Gary Fitleberg, December 21, 2004

Palestinian Authority/Palestinian Liberation Organization "democratic elections" do not necessarily indicate a democracy that is ready for peace, President George W. Bush stated.

"There will never be peace until a true democratic state emerges in the Palestinian territory," Bush stated at his end-of-year news conference that PA/PLO elections are only the "beginning of the process toward the development of a state. It is not the sign that democracy has arrived."

European and Arab countries want Bush to accelerate the Arab-Israeli (wrongfully called Israeli-Palestinian) peace process after the PA/PLO’s Jan. 9 presidential elections, but Bush and Israel’s government want to see Arab "Palestinian" reforms in place first.

First and foremost Bush must read his bible carefully and he will clearly see that

G-d gave the gift of the "Holy Land" or "Promised Land" to the Children of Israel in an eternal covenant that can never ever be broken by anyone. Also those that bless Israel will be blessed and those that curse Israel shall be cursed.

This is the only honest and moral answer to Middle East peace.

Secondly, Arab "Palestine" is only legally and technically the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, formerly Transjordan, according to the British Mandate or Palestine Mandate which divided and gave the Arabs this land as a political concession in land originally set aside in the Balfour Declaration for a modern State of Israel and Jewish homeland.

Thirdly, the disputed territories of Gaza, Judea & Samaria (wrongfully called "West Bank") was they were conquered in an Arab aggressive war and then "occupied" illegally by both Egypt and Jordan for nineteen years from 1948-1967.

Israel was attacked again in another Arab aggressive war and re-conquered its land when it was forced to defend itself against extinction.

In other words, the land belongs to Israel and the Jewish people biblically, historically, legally, morally and rightfully unquestionably.

Bush made the understatement of the year. In order for there to be any democracy and freedom the PA/PLO must stop terrorism and terrorists dead in their tracks, and to stop their bloody campaign of hatred, incitement, terrorism and violence carried out through both official and unofficial means such as the Fatah controlled and dominated so-called "security services" such as Force 17 and Tanzim, the media, the mosques and public education of propaganda.

Gary Fitleberg is a Political Analyst specializing in International Relations with emphasis on Middle East affairs.

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