For John Dugard, one Jewish state is too many. ...
"The construction of the wall, the expansion of
settlements and the de-Palestinization of Jerusalem
are incompatible with the two-state solution".

The only option left, he writes, is to do away with
Israel.


UN Envoy Calls for End of Israel
By P. David Hornik, September 30, 2005
Isralert.com source:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=3D19679

Although some claim Israel has scored diplomatic
points with the disengagement, it doesn=E2=80=99t seem to
have made much impression on John Dugard, the UN=E2=80=99s
=E2=80=9Cspecial rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights
in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967.=E2=80=9D

In a new report that the Jerusalem Post calls =E2=80=9Ca
damning indictment of Israel=E2=80=99s policies in the
territories,=E2=80=9D Dugard declares that: =E2=80=9CThe
construction of the wall, the expansion of settlements
and the de-Palestinization of Jerusalem are
incompatible with the two-state solution.=E2=80=9D

The only option left, he writes, is to do away with
Israel: =E2=80=9CInterlocutors within both Israel and the
West Bank warned the special rapporteur that with the
two-state solution becoming increasingly difficult, if
not impossible, consideration should be given to the
establishment of a binational Palestinian state. The
demography of the region increasingly points to such
an outcome.=E2=80=9D=C2 =C2

The fact that Dugard=E2=80=99s view contradicts the formal,
pro-two-state position of the Quartet, of which the UN
is a member, did not prevent him from transmitting his
report to the General Assembly last August and
publishing it last Monday. The Israeli Foreign
Ministry called the document =E2=80=9Cshocking=E2=80=9D and said
it would prepare a rebuttal.

Dugard is unimpressed by the evacuation of Gaza
because it =E2=80=9Cshould be seen as the decolonization of
Palestinian territory. This does not affect Israeli
control of the territory, which will remain.=E2=80=9D In
Dugard=E2=80=99s eyes, Israel gains no points for dissolving
communities and withdrawing every last soldier because
it =E2=80=9Cintends to delay decisions on matters such as
customs, air and sea traffic, and the movement of
persons and goods for an indefinite period,=E2=80=9D and
this =E2=80=9Cwill further distract international attention
from Israel=E2=80=99s territorial expansion in the West
Bank.=E2=80=9D

The dire consequence is that this =E2=80=9Cwill allow Israel
to complete construction of the wall, the
consolidation of settlement blocks, and fundamental
changes to the character of Jerusalem=E2=80=9D=E2=80"by which he
means=E2=80"allegedly=E2=80"that Israel will secure the
city=E2=80=99s status as the undivided Jewish capital.


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With some people=E2=80"indeed, with many=E2=80"Israel is not
going to win no matter what it does, and it should
come as no surprise that John Dugard is one of them. A
native South African and professor of international
law at the University of the Witwatersrand in the
Netherlands, Dugard first visited Israel and the
territories over twenty years ago and has always seen
the situation through South African lenses.

It does not interest Dugard that the Arab citizens of
Israel have full rights, nor that Israel has proposed
various solutions for the Arabs of the territories
including an outright offer of statehood by Labor
prime minister Ehud Barak and repeated espousals of
Palestinian statehood by Likud prime minister Ariel
Sharon. Nor is Dugard impressed that, on the ground,
Israel has provided the Palestinians with their own
government, arranged for them to receive billions of
dollars in aid, and withdrawn all troops from their
areas, returning them only when suicide bombings
became an almost daily occurrence.

Instead, in =E2=80=9CTear Down Israel=E2=80=99s Wall=E2=80=9D=E2=80"an
article Dugard published in the International Herald
Tribune on August 2, 2003, that was appreciatively
posted by Al-Jazeera=E2=80"he asserted that =E2=80=9Cthe wall or
fence being built to separate Israel and Palestine is
fast becoming the principal obstacle in the way of
peace in the Middle East.=E2=80=9D He further claimed that
=E2=80=9Cwhat we are presently witnessing in the West Bank
is a visible and clear act of territorial annexation
under the guise of security=E2=80=9D=E2=80"still unconvinced, by
August 2003, that there was anything genuine about
Israel=E2=80=99s security concerns.=C2

On October 7, 2003, the South African Muslim site
mediareviewnet.com=E2=80" which openly glorifies
Palestinian terrorism =E2=80"honored the rapporteur with a
piece called =E2=80=9CSA Academic Dugard Slams Israel.=E2=80=9D
The author approvingly cites Dugard=E2=80=99s view that the
=E2=80=9Cmassive Wall, ostensibly built as a security
measure, will fail to deter =E2=80=98suicide bombers=E2=80=99
because most suicide and car bombs pass into Israel
through shoddy checkpoints=E2=80=9D=E2=80"even though the fence
has proved highly effective against the bombers, who
are very real despite the scare quotes.

The article also quotes Dugard saying that
checkpoints, closures, and curfews constitute =E2=80=9Ca
humanitarian crisis in the West Bank and Gaza. It is
not the result of a natural disaster. Instead, it is a
crisis imposed by a powerful State on its neighbor.=E2=80=9D
Again, Dugard=E2=80=99s Israel has no valid reason for
checkpoints and closures and acts only out of rapacity
and sadism.

In May 2004 Dugard called for an international arms
embargo of Israel over Operation Rainbow, which was
launched against arms smuggling in Gaza by Hamas and
other terror groups. In an interview on September 17
of that year, Dugard lamented that =E2=80=9Cthere is no
possibility of sanctions being imposed against Israel,
at least at present. . . . Israel will, it seems,
forever have the USA to veto any sanctions being
imposed by the Security Council. I raised the issue
simply to get it into the debate so that it is on the
table.=E2=80=9D =C2 =C2

Asked by the interviewer if =E2=80=9Cas a white South
African who opposed apartheid . . . you ever get a
feeling of d=C3=A9j=C3 vu when your work is criticized by
the government of Israel,=E2=80=9D Dugard replied: =E2=80=9CI
certainly have a sense of d=C3=A9j=C3 vu. The sad thing is
that Israel is unwilling to learn from the South
African precedent.=E2=80=9D

By now, a year later, Dugard has had it with Israel
and is ready to suggest a =E2=80=9Csolution=E2=80=9D for it that
was never contemplated for South Africa even in the
worst days of apartheid=E2=80"nor, for that matter, for
contemporary beacons like North Korea or Sudan. For
John Dugard, one Jewish state is too many=E2=80"and Israel
must take into account that there are many like him no
matter what its policies.

P. David Hornik is a freelance writer and translator
living in Jerusalem who has contributed recently to
The Jerusalem Post, The American Spectator Online, and
Israeli news-views websites. He can be reached at
pdavidh2001@....

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For John Dugard, one Jewish state is too many. ...
"The construction of the wall, the expansion of
settlements and the de-Palestinization of Jerusalem
are incompatible with the two-state solution".

The only option left, he writes, is to do away with
Israel.


UN Envoy Calls for End of Israel
By P. David Hornik, September 30, 2005
Isralert.com source:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=19679


Although some claim Israel has scored diplomatic
points with the disengagement, it doesnâ?Tt seem to
have made much impression on John Dugard, the UNâ?Ts
â?ospecial rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights
in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967.�

In a new report that the Jerusalem Post calls â?oa
damning indictment of Israelâ?Ts policies in the
territories,â? Dugard declares that: â?oThe
construction of the wall, the expansion of settlements
and the de-Palestinization of Jerusalem are
incompatible with the two-state solution.�

The only option left, he writes, is to do away with
Israel: â?oInterlocutors within both Israel and the
West Bank warned the special rapporteur that with the
two-state solution becoming increasingly difficult, if
not impossible, consideration should be given to the
establishment of a binational Palestinian state. The
demography of the region increasingly points to such
an outcome.â?Â Â

The fact that Dugardâ?Ts view contradicts the formal,
pro-two-state position of the Quartet, of which the UN
is a member, did not prevent him from transmitting his
report to the General Assembly last August and
publishing it last Monday. The Israeli Foreign
Ministry called the document â?oshockingâ? and said
it would prepare a rebuttal.

Dugard is unimpressed by the evacuation of Gaza
because it â?oshould be seen as the decolonization of
Palestinian territory. This does not affect Israeli
control of the territory, which will remain.� In
Dugardâ?Ts eyes, Israel gains no points for dissolving
communities and withdrawing every last soldier because
it â?ointends to delay decisions on matters such as
customs, air and sea traffic, and the movement of
persons and goods for an indefinite period,� and
this â?owill further distract international attention
from Israelâ?Ts territorial expansion in the West
Bank.�

The dire consequence is that this â?owill allow Israel
to complete construction of the wall, the
consolidation of settlement blocks, and fundamental
changes to the character of Jerusalemâ?â?"by which he
meansâ?"allegedlyâ?"that Israel will secure the
cityâ?Ts status as the undivided Jewish capital.


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With some peopleâ?"indeed, with manyâ?"Israel is not
going to win no matter what it does, and it should
come as no surprise that John Dugard is one of them. A
native South African and professor of international
law at the University of the Witwatersrand in the
Netherlands, Dugard first visited Israel and the
territories over twenty years ago and has always seen
the situation through South African lenses.

It does not interest Dugard that the Arab citizens of
Israel have full rights, nor that Israel has proposed
various solutions for the Arabs of the territories
including an outright offer of statehood by Labor
prime minister Ehud Barak and repeated espousals of
Palestinian statehood by Likud prime minister Ariel
Sharon. Nor is Dugard impressed that, on the ground,
Israel has provided the Palestinians with their own
government, arranged for them to receive billions of
dollars in aid, and withdrawn all troops from their
areas, returning them only when suicide bombings
became an almost daily occurrence.

Instead, in â?oTear Down Israelâ?Ts Wallâ?â?"an
article Dugard published in the International Herald
Tribune on August 2, 2003, that was appreciatively
posted by Al-Jazeeraâ?"he asserted that â?othe wall or
fence being built to separate Israel and Palestine is
fast becoming the principal obstacle in the way of
peace in the Middle East.� He further claimed that
â?owhat we are presently witnessing in the West Bank
is a visible and clear act of territorial annexation
under the guise of securityâ?â?"still unconvinced, by
August 2003, that there was anything genuine about
Israelâ?Ts security concerns.Â

On October 7, 2003, the South African Muslim site
mediareviewnet.comâ?" which openly glorifies
Palestinian terrorism â?"honored the rapporteur with a
piece called â?oSA Academic Dugard Slams Israel.â?
The author approvingly cites Dugardâ?Ts view that the
â?omassive Wall, ostensibly built as a security
measure, will fail to deter â?~suicide bombersâ?T
because most suicide and car bombs pass into Israel
through shoddy checkpointsâ?â?"even though the fence
has proved highly effective against the bombers, who
are very real despite the scare quotes.

The article also quotes Dugard saying that
checkpoints, closures, and curfews constitute â?oa
humanitarian crisis in the West Bank and Gaza. It is
not the result of a natural disaster. Instead, it is a
crisis imposed by a powerful State on its neighbor.�
Again, Dugardâ?Ts Israel has no valid reason for
checkpoints and closures and acts only out of rapacity
and sadism.

In May 2004 Dugard called for an international arms
embargo of Israel over Operation Rainbow, which was
launched against arms smuggling in Gaza by Hamas and
other terror groups. In an interview on September 17
of that year, Dugard lamented that â?othere is no
possibility of sanctions being imposed against Israel,
at least at present. . . . Israel will, it seems,
forever have the USA to veto any sanctions being
imposed by the Security Council. I raised the issue
simply to get it into the debate so that it is on the
table.â?  Â

Asked by the interviewer if â?oas a white South
African who opposed apartheid . . . you ever get a
feeling of déjà vu when your work is criticized by
the government of Israel,â? Dugard replied: â?oI
certainly have a sense of déjà vu. The sad thing is
that Israel is unwilling to learn from the South
African precedent.�

By now, a year later, Dugard has had it with Israel
and is ready to suggest a â?osolutionâ? for it that
was never contemplated for South Africa even in the
worst days of apartheidâ?"nor, for that matter, for
contemporary beacons like North Korea or Sudan. For
John Dugard, one Jewish state is too manyâ?"and Israel
must take into account that there are many like him no
matter what its policies.

P. David Hornik is a freelance writer and translator
living in Jerusalem who has contributed recently to
The Jerusalem Post, The American Spectator Online, and
Israeli news-views websites. He can be reached at
pdavidh2001@....

COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE AT:
http://www.isralert.com/archives/2005/09/un_envoy_calls.php

For John Dugard, one Jewish state is too many. ...
"The construction of the wall, the expansion of
settlements and the de-Palestinization of Jerusalem
are incompatible with the two-state solution".

The only option left, he writes, is to do away with
Israel.


UN Envoy Calls for End of Israel
By P. David Hornik, September 30, 2005
Isralert.com source:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=19679


Although some claim Israel has scored diplomatic
points with the disengagement, it doesnâ?Tt seem to
have made much impression on John Dugard, the UNâ?Ts
â?ospecial rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights
in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967.�

In a new report that the Jerusalem Post calls â?oa
damning indictment of Israelâ?Ts policies in the
territories,â? Dugard declares that: â?oThe
construction of the wall, the expansion of settlements
and the de-Palestinization of Jerusalem are
incompatible with the two-state solution.�

The only option left, he writes, is to do away with
Israel: â?oInterlocutors within both Israel and the
West Bank warned the special rapporteur that with the
two-state solution becoming increasingly difficult, if
not impossible, consideration should be given to the
establishment of a binational Palestinian state. The
demography of the region increasingly points to such
an outcome.â?Â Â

The fact that Dugardâ?Ts view contradicts the formal,
pro-two-state position of the Quartet, of which the UN
is a member, did not prevent him from transmitting his
report to the General Assembly last August and
publishing it last Monday. The Israeli Foreign
Ministry called the document â?oshockingâ? and said
it would prepare a rebuttal.

Dugard is unimpressed by the evacuation of Gaza
because it â?oshould be seen as the decolonization of
Palestinian territory. This does not affect Israeli
control of the territory, which will remain.� In
Dugardâ?Ts eyes, Israel gains no points for dissolving
communities and withdrawing every last soldier because
it â?ointends to delay decisions on matters such as
customs, air and sea traffic, and the movement of
persons and goods for an indefinite period,� and
this â?owill further distract international attention
from Israelâ?Ts territorial expansion in the West
Bank.�

The dire consequence is that this â?owill allow Israel
to complete construction of the wall, the
consolidation of settlement blocks, and fundamental
changes to the character of Jerusalemâ?â?"by which he
meansâ?"allegedlyâ?"that Israel will secure the
cityâ?Ts status as the undivided Jewish capital.


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With some peopleâ?"indeed, with manyâ?"Israel is not
going to win no matter what it does, and it should
come as no surprise that John Dugard is one of them. A
native South African and professor of international
law at the University of the Witwatersrand in the
Netherlands, Dugard first visited Israel and the
territories over twenty years ago and has always seen
the situation through South African lenses.

It does not interest Dugard that the Arab citizens of
Israel have full rights, nor that Israel has proposed
various solutions for the Arabs of the territories
including an outright offer of statehood by Labor
prime minister Ehud Barak and repeated espousals of
Palestinian statehood by Likud prime minister Ariel
Sharon. Nor is Dugard impressed that, on the ground,
Israel has provided the Palestinians with their own
government, arranged for them to receive billions of
dollars in aid, and withdrawn all troops from their
areas, returning them only when suicide bombings
became an almost daily occurrence.

Instead, in â?oTear Down Israelâ?Ts Wallâ?â?"an
article Dugard published in the International Herald
Tribune on August 2, 2003, that was appreciatively
posted by Al-Jazeeraâ?"he asserted that â?othe wall or
fence being built to separate Israel and Palestine is
fast becoming the principal obstacle in the way of
peace in the Middle East.� He further claimed that
â?owhat we are presently witnessing in the West Bank
is a visible and clear act of territorial annexation
under the guise of securityâ?â?"still unconvinced, by
August 2003, that there was anything genuine about
Israelâ?Ts security concerns.Â

On October 7, 2003, the South African Muslim site
mediareviewnet.comâ?" which openly glorifies
Palestinian terrorism â?"honored the rapporteur with a
piece called â?oSA Academic Dugard Slams Israel.â?
The author approvingly cites Dugardâ?Ts view that the
â?omassive Wall, ostensibly built as a security
measure, will fail to deter â?~suicide bombersâ?T
because most suicide and car bombs pass into Israel
through shoddy checkpointsâ?â?"even though the fence
has proved highly effective against the bombers, who
are very real despite the scare quotes.

The article also quotes Dugard saying that
checkpoints, closures, and curfews constitute â?oa
humanitarian crisis in the West Bank and Gaza. It is
not the result of a natural disaster. Instead, it is a
crisis imposed by a powerful State on its neighbor.�
Again, Dugardâ?Ts Israel has no valid reason for
checkpoints and closures and acts only out of rapacity
and sadism.

In May 2004 Dugard called for an international arms
embargo of Israel over Operation Rainbow, which was
launched against arms smuggling in Gaza by Hamas and
other terror groups. In an interview on September 17
of that year, Dugard lamented that â?othere is no
possibility of sanctions being imposed against Israel,
at least at present. . . . Israel will, it seems,
forever have the USA to veto any sanctions being
imposed by the Security Council. I raised the issue
simply to get it into the debate so that it is on the
table.â?  Â

Asked by the interviewer if â?oas a white South
African who opposed apartheid . . . you ever get a
feeling of déjà vu when your work is criticized by
the government of Israel,â? Dugard replied: â?oI
certainly have a sense of déjà vu. The sad thing is
that Israel is unwilling to learn from the South
African precedent.�

By now, a year later, Dugard has had it with Israel
and is ready to suggest a â?osolutionâ? for it that
was never contemplated for South Africa even in the
worst days of apartheidâ?"nor, for that matter, for
contemporary beacons like North Korea or Sudan. For
John Dugard, one Jