Reports have surfaced that the the Naksa Day march on Israel from Lebanon as well as from Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Gaza and the West Bank may be postponed!Naksa Day is the commemoration of the June 5, 1967 Six-Day war with Israel and is translated as "the day of the set-back."
It is feared in Israel and elsewhere that Naksa Day marches, were they to take place as originally planned, could potentially set the stage for violent confrontations with Israel and be the trigger for a third intifada.
But is an intifada inevitable regardless of a postponement of these marches this weekend (see charade below)?
Says G2 Bulletin, "Besides descending on the border with "Palestine" from Lebanon, Palestinian demonstrators are expected to come by the busloads from Jordan and Syria. Many reportedly are to bring tents for what could be a prolonged stay.
G2Bulletin sources in Lebanon report that the Palestinians will be arriving in some 500 busloads or more, even though Lebanese authorities are attempting to cut that number back to some 300."
The continued charade of a negotiated Middle East peace between Israel and the Palestinians
Forgetting about whether or not the Naksa Day marches take place this weekend, this quote from Sabri Saidam of the Fatah Council is a classic example of how any hopes for a negotiated peace between Israel and the Palestinians is simply fool's gold!
Hamas "will not change its charter", which calls for the destruction of Israel, but said that was irrelevant because the militant party would not take part in any future peace talks. He compared the group's participation in a new Palestinian government to the acceptance in Israel's coalition government of the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, whose leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, last summer wished a "plague" on Palestinians -- particularly Abbas, who Yosef said "should perish from this world." (Huffington Post)
A Palestinian state
Finally, given the prospect for the the declaration of a Palestinian state in September, the following polling data does not paint a very optimistic view on the part of either Israelis or Palestinians for the prospect of peace. Maybe just the opposite!
"An Israeli poll for The Peace Index found that 70 per cent of Jews in Israel expect a popular uprising following the expected declaration of a Palestinian state in September and its possible recognition by the UN. (62 per cent of Palestinians in 1948 areas also think an intifada is likely.)
A poll for the Palestinian Centre for Public Opinion found that 70.5 per cent of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza believe an intifada will break out if the deadlock in negotiations continues." (Gulf News)
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