeed , that is more of a reason why the Palestinian should muster all the means at their disposal and the all the outside resources available to see to it that such resistance does succeed.

how can you talk about a third intifada while the palestinians have no straingh for it. They have fought for too long. Look at Ranmallah today, do you think that that people is going to go back to fight? enough! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !!! I hope that they have learnt that violence doesn't bring anywhere. Violence brought them to misery, a lot of misery poverty and deaths. So why are you saying that we are close to the 3rd enitifada? They will never win a batlle against Israel, they will never ever get anything with violence. Don't you agree with me?

And who "elected" Hamas?

especially when the major world powers take no notice of any laws and cannot be held to account by anyone ! karadizc on trial but not putin or bush blair,obama maninthehead,and many other culpable individuals involved in wars . but then youre an idiot so your post is no surprise

if you study the subject instaed of posting garbage you will find the jews were there 3,500 years back. the arabs came out of what is now saudi arabia 1400 years ago and murdered their way through what is now the muslim world ! recorded in several accounts the 19th century was that there were few arabs in what is now israel !

The next intifada should be Ghandi style. If Palestinians are ready to die, why not do so non-violently. It nulifies the IDF's self-serving claim to "self-defence". The IDF will act like the British in India against unarmed masses - a tactic which could not be sustaied and worked. Try it . David

She lives in Ramallah.

to Zionist Forever: Obama interview you cited was a Purim joke, a complete fabrication, says the author at the end of the article at http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136235 Amira Hass is brave journalist and a credit to Israel. Rather than personally attacking her, how about talking about the issues. Are settlements really making Israel secure? Can locking down the West Banks can be sustained for another generation? Are there better alternatives that are more just?

Amira Hass is a brilliant and balanced journalist. She lived in Gaza at one point, but no longer lives there, and was, in fact, forced out of Gaza by Hamas in 2008. She returned with a delegation just this past December/January and her reporting from that trip was critical of Hamas and again, very balanced. I was part of the delegation, so I know for a fact that she reported accurately, and did nothing wrong. She is not an agent for anyone, but a journalist - a reporter of the truth. I'm sorry that you seem to find the truth so hard to swallow. Maybe you should spend some time living in Gaza and see what Israel has done to over a million innocent people, not connected with Hamas or any other "terrorist" organization.

In the last Intifadah, Israel used over one million bullets in the first four days. I'm afraid they will provoke the Palestinians in a similar way again.

it is difficult to accept the posit of lack of "normalcy". The occupation and in a more general sense the Zionist Project, is "normal" for Israel, it has been so for decade after decade. One may talk of lack of justice, of inhumanity, of cruelty, of oppression, etc. but lack of "normalcy" is sadly disingenuous since all the former has long been established as "normal".

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, and they are endowed by their creator with certain INALIENABLE rights . . ." The "right" to be ghettoized into a "semi-autonomous colony" is not among these rights. America refused to support South African apartheid. What makes you think we will support it in Israel?

Mark, Read #1 K.M and Daniel Silva's book Moscaw rulles and you will find the "true answer" to your observation of Amira!

Quote " Thanks, Joseph...For putting inverted commas round the phrase "human rights" when applied to Arabs.It says quite a lot about you." ------ Muslim Rights and Wrongs Tuesday, March 02, 2010 http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2010/03/muslim-rights-and-wrongs.html? After reading the article, Make sure to read sultanknish' answer to fatima in the comments section .

The only ethnic cleansing done in this area was done by the Arabs in 1949 as part of the armistice agreements. All Jews whose families lived in the old city of Jerusalem were forced to leave as were the Jews who had lived in Hevron for centuries. As a result of that, there was not one Jew left in the entire area taken over by the Jordanians. In addition between 700,000 and 800,000 Jews were forced to leave their homes in Arab countries with nothing but the clothing on their backs. What were once vibrant communities in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia and other north African countries were reduced to less than 100 people, with the exception of Morocco. Compare that with the Arabs who remained in what is today Israel, now numbering over 1 million. Get your information straight as to who ethnic cleansed who.

