Rosanne Hertzberger. Racisme 21

In de rol van 'halfslachtige jood' die 'liever geen varkensvlees [eet]' en die tot haar schrik ontdekte dat haar 'in Nederland oh zo exotische joods-zijn [snel] verbleekte' toen ze kennismaakte 'met ultraorthodoxe'  joden uit Israel, en wel omdat die ‘pas echte joden [zijn], dacht ik te kunnen lezen in de bewonderende blikken van mijn teamgenoten,' in die rol concludeert de 26-jarige Nederlandse studente met racistische opvattingen, Rosanne Hertzberger, in de NRC: 

'in short, there is no point in talking about a two-state solution as long as the Hamas violence hasn't been curtailed.'  

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Dit is de sollicitatiebrief van Rosanne Hertzberger bij NRC. 19 juni 2009!: Stop the hollow diplomacy about a Palestinian state.

Meanwhile, the situation in and around Gaza is at a complete stalemate. Hamas is unable to feed its population because of the closed borders, yet it somehow still manages to smuggle enough munitions in through the tunnel system to shoot rockets at Israel on a weekly basis. And the more aggressive Hamas becomes, the tighter the borders are shut. Dus Hamas is verantwoordelijk voor de honger in de Strook van Gaza. Maar meteen geeft ze het weer weg, door toch te schrijven dat de grenzen gesloten worden door iets of iemand anders. Die logica heeft ze nog niet aan elkaar geknoopt, maar de kreet is er alvast uit. En probeer deze kletskoek maar eens in te ruilen bij de bakker vor iets eetbaars. (Rosanne, Israel heeft het staakt het vuren verbroken op 4 november 2008. Waarom wist je dat niet?).

Ze schrijft dit een klein half jaar na de aanvallen op Gaza in 2008/2009 (1400 doden, merendeels burgers, een derde kinderen. Witte fosfor op kinderen. Die aanval, Rosanne).
Hamas can only engage in war, not talk about peace. (Niet waar, Rosanne, zie wapenstilstand tot 4 november 2008. En zoek ook eens op waarom Hamas aan de macht is).

Haar slotalinea: the EU should be looking for real solutions to real problems: the settlements, the Israeli blockades, and last but not least, the continuing Hamas violence. Now that would really help the peace process forward. ("the continuing Hamas violence"? Zie hierboven: 4 november 2008, Rosanne. En google wat dieper, want het is geen toeval dat nieuws van die datum overheerst wordt door andere berichten. "Hamas violence" ... nog geen half jaar na de aanvallen op Gaza.)

In het algemeen: iemand die schrijft "the peace process ... forward" is een papegaai van Zionisten, de vrede-nooit aktivisten sinds de Oslo akkoorden.

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Illustration Daisy Erades

Stop the hollow diplomacy about a Palestinian state

Published: 19 June 2009 11:42 | Changed: 19 June 2009 11:58

Instead of demanding that Israel commits to an independent Palestinian state, the EU should be looking for real solutions to real problems.

By Rosanne Hertzberger

For a fraction of a second he cast down his eyes, almost as if he was afraid to face the public. But he had said it loud and clear: "A Palestinian state". Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his "inauguration speech" last Sunday, for the first time evoked the possibility of a Palestinian state.

Granted, Netanyahu's Palestinian state would not have an army nor control over its airspace nor a capital in Jerusalem. It would have no say over the growing community of Jewish settlers in the West Bank and there would be no right of return for the Palestinians who left Israel in 1948. But still, he said it: "A Palestinian state."

President Obama and the European Union promptly rewarded Netanyahu with a standing ovation. EU 'foreign minister' Javier Solana called it an important step in the peace process, "because the only possible solution is a two-state solution".

But for Netanyahu it was the easiest of concessions. In Israel, everybody knows that talking about a two-state solution is just that: talk. It means very little in the real world, at least not in the foreseeable future.

Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli foreign minister, also seemed forthcoming on the Palestinian issue during talks with his European colleagues in Luxembourg early this week. Lieberman said Israel was prepared to begin "talks without preconditions" with the Palestinians. But Lieberman, a hawk, also told the Jerusalem Post that any two-state solution can only come at the end of the entire peace process, and it is therefore not relevant to discuss it now.

