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Posted by Moshe on January 27, 19102 at 19:15:39:

In Reply to: BLOCKADING ARAFAT MEANS BLOCKADING PEACEr> posted by Gush Shalom on January 27, 19102 at 16:39:20:

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:BLOCKADING ARAFAT MEANS BLOCKADING PEACEr>
:Gush Shalom ad published in Ha'aretz, January 25, 2001
:
:
:Palestinian Women weeping over the ruins of their homes.
:Rafah, yesterday
:"Haaretz" 11/01/02
:
:Uri Avnery

:26.01.02

:
:Napoleon at the Gates of Ramallah

:
:In his epic "War and Peace", Tolstoy describes the battle of Borodino, one of
:the cruelest in history, in which Napoleon opened the way to Moscow. In the
:middle of the terrible battle, the hero of the book looks for the Russian
:commander, Kutusov. He finds him sitting on a chair on the top of a hill,
:looking calmly at the battle and doing nothing.

:The hero is, of course, amazed by this inactivity, until the Russian general
:explains that at this stage he has nothing more to do. The battle is a clash
:between two great human masses, and the stronger and more determined mass will
:win.

:I was reminded of the scene from the book this week when I visited Yasser
:Arafat in Ramallah. His office was quiet, activity low-key. The Palestinian
:leader was calm, more so than I have seen him for a long time. The trembling
of
:his limbs has disappeared, and so had the tired look. He reminded me of our
:first meeting in besieged Beirut, July 1982, in the middle of the battle. He
:was in a jovial mood when he led us to the window and showed us the Israeli
:tanks which are stationed a hundred meters away, their cannons targeted on him.

:Some of the dozen senior journalists who accompanied our Gush Shalom
delegation
:got the impression that he has given up, that he "has resigned himself to his
:fate". If they had met Kutusov in that battle, they would probably also have
:said that the he was finished, a beaten general resigned to defeat.

:The Israeli-Palestinian war, now 120 years old, is reaching one of its
decisive
:stages. Two great masses are confronting each other: an irresistible force and
:an immovable object.

:The Israeli commander, Ariel Sharon, knows exactly what he wants. All the
:columnists who tell the public that he is temporizing, that he doesn't know
:what he wants, that he has no plan etc. just do not know the man. A normal
:person like Yossi Beilin is quite unable to grasp his way of thinking.

:Sharon is acting in a consistent, determined and logical way to execute his
:master-plan. For decades now he has thought that he is ordained by history to
:implement real Zionism - one that aims to conquer all of Eretz-Israel, to
:cleanse it of the local population and to cover it with settlements.

:In pursuing this historic mission Sharon is ruthless and merciless. Rivers of
:blood do not deter him, the number of casualties (theirs and ours) is just one
:item in his calculations. He acts cautiously, uses ruses and does not shrink
:from committing war crimes.

:He knows that he does not have much time left, and that he must use the
:remaining time in order to destroy the Palestinian people as a political
:factor. To achieve this, he has to break thir leadership, defeat their armed
:forces, smash their will and ability to resist.

:What is the final aim?

:The minimum: To imprison the Palestinians in several enclaves, each one cut
off
:from the others and from the world at large, each one surrounded by
:settlements, by-pass roads and the army. In these big prison camps, the
:Palestinians will be allowed to "manage their own affaires," supplying cheap
:labor and a captive market. He does not care if they are called "a Palestinian
:state".

:The maximum: To exploit a war situation or a world crisis to expel all
:Palestinians (including those who are Israeli citizens) from the country.
:Sharon is quite capable of instigating a war to create such an opportunity. He
:has only contempt for the people around him, who are unable to think in such
:historic terms.

:Under the leadership of Sharon this great mass is confronting the opposing
:mass – the Palestinians. They cannot compete with the attacking force in any
:field but one: the capability to absorb punches. The Palestinian national
:strategy is summarized by one word: Summud, steadfastness. After the terrible
:lesson of 1948, the Palestinians know that this is a fight for their life –
the
:life of the Palestinian people and the life of every single Palestinian man
and
:woman. This generates a force of resistance that amazes Sharon's generals, as
:the Russian resistance amazed Napoleon's marshals.

:Yasser Arafat symbolizes this ability more than anyone else. Even those
:Palestinians (mainly Western educated members of the intelligentsia) who used
:to criticize his style of management know that there is nobody like him in an
:existential crisis. The man sitting in Ramallah facing the tanks is the
:personification of the Palestinian determination to defend their national
:existence in their homeland, whatever the price.

:The Israeli Napoleon does not understand the Palestinians, as the original
:Napoleon did not understand the Russians. He and his followers believe that
:Arafat is an isolated, crippled, "irrelevant" figure. They cannot understand
:that precisely in such a situation, Arafat is stronger and more influential
:than ever.

:A propos the original Napoleon: he won the battle of Borodino and entered
:Moscow as a glorious victor. But a few weeks later the same Kutusov defeated
:him decisively. Napoleon had to flee back home, leaving behind him the
remnants
:of a beaten army, dying of hunger and cold.