A couple of corrections to your post. 1. The list of #26 has nothing to do with things he wants to pin on "Arabs", and has nothing to do with demonstrating the moral and racial superiority of Jews. The comment is basically to show the hypocrisy of those who claim that Israel is violating human rights while for the vast majority of instances ignoring the blatant violation of those same rights by those people/nations who practice what they are condemning. Goldstone mentioned Hamas - how much time was spent by his committee on condemning Hamas and how much on Israel ? 2. International law is not made by three international courts. They are also supposedly enforcers. International law is created by conventions agreed upon by sovereign nations and codified by treaties. Thus you have the Hague convention of 1907 and the various Geneva conventions. These were not written or signed by any international court but written and signed by sovereign nations.

Just as professor Moriarty is the nemeses and arch enemy of Sherlock Holmes Amira Hass is the same to Israel. What her motives are only she really knows..is she driven by hatred of Israel or love of the palestinians who knows. I doubt that if Hass knew of an impending uprising such as dates and places that she would notify the IDF but on the other hand could she be warning Israel of such an uprising because she has facts at hand and lives with the enemy? This I seriously doubt. She would love to see Israel seriously damaged and Israeli's injured. Afterall most of her articles are incitement tools for the palestinian street to gnaw on and digest and act on. There is something "ugly" about this woman's soul..something tortured. Israel gives her the opportunity,through free speech,that I might add was not awarded to Rabbi Kahane,to spew her lies and distortions and in return she sinks the knife ever deeper into the country of her people.

Israel should let the politicized Arab Palestinians know that another intifada will result in the banning of all Muslims from Jerusalem.

"the supreme challenge facing the initiators of the next uprising - if it indeed erupts - is to prevent its descent into a so-called armed struggle," - Amira Hass Bibi Netanyahu is working very hard to provoke a violent uprising which he will be delighted to crush. Their is no chance that he would allow peaceful protests to succeed.

Are you threatening more ethnic cleansing, don't you know this is a war crime? Amira speaks the truth which is why the Zionists are always attacking her. Israel is an artificially implanted state imposed on hundreds of millions of people in the region and the resistance will never end. Know this Israelis, the party is winding down.

International law is a body of laws covering everything from permitted conduct in war to humanitarian, treaty, commercial, aviation, fishing etc law. The decision maker is one of three international courts, the enforcer the UN, an individual country, a coalition of the willing or, ideally, a nation's own legal system. But that's not really your question, is it? Your selective list is obviously things you want to pin on 'Arabs', no doubt to demonstrate the moral and racial superiority of Jews. Firing Qassams at civilian areas is a crime against humanity, as Goldstein stated. Ditto suicide bombings. The other items are matters of national law and culture. Most western countries only abandoned execution relatively recently, the USA still hasn't. All western societies historically used beheading, burning at the stake, marriage before puberty etc up to and over Elizabethan times. We are not so far advanced really that we can lecture others, particularly Israel the war crime state.

There WAS a military solution to Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka - finally wiped out, leaders killed, after causing 35,000 deaths seeking independent state by violent terrorism. FAR more Tamils on far more land than Gaza and W. Bank "Palestinians". The world has tired of violent, unilateral "independence movements" using indiscriminate terrorism and random slaughter of civilians to achieve their goals, rather than negotiation. Spain, ever willing to give Israel advice, has slammed the door on Basque independence. Ditto Turkey (and Iraq) refusing an independent Kurdistan. France refuses even to discuss independence with its huge colonies. The 15 years of sadistic Arab warfare against the Jews since Oslo, supposedly seeking to sweeten terms of "2-state solution" they were offered, instead prove that they don't want independence, but destruction of Jewish Israel, the pre-Oslo goal. Next "intifada" will be the LAST, "PA" remnants can maybe become a "semiautonomous" colony like French Guyana.

Or, Israel can return the land of the Ottoman Empire passed to them by the imperial powers. Since the arabs were there before Isreal existed as a state, that seems much more reasonable.

For putting inverted commas round the phrase "human rights" when applied to Arabs. It says quite a lot about you.

I have a suggestion to the Palestinians: do something really radical for the next intifada: negotiate with Israel and conclude a final status agreement and a Palestinian state existing along side Israel. Then do something even more radical and daring: build a genuine democracy where everyone has equal status under law, where religous and ethnic minorities are respected, where women's rights are respected, and where corruption is not tolerated... dare to be great Palestine! dare to be democratic, peaceful and lawful!

