John R. Houk
© March 28, 2018
Thanks to an Israpundit cross post, I
discovered a Jerusalem Post article that informs readers that the Arabs
that call themselves Palestinians are upset that the Israel’s Knesset (a
parliamentary body) is considering extending “Israeli law and
administrative court jurisdiction to Area C of Judea and Samaria”.
This upsets fake Palestinians who believe the Biblical Land
Promised to Jews is theirs even though these are primarily the Arab descendants
of immigrants (See “Land Ownership in Palestine, 1880-1948”
pdf study – especially pgs. 7-10), who moved to the Area for better jobs
and livelihood due returning entrepreneurial Jews in
business and farm techniques.
The JP reports the coined phrase of “Creeping Annexation” as
if that was a pejorative act against the Fake Palestinians. In reality the
phrase is sad, because it is an indication that Israel’s secular government is
ignoring the Jewish Biblical heritage of God’s Promised Land to the promised
lineage given to Abraham, Isaac (NOT Ishmael) and Jacob (renamed Israel by God Almighty
and HERE).
There should be no “Creeping Annexation,” but rather there
should be total and complete annexation of Judea and Samaria (named the West Bank by the invading Jew-Hating Arab Legion commanded by Brit John Glubb
[aka Glubb Pasha] usurping Transjordan – later Jordan) under Israeli National
Sovereignty.
Just as an aside: It is obvious I am not Jewish, but
rather Christian. I consider myself a Christian Zionist. I realize there are some
good historical reasons for Jews to mistrust the motives of Christians. After
all Christians have a moral duty to share the Good News of Jesus Christ to
offer Redemption into the Kingdom of God by faith:
14 Later He
appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief
and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him
after He had risen. 15 And He said to them, “Go
into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.16 He
who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be
condemned. (Mark 16: 14-16 NKJV – As a Charis-maniac
faith Believer, I should have included Mark 16: 17-20, but that upsets
mainline Christians 😊)
Historically, the unfortunate truth Jews have faced from
Christians is the Jewish refusal to accept Christ has led to the extreme
non-Christian attitude of Jew-Hatred. Christians that failed to let Christ’s
very Words sink began to develop false accusations that Jews were
Christ-killers. Attributed to all Jews what a loaded tribunal of Sanhedrin
Sadducees and Pharisees that tried Jesus outside their own tenets of belief out
of fear the growing popularity of Jesus would harm their special station with
the Romans. Incidentally, it was Roman governance in Judea that sentenced Jesus
to death and executed the torture of the lash and the Crucifixion of death on
the Cross. Should Christian despise and persecute all Italians today for the
actions of a past Roman government?
To all you Antisemites out there, you might want dwell on
the historical executioners of Jesus Christ the Son of God and Savior.
--END OF ASIDE—
Posted by DannyAyalon
Published on Jul 12, 2011
Israel's Deputy Minister of Foreign
Affairs Danny Ayalon explains the historical facts relating to the Israeli
Palestinian conflict. The video explains where the terms "West Bank",
"occupied territories" and "67 Borders" originated and how
they are incorrectly used and applied. Also follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DannyAyalon
and http://facebook.com/DannyAyalon
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‘CREEPING ANNEXATION’ IN JUDEA
AND SAMARIA – THE OTHER SIDE
It is a battle for Israeli democracy and the right of
Jews to live in the heartland of the Jewish people; we cannot afford to lose
it.
By MOSHE DANN
MARCH 26, 2018 21:57
BUILDINGS IN Nof Zion on the outskirts of
Jerusalem.. (photo
credit: REUTERS)
A bill under
consideration by Israel’s ruling coalition to extend Israeli law and
administrative court jurisdiction to Area C of Judea and Samaria, and protect
the civil and legal rights of Israeli citizens living there, has prompted
accusations of “creeping annexation.” These accusations are based on the
assumption that the entire area is part of the “Occupied Palestinian
Territories” (OPT) and that therefore all Israeli “settlements” are “illegal.”
“Creeping annexation,” however, has another dimension which is not widely acknowledged or understood, even by the Israeli government: the massive movement of Palestinian Arabs from Areas A and B (under Palestinian Authority control) to Area C (under full Israeli control).
“Creeping annexation,” however, has another dimension which is not widely acknowledged or understood, even by the Israeli government: the massive movement of Palestinian Arabs from Areas A and B (under Palestinian Authority control) to Area C (under full Israeli control).
