America's War on the Palestinian People

The U.S. administration has launched a political war, in every sense of the word, on the Palestinian people. A war that aimed — very briefly put —at killing any of the Palestinian people’s hope of establishing their independent state. Its aim was to hold Palestinians hostage to the brutal occupation, at the mercy of its terror, and with stolen rights.

When Palestinians announced their intention to approach the United Nations to request full membership for the Palestinian State, the U.S. administration immediately and blatantly launched this war.

At first, the United States exercised its political terrorism, in every sense of the word, against the Palestinian Authority. It explicitly stated that it will not hesitate to enforce a stronger punishment if Palestine does not back down from approaching the United Nations. It further threatened that it will, for example, terminate any U.S. aid to Palestinians.

Meanwhile, the United States led a major campaign in coordination with the enemy, Israel, to pressure various countries around the world, in an attempt to blackmail them, against voting to support the Palestinian move. A few days ago, it explicitly announced it will never hesitate to use the veto in the U.N. Security Council to prevent the issuance of a resolution supporting the Palestinian demand for its full membership in the international organization.

This U.S. position is not a war against the Palestinian people or a crude, flagrant disregard for their rights and reason. It is a disregard for all Arabs, and an insult to their attitudes and feelings. At the same time this position is a disregard for the entire international community’s will, because the precious majority of countries around the world supports the Palestinian right and the Palestinian move. It is also a disregard for the United Nations itself and its resolutions, which all support the Palestinian right to establish an independent state.

Despite the United States’ horrendous and blatant position in the war against the Palestinian people, despite its disregard for all Arabs, and despite its defense of the Israeli terrorist occupation, this stance is not strange or sudden. The entirely predictable situation was known to all, and no one expects an American position that is any different. When Barack Obama first came to power in the United States, with his fabricated speeches and promises and his talks on Palestinian rights, it soon became apparent that at the end of the day Obama is no different than his predecessors when it comes to the Arab-Israeli conflict and the U.S. position on this matter. It soon became apparent that the U.S. administration is utterly incapable of facing the enemy Israel and cannot convince it of anything. It is apparent that the U.S. is not truly concerned with Palestinian rights.

In light of this, what is certain is that the U.S. administration would not have gone to this extent in its war against the Palestinian people, in its disregard for Arab attitudes and feelings, and in its defiance of international will (by taking this belligerent, blatant position) if it were not for the Arabs’ weak and feeble position in this confrontation. Arab nations did absolutely nothing to try to push the U.S. administration to change its positions. The U.S. administration did not feel at any time that its hostile attitude toward Palestinians and Arabs would cost it anything or that it would have to pay any price for this hostility. The Arab countries did nothing at anytime to appeal to the U.S. to change its positions (for example to not use its veto in the Security Council). In the world of politics, appealing has neither meaning nor value.

With regard to Palestine’s recourse to the U.N. to request full membership for the state of Palestine, it is true that the Arab countries embraced this step and announced that they wholly support it and will seek to rally international support for the move. However, Arab action is ultimately weak, limited and ineffective.

Suffice to say what a Palestinian official reported two days ago — that Arab countries were not even concerned with the implementation of the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee’s decision in its recent meetings. It had decided to form an Arab ministerial delegation to visit the capitals of the Security Council’s member states, in order to persuade them to support the Palestinian request of the Council. If the Arab countries were not interested in carrying out such a simple step, what could convince the U.S. to change its position or even accept the Arab position with any degree of seriousness?

The issue in short, therefore, is that the Palestinians’ next battle will end up in the United Nations, no matter what. Palestinian rights will remain stolen. The reality will not change much, as long as Arab countries do not decide to use their capabilities and potential and put effective pressure on the U.S. in order to regain these rights and enforce the Arab will.