The next intifada will start with: 1) Avoiding poisonous drinks like tapuzina 2) Using only or mostly non israeli products 3) kiking out Shlomo Fayadd and his crooks 4) Fighting for civil rights for all in Israel/Palestine and will end with a binational democracy

free the west bank and gaza or give uo equal rights

The entire "Manifest Destiny-esque" mentality displayed in these Talkbacks is disgusting and dangerous. So much hate, so sad, so shameful...

Having gone through the whole list of replies to the article, any sound mind can assertain there are three Israels on the world map: 1) the mighty US, Canada next door, Isael in the Arab Lands. There won't any Israel it were not for the West that tried to exterminate the jews.

Anti-Terror is Israel's propaganda cover. As Voltaire said, If there wasn't a God man would have to invent him.

A series of articles have appeared in several journals over the past month. They raise the question of how to handle HAMAS, an organization with an extremist philosophy and a penchence for violnce. These two factors have not only created a serious issue for Israel, but also for the Palestinian Authority. HAMAS' actions in Gaza over the past four years has raised a red flag over what would happen should Israel leave the West Bank. Avi Issarroff's article in Ha'Aretz on the fraying of HAMAS (Gazan vs. Syrian branches) shows too the rise of the extremists. Until someone can come up with a reasonable solution to HAMAS' extremism and violence, talks on how and why Israel will leave the West Bank is meaningless. Amira Hass would better serve her readers by addressing those questions.

Like so many of the actions stemming from the dark intent of Jihad, the next intifada will be UGLY and False. Like all the suicide bombing, hijackings, civilian shields, staged propaganda, perfidies, car-bombings, rocket firings, thefts, false reports and claims, lies, Temple mount provocations, sinister pawns being held for 60 years in refugee camps by Arab-Islamic countries, actual genocides committed before our eyes by Jihadhis and Islamists in Africa. Hass's perspective is always out of phase with reality, oppressive to truth, ugly and false. All are pawns of a dark, sinister ugly force of hate and darkness.

Abbas knows another intefada would be suicide for the PA and end the 2 state idea. The end of 2 states would not be replaced by the single binational state idea it would leave the palestinians totally lost in a form of no mans land without any help Obama is not streetwise enough to solve the problem & in an interview with Arytz Sheva he said: WELL LET ME BE FRANK WITH YOU I DO NOT HAVE A CLUEREGARDING PSYCHOLOGY OF THE PLAYERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN JEWS AND ARABS THERE TURNS OUT TO BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM CHICAGO. RECENTLY I HAVE REACHED A CONCLUSION THAT A THREE YEAR OLD CHILD WITH SOME EXPERIENCE IN NURSERY SCHOOL POLITICS COULD PROBABLY UNDERSTAND THE MIDDLE EAST BETTER THAN ME http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136235 An intefada will will loose them friends in israel & abroad. If Abbas & the muslim world try to avoid an intefada by playing down problems and don't stoke the fire it can be avoided but play tough for image it can get out of control

if the cap fits why not wear it kg? this also applies to other stolen countries hangovers from western or eastern colonialists occupations !

the arabs can return to the 99.9% of the ottoman empire passed to them by the imperial powers !

If you take out the standard Israel bashing, the article is pretty sound. The only problem with it is the fact that if another intifada breaks out, it will again become what Amira calls militarized and it will become a shooting affair with all that it entails for both sides, but especially the Palestinians. The reason for this is the same reason that Arafat started the second intifada: He couldn't, and no Palestinian leader today, can agree to any political solution that would leave one mm of land considered Palestinian land in the hands of Israelis. And can you see Israel giving up control of the Western Wall area after what the Jordanians and yes, the precursors of the Palestinians at that time - 1948 to 1967 - did to the area - to whit, turned it into a garbage dump and a toilet. This is the crux of the matter - no Palestinian can compromise on this and remain alive.

Does int'l law permit suicide bombings, qasams, beheadings, hand cutting, stonng, female circumcision, forced marriage before puberty, incitement...