:
:

:[The author has closely followed the career of Sharon for four decades. Over
:the years, he has written three extensive biographical essays about him, two
:(1973, 1981) with his cooperation.]
:
:Read more articles and documents

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Comments: ::http://www.gush-shalom.org/english/index.html ::BLOCKADING ARAFAT MEANS BLOCKADING PEACEr> ::Gush Shalom ad published in Ha'aretz, January 25, 2001 :: :: ::Palestinian Women weeping over the ruins of their homes. ::Rafah, yesterday ::"Haaretz" 11/01/02 :: ::Uri Avnery ::26.01.02 :: ::Napoleon at the Gates of Ramallah :: ::In his epic "War and Peace", Tolstoy describes the battle of Borodino, one of ::the cruelest in history, in which Napoleon opened the way to Moscow. In the ::middle of the terrible battle, the hero of the book looks for the Russian ::commander, Kutusov. He finds him sitting on a chair on the top of a hill, ::looking calmly at the battle and doing nothing. ::The hero is, of course, amazed by this inactivity, until the Russian general ::explains that at this stage he has nothing more to do. The battle is a clash ::between two great human masses, and the stronger and more determined mass will ::win. ::I was reminded of the scene from the book this week when I visited Yasser ::Arafat in Ramallah. His office was quiet, activity low-key. The Palestinian ::leader was calm, more so than I have seen him for a long time. The trembling :of ::his limbs has disappeared, and so had the tired look. He reminded me of our ::first meeting in besieged Beirut, July 1982, in the middle of the battle. He ::was in a jovial mood when he led us to the window and showed us the Israeli ::tanks which are stationed a hundred meters away, their cannons targeted on him. ::Some of the dozen senior journalists who accompanied our Gush Shalom :delegation ::got the impression that he has given up, that he "has resigned himself to his ::fate". If they had met Kutusov in that battle, they would probably also have ::said that the he was finished, a beaten general resigned to defeat. ::The Israeli-Palestinian war, now 120 years old, is reaching one of its :decisive ::stages. Two great masses are confronting each other: an irresistible force and ::an immovable object. ::The Israeli commander, Ariel Sharon, knows exactly what he wants. All the ::columnists who tell the public that he is temporizing, that he doesn't know ::what he wants, that he has no plan etc. just do not know the man. A normal ::person like Yossi Beilin is quite unable to grasp his way of thinking. ::Sharon is acting in a consistent, determined and logical way to execute his ::master-plan. For decades now he has thought that he is ordained by history to ::implement real Zionism - one that aims to conquer all of Eretz-Israel, to ::cleanse it of the local population and to cover it with settlements. ::In pursuing this historic mission Sharon is ruthless and merciless. Rivers of ::blood do not deter him, the number of casualties (theirs and ours) is just one ::item in his calculations. He acts cautiously, uses ruses and does not shrink ::from committing war crimes. ::He knows that he does not have much time left, and that he must use the ::remaining time in order to destroy the Palestinian people as a political ::factor. To achieve this, he has to break thir leadership, defeat their armed ::forces, smash their will and ability to resist. ::What is the final aim? ::The minimum: To imprison the Palestinians in several enclaves, each one cut :off ::from the others and from the world at large, each one surrounded by ::settlements, by-pass roads and the army. In these big prison camps, the ::Palestinians will be allowed to "manage their own affaires," supplying cheap ::labor and a captive market. He does not care if they are called "a Palestinian ::state". ::The maximum: To exploit a war situation or a world crisis to expel all ::Palestinians (including those who are Israeli citizens) from the country. ::Sharon is quite capable of instigating a war to create such an opportunity. He ::has only contempt for the people around him, who are unable to think in such ::historic terms. ::Under the leadership of Sharon this great mass is confronting the opposing ::mass – the Palestinians. They cannot compete with the attacking force in any ::field but one: the capability to absorb punches. The Palestinian national ::strategy is summarized by one word: Summud, steadfastness. After the terrible ::lesson of 1948, the Palestinians know that this is a fight for their life – :the ::life of the Palestinian people and the life of every single Palestinian man :and ::woman. This generates a force of resistance that amazes Sharon's generals, as ::the Russian resistance amazed Napoleon's marshals. ::Yasser Arafat symbolizes this ability more than anyone else. Even those ::Palestinians (mainly Western educated members of the intelligentsia) who used ::to criticize his style of management know that there is nobody like him in an ::existential crisis. The man sitting in Ramallah facing the tanks is the ::personification of the Palestinian determination to defend their national ::existence in their homeland, whatever the price. ::The Israeli Napoleon does not understand the Palestinians, as the original ::Napoleon did not understand the Russians. He and his followers believe that ::Arafat is an isolated, crippled, "irrelevant" figure. They cannot understand ::that precisely in such a situation, Arafat is stronger and more influential ::than ever. ::A propos the original Napoleon: he won the battle of Borodino and entered ::Moscow as a glorious victor. But a few weeks later the same Kutusov defeated ::him decisively. Napoleon had to flee back home, leaving behind him the :remnants ::of a beaten army, dying of hunger and cold. :: :: ::[The author has closely followed the career of Sharon for four decades. Over ::the years, he has written three extensive biographical essays about him, two ::(1973, 1981) with his cooperation.] :: ::Read more articles and documents

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