A third Intifada beckons [Archives:2006/958/Opinion]
By: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh
There is no greater disease threatening humanity than the lack of attention toward catastrophes endured by some nations, particularly the Palestinian nation. Billions of people neither see, nor hear, what happens to innocent Palestinians who insist on reclaiming their rights and their land that the Israelis control and occupy. This occupation demonstrates the Nazi characteristics such as mercilessness and discrimination aimed at the elimination of the Palestinian people.
People with clear consciences have reacted sensibly to various catastrophes and wars in many parts of the world. Yet now, intimidation has pressured the remnants of clear of such people to remain silent about global injustices. The most important scenes of the kind are those occurring in Palestine, particularly in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as other villages under Israeli occupation where there is no relief and no freedom.
Daily massacres have risen and the number of martyrs runs high. Meanwhile, Abu Mazen has renounced his vow of silence and said in an ailing voice: “it is an annihilation war.” This is the correct description of what has happened in Palestine after the Oslo Accords were put into action. A war developed, becoming bloodier with the outbreak of the Intifada, and recently reached its climax.
In light of Oslo Accords, dull commentators have considered the 'war of annihilation' as a battle between two states, two armies, and two regimes. This conception is the worst thing generated by Oslo Accords. It formerly allowed some Palestinian personalities, especially Abu Mazen, to see in the Oslo Accords a path to the ultimate realization of their rights. Events on the ground have defied these hopes.
It seems that Abu Mazen, president of an empty authority, finally realized)as Yasser Arafat did)that Oslo was a content free process for the Palestinians. The Oslo Accords, produced disappointing results for the Palestinians as the main attention of the plan was to divide the resistance to Israel and make the Palestinians kill each other. What has Abu Mazen planed to do about the situation after he realized that Oslo was a synonym for a war of annihilation? The whole world, not only Palestinians and other Arabs, anticipate that Abu Mazen will make the right moves before the Zionist occupation annihilates the Palestinian people or a civil war breaks out.
Abu Mazen said it is “an annihilation war” and he was right. Yet, he must end his relations with the fomenters of this 'war of annihilation,' the Israelis. Furthermore, as the Palestinian leader and not as the president of the Palestinian Authority, he must bring the Palestinians together to confront their enemy in a third, comprehensive Intifada.
Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh is a prominent Yemeni poet and intellectual. He is the director of the Yemeni Center for Studies.
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