The Palestinians aren't allowed to fight, and especially never allowed to fight back. They will be shot if they participate in violence. But they'll be shot if they don't participate in violence too, it's just safer and nicer for Israelis if that is the case. The obvious, irrefutable fact that Amira Hass hasn't pointed out is that settlements haven't stopped expanding, regardless of the presence or lack of violence. The IDF hasn't ended the brutality, regardless of the lack of violence in the West Bank. And it won't. Israelis see no need whatsoever to end the violence, it will always be present, and they will use the violence they start to justify more annexation, more confiscation, and ever more violence.

Consider the current trend in the world. Israel has a strong government which is offensive against terrorists and rightfully disregards anti semitic European/American intervention. The settlements are still growing during the hilarious "freeze". Israel has shown openly that it can assassinate enemies from Damascus to Dubai to Tehran. There will never be any Palestinian state, ever, ever. If the Palestinians dare start throwing rocks and garbage cans again, (they have no more capability to commit terrorism because of the IDF) they will absorb a military blow that will prevent them from ever organizing politically again. Israel has ceased to care about world opinion. If I were a Palestinian, i wouldnt start an Intifada right now. Israel is waiting eagerly to pulverize its next military enemy.

Any more constructive criticism?

Amira Haas writes in Communist jargon. Her parents, ardent Communists, were kicked out of Poland during a surge of official anti-semitism and took refuge in the Jewish State. Instead of showing appreciation, Amira, as her parents before her, has constantly delegitimized Israel. Haaretz is doing a great disservice by publishing the writings of Amira Haas.

It's something that interests me too. I don't care if it's left or right, I just want an altruistic politician who will put principles before all else and push for reconciliation and peace with the people who live in our midst and in the surrounding countries What you call marginal empty manifestations are so selective of the public they want to attract that they end up by making no progress on what's important to people like you, which is moving forward, making peace happen between us and the Palestinian by TALKING IT THROUGH right to the bitter end. We'll all have to make sacrifices. The rewards will be greater than all of them. So, vacancy for honest, altruistic politician to coordinate us "not the only ones". There are more of us than you think.

"Had she lived in Syria or Turkia and wrote a similar article about the Assad or Erdogan gov`t" So because Israel gives the right to free speech it means she should shut up and obey the dear leaders? She is exercising her 'right' which doesn't have any obligations attached to it. So whats your point there? "And to portray arabs `human rights` above the Int`l Law and Law of the land" What is 'Law of the land' Joseph? explain that to me please. and also, explain how Israel defying int'l law and human rights conventions... is not above int'l law? Sorry but all Right-wing arguments are soo stupid and baseless. They just like to follow what is said before them and repeating their slogans but they dont think! Joseph dont respond with accusations, please address the points i made above

Obviouly Salim Mansour is very ill informed of the finds of history. He should be looking at the most advanced museums of the Western Nations. He will find the cruelest of the cruel pornographic immages of the Romans, Greeks from the high times of jewish and christian rules, and even today he only needs to look at the number of westerners being prosecuted for child pornograpy stolen from the Western tool of the Internet. Mansour would appear to have described himself in the face of those Arabs he has described in his poster.

Don't keep us waiting. Just join the jihad and tell us what it looks like from the inside.

Has A.Hass been throuwn out of Gaza? And where exactly does she live in the West Bank, in a settlement?

Had she lived in Syria or Turkia and wrote a similar article about the Assad or Erdogan gov't . But she lives in the Democratic Jewish State of Israel and her radical lefty article(s) are widely used by foreigners who exploit the banner of 'peace', and abuse the human rights discourse, to demonise and delegitimise Israel fight against Jihad-terror-slavery-dhimmitude etc... And to portray arabs 'human rights' above the Int'l Law and Law of the land . The Radical Left is a competitor and friend of the OIC-Arab League interests against the Democratic Jewish State of Israel . Politics as war completion .

Honestly, this question interests me much more since everything fell apart at the seams. Basicly we are stuck between violence seeking egotistical characters on both sides, is it by mouth (Israel Apartheid week)or by deeds like the weekly rock hurling at Bil'in. I am super bored by these marginal empty manifestations of so-called solidarity. I guess I am not the only one.

