Ball in the US' Court

The U.S. Secretary of State is packing up and returning to the Middle East to bridge the gap between the Palestinians and Israelis in order to resume negotiations. Analysts of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are not optimistic that the outcome of the visit will be positive. They say that Mr. Kerry’s briefcase is empty of any practical plan that will make a breakthrough and save the peace process from its current impasse.

This reminds us of the United States’ role as the sole supervisor of the peace process, the world’s only pole and an ally of Israel. With such capacity, the United States can willingly rein in Israel’s adventures by compelling Israel to comply with the United Nations resolutions and especially with the road map. The said measures are calling for a stop to settlements and respect for the Fourth Geneva Convention that stipulates no geographic or demographic changes shall be made on the occupied territories.

In his last visit to Israel, President Obama did not demand that Israel stop settlements. This unlimited U.S. support to the Zionist occupation encourages Israel to be more stubborn and act as violator of international law and committer of the crime of ethnic cleansing under the umbrella of the U.S. “veto.”

The U.S Secretary of State’s adoption of Netanyahu’s plan known as “economic peace” during his last visit to Israel was considered to be an unconventional path and outside the peace process track. The peace process track is all about Israel withdrawing from all occupied territories and establishing the Palestinian state, with Jerusalem as its capital.

We have a question here: What is the use of improving the economic conditions for the Palestinian people without them achieving their national and historic aspiration to establish their own independent state on their national soil? Otherwise, they will remain under occupation, and more than that, will be workers and slaves in the enemy’s farms and factories.

Therefore, the Obama administration’s second term will not lead to the hoped-for breakthrough or succeed in resuming negotiations between the two parties. That is, unless this administration stands an equal distance from Israelis and Palestinians and supports international law, universal human rights and the United Nations Charter, which all call for the right of self-determination for all nations.

In conclusion, we are not optimistic that Kerry’s visit to the Middle East with the intention to resume negotiations will be successful since the Obama administration is completely backing the Zionist enemy. This administration has not introduced any project, program or vision that contemplates implementing the United Nations resolutions, ending the Israeli occupation and establishing the Palestinian state on all Palestinian territories that fall within the 1967 boundaries. This visit will not be better than the previous ones if Mr. Kerry insists on blessing Mr. Netanyahu’s proposed plan for “economic peace.”