Critics of extending sovereignty to Area C, in which all of
the “settlements” are located, argue that Israel cannot annex the area without
giving full, equal rights to the Arab population living there. Advocates of
extending Israeli law to Area C argue that there are nearly half a million Jews
living there, far outnumbering the Arabs. This perception was reinforced by
Bimkom, a pro-Palestinian NGO, in 2008, which published “The Prohibited Zone,”
listing 47,360 Arabs in 149 villages in Area C, based on the Palestinian
Central Bureau of Statistics.
Bimkom disputed claims by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which surveyed Arabs living in 418 Palestinian villages located partly or entirely in Area C, that numbered 228,600. “We estimate that no more than 150,000 Palestinians currently live in Area C,” it claimed in its report. It acknowledged “numerous difficulties involved in collecting data about Palestinian villages,” and noted that therefore the data represented “an approximation.”
How many Palestinian Arabs, however, actually live in Area C? That is a crucial question, and unfortunately one that the government cannot answer.
Bimkom disputed claims by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which surveyed Arabs living in 418 Palestinian villages located partly or entirely in Area C, that numbered 228,600. “We estimate that no more than 150,000 Palestinians currently live in Area C,” it claimed in its report. It acknowledged “numerous difficulties involved in collecting data about Palestinian villages,” and noted that therefore the data represented “an approximation.”
How many Palestinian Arabs, however, actually live in Area C? That is a crucial question, and unfortunately one that the government cannot answer.
In 2011, UNOCHA (occupied Palestinian territory) reported
that about 150,000 Arabs were living in 270 “villages, camps, and other
communities,” two-thirds of which are located primarily in Areas A&B, but
which extend into Area C, and an estimated 50,000 Beduin and “herders” were
living in Area C.
Two years later, UNOCHA reported that an estimated 297,000 people, who had been living in 532 PA villages in A and B, had moved into Area C, building homes and taking over land, creating de facto extensions of their villages. Although illegal, the Israeli military authority in Area C, the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and the Israeli government have ignored this attempt to create “facts on the ground” by expanding the area which Palestinians claim as their future state. (UNOCHA reports can be accessed at its website: www.ochaopt.org.)
All of this has been known for a decade or more, according to the legal NGO Regavim. If true, however, why hasn’t the government done anything to stop it?
Meanwhile, COGAT, backed by the High Court and IDF judicial and administrative units, has been busy tearing down entire Jewish communities, such as Migron and Amona, destroying Jewish neighborhoods in long-established communities, such as Ofra, Bet El and Elazar, and destroying many hundreds of Jewish homes throughout the area because they were deemed “illegal,” and in some cases claimed to be “built on private Palestinian land” – although this was never proven, or even adjudicated by an Israeli court.
Two years later, UNOCHA reported that an estimated 297,000 people, who had been living in 532 PA villages in A and B, had moved into Area C, building homes and taking over land, creating de facto extensions of their villages. Although illegal, the Israeli military authority in Area C, the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and the Israeli government have ignored this attempt to create “facts on the ground” by expanding the area which Palestinians claim as their future state. (UNOCHA reports can be accessed at its website: www.ochaopt.org.)
All of this has been known for a decade or more, according to the legal NGO Regavim. If true, however, why hasn’t the government done anything to stop it?
Meanwhile, COGAT, backed by the High Court and IDF judicial and administrative units, has been busy tearing down entire Jewish communities, such as Migron and Amona, destroying Jewish neighborhoods in long-established communities, such as Ofra, Bet El and Elazar, and destroying many hundreds of Jewish homes throughout the area because they were deemed “illegal,” and in some cases claimed to be “built on private Palestinian land” – although this was never proven, or even adjudicated by an Israeli court.
The failure of COGAT to protect Israel’s interests in Area C, its policy of declaring disputed land “Palestinian” and its policy of uprooting and destroying attempts by Jews to settle barren and empty areas not only leads to unnecessary confrontations, but directly affects the future of this critical area and the State of Israel.
COGAT has, whether deliberately or without understanding and forethought, undermined the right of Jews to live in the Jewish national home, Eretz Yisrael. It has pursued a dangerous and self-defeating agenda by refusing to protect Israeli civilians living in Judea and Samaria. It has betrayed the values of Zionism and the nation-state of the Jewish people, and the IDF’s own code of ethics. The government must take responsibility; it cannot be left to the whims, bias or ignorance of military bureaucrats.
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s judicial reforms are the first step toward establishing a fair, balanced, clear and coherent policy. It is a battle for Israeli democracy and the right of Jews to live in the heartland of the Jewish people; we cannot afford to lose it.
The author is a PhD historian, writer and journalist.
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Creeping Annexation? Nay,
Complete Annexation!
John R. Houk
© March 28, 2018
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‘CREEPING ANNEXATION’ IN
JUDEA AND SAMARIA – THE OTHER SIDE
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