Israel, democracy that has become illusory

The composition of the new Israeli government inducted on December 29 and the share obtained within it by the most radical training which has never been represented at the Knesset (Parliament) adorn an unprecedented evolution of the Hebrew State . If the illiberal and reactionary temptation out of the ballot boxes only concerns the Israelis themselves, the desire for domination of the Palestinian territories, which constitutes the other roadmap of this government. The perspective is no longer that of two states, but that of a heavy annexation of perils.

More than fifty years after the conquest by the force of Gaza and the West Bank, it is no longer possible to consider the Israeli military regime which rages as a temporary occupation. In half a century, independently of a delightful Palestinian authority, this exceptional regime has continued to improve itself while the Israeli authorities facilitate the installation of Israeli citizens of Jewish confession inside these conquered territories, In violation of international law.

In recent months, fiery protests have denounced the use, by human rights organizations, of the end of apartheid to designate the system to which the Palestinians are submitted. The lawyers of Israel are customary of this activism, especially since the battle is not only semantic, taking into account its potential legal implications for the International Criminal Court, which is investigating the crimes committed in these territories.

The vigor of this reaction cannot hide the only reality which counts and which should arouse the sole admissible indignation: that of a regime allocating on the same land different rights to different populations defined by ethnic criteria. While the Palestinians are locked in enclaves delivered to the goodwill of the occupier, a specific legal framework which only benefits the Israelis of Jewish confession guarantees continuity between the State recognized by the international community and these occupied lands. This state of affairs is the consequence of the strategy which leads to annexation.

impunity

The fact that the allies of Israel resigned themselves to it, like the Arab states, which have standardized without wounding their relations with the Hebrew State, does not remove anything from the monstrosity thus created, illustrated among others by systematization Expropriations, the lack of freedom of movement or the use of asymmetrical violence, with impunity. The withdrawal of Gaza has never prevented Israel from exerting ruthless pressure on its inhabitants, as evidenced by the inhuman blockade imposed on this perdition territory.

To perpetuate this domination over the entire territorial space which extends from the Mediterranean to the border with Jordan implies a political and diplomatic prize. The democratic character of Israel becomes illusory. The 5 million Palestinians of Gaza and West Bank are indeed a regime that governs their lives in every detail.

The questioning also concerns the Western allies of the Hebrew State. They have long exalted common values ​​to hide their denials on the Palestinian issue, but the latter are more than ever imposed. That they are therefore not surprised to arouse the indifference of a part of the world when they call elsewhere, to respect the rights of peoples.

/Media reports cited above.