Being in favour of an independent Palestinian state is a sure way for an Israeli politician to reassure the West and safeguard international trade. He doesn't have to worry much about a backlash at home, because Israelis know that they're just empty words. A pipe dream at best, and in any case not a solution in and by itself.

Meanwhile, the situation in and around Gaza is at a complete stalemate. Hamas is unable to feed its population because of the closed borders, yet it somehow still manages to smuggle enough munitions in through the tunnel system to shoot rockets at Israel on a weekly basis. And the more aggressive Hamas becomes, the tighter the borders are shut.

The desperate population of Gaza massively supports Hamas, but with Hamas in control the situation can only worsen. Hamas can only engage in war, not talk about peace. They are not in favour of a two-state solution; they want to wipe Israel off the map. And that is not negotiable.

In short, there is no point in talking about a two-state solution as long as the Hamas violence hasn't been curtailed. In order for the Israelis to address the problem of the settlers, and for the Palestinians to show that they can curb terrorism in a sustainable way, a long-lasting peace is needed. As long as that doesn't happen, talk about a two-state solution is not just unrealistic but entirely irrelevant.

While Israel is still under attack from Hamas, the EU is demanding that it should commit to a two-state solution since Brussels sees an independent Palestinian state as the only and ultimate solution for the conflict. By pushing the two-state solution, the EU is clearly sending the message that there are no other options. Javier Solana said it quite literally: "the only possible solution".

But is this still effective diplomacy? Solana's message allowed Netanyahu to make an easy score by seeming to make a concession that wasn't a concession at all. And it gives the Palestinians the idea that they will never be entirely vindicated, that the conflict will never be entirely over, until there is an independent Palestinian state.

But there are other options. A long period of peace would allow the economic ties between Palestinians and Israel to be restored. Already there are examples of successful economic cooperation on the West Bank, despite the Israeli blockades and checkpoints. Bethlehem, which is under control of the Palestinian Authority, attracts 300,000 tourists every year. They are brought to Bethlehem in Israeli buses and eased through the Israeli checkpoints.

Such economic development allows both sides to see the benefits of peace, and to work towards maintaining such a peace. Better economic conditions on the West Bank could make Palestinian voters see that Hamas may not be the way forward for the Palestinian people, that more moderate politicians have a better chance of improving living conditions in the Gaza Strip.

If Israel, without jeopardising its own security, is able to stimulate the Palestinian economy, and by doing so improve the quality of life in the Gaza Strip, it will be an important step towards a lasting peace. Such a step will have a much bigger impact than empty words about an independent Palestinian state.

Instead of demanding that Netanyahu and Lieberman come out in favour of a two-state solution, the EU should be looking for real solutions to real problems: the settlements, the Israeli blockades, and last but not least, the continuing Hamas violence. Now that would really help the peace process forward.  

En namens wie spreekt Rosanne Hertzberger? In elk geval niet namens haar eigen generatie zoals ze pretendeert, ook niet namens de gematigde joodse Nederlanders, die hun stem via Een Ander Joods Geluid laten horen. Ook niet namens het CIDI, hoewel haar opvatttingen nog het dichtst bij deze 'pro-zionistische lobby groep' staan, maar namens zichzelf! En wie is Hertzberger? Welnu, iemand die het best past in de omschrijving van de Joods-Israelische hoogleraar Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi. Deze psycholoog wijst er op dat er mensen zijn buiten Israel die in hun zoektocht naar een identiteit 'een ideologische inhoud' van de 'Joodse staat' hebben gekregen 'om de leegte van hun identiteit te vullen.' Zonder Israel, zonder het slachtofferisme zijn ze niemand en dus beweert Rosanne Hertzberger met veel aplomb en zonder echte kennis van zaken: 'In short, there is no point in talking about a two-state solution as long as the Hamas violence hasn't been curtailed.' 

Ondertussen weigert ze te accepteren dat de enige manier om de een eind te maken aan de illegale Joodse nederzettingen en de blokkades een totale boycot van Israel is. Maar dat maakt de NRC niets uit, zolang de schijn maar kan worden hoog gehouden zijn ze ook nog bereid om deze nonsens in het Engels te vertalen, kennelijk in de overtuiging dat dit enige indruk zal maken buiten de polder. Het zijn kinderen.