There will always be incidents of terrorism, calling them intifada makes no difference.There is no occupation. israel is the land where Jews have autonomy our Arab guests are troublemakers. Israelis hold tenaceously on to their land, ; that should have become clear during the war of independence in 1948.

Fine read, and a fine assessment. Qassam(I hope that I spelled it right), and suicide bombing won't work. It is counter-productive, as it gives Israeli government exactly what it wants; a casus belli to strike out in the Occupied Territories. Palestinians have to show ordinary Israeli citizens that they are not out to drive them into the sea. When there is resistance to the policies of the government within and without Israel those policies will have to be changed, as they will not be justifiable anymore.

I don't think there's any reason to be optimistic about Israel's reaction to a possible 3rd intifada. I believe the situation will become even more extreme than it already is. It will bolster Israeli ( and Palestinian ) hardliners and everybody will lose. And the situation in the territories will deteriorate even further. And in case you haven't noticed. Israel is already cracking down on the protesters. Not by engaging them in talks or something but the only way they seem to know how. By arresting them and putting them in jail

people of both the West Bank and Gaza, of both Hamas and Fatah, wake up to the folly of pride, and take on a different, intelligent and legal perspective with which to gain their long overdue justice. And it is also time that the international community stepped up to the plate regarding Israels stealing of land, occupation, death and misery that it has wrought for decades on an innocent peoples. I wonder if the Israeli society realises that this is now the narrative of their history in the land now called Israel...one of great shame, denial, and perhaps destruction of the "home for the jews", forever.

idjit!

Another fine article Amira. The Palestinian public needs to hold a serious public discourse on this very topic and soon. The future of Palestine is at stake.

Very accurate article The next intifada will be along these lines. The fact that Fayaad protested at the wall is significant. Fatah members threatening to burn their Israeli VIP cards. Products from the settlements now have to pay EU import duties. Ereket proposing to withold PA security cooperation with Israel. It will be Bil'in on a larger scale, supported by international sanctions.

ALL..effort,must be made to 'kick-out'ALL arab occupiers from that part of town..the 'Hadassah-Hospital-Massacre' MUST be remembered...'pay-back-time' what originally was taken by force..MUST be retaken..100fold.. no exceptions...any dithering on the matter, will show the arabs, the Jews lack the resolve to accomplish their task..in so doing reinforce..arab violence.. remember.. arabs, the world over, consider sex with cadvers, animal/human acceptable.. among other similar vile practices.. arab society, is a barbaric, violent.. 1500 year old mindset.. so, out they go... 'there is no cure for this arab-moslem sickness'... Salim Mansour.. Toronto Sun...3/10/09....

but I know how it will end. It will end very badly for Palestinians. There will be no more appeasements, no more concessions and no more Palestinians if this continues.

When the answers to the questions in the last two paragraphs stop being a kneejerk yes, we'll have started on our way to peace. How the Palestinians solve the problem of accepting good policies from a leadership tainted with serial past corruption will determine whether they can take their first confident steps to peace. And then there's the issue of synchrony. Both have to happen together.

As long as this is the case, there won't be one.

cellphones, electricity and stone houses, cafes, solar heating, water plumping. satellite TV and it is only a short ride away. She probably is "home" a lot. Re the article, an uprising will be good yet it will do nothing and help no one. The PA is as stubborn as the Israelis and wants it all. I for one would love a "Palestine" , a country with obligations of it's own, one that has to prove itself with industry, economy, educations, taxes, and move on it's own, with no western aid in abundance.

She lives in the West Bank.

While reading articles by Amira Hass I cant't stop wondering : how come this woman lives in Gaza and manages to publish her nasty anti-Israeli articles in one of the main Israeli daily newspapers. Officially, Israel is in state of war with Gaza and Israelis are banned from entering it. Those living in Gaza are assocated with Israel's enemies and, I would assume, enemies are not welcome to see their work published almost every day in Israel. Therefore, AMIRA HASS should have a blessing from Shim Bet to do her job in the newspaper as a cover for her real job as an ISRAELI AGENT, Gazans, be aware of Amira Hass!

And take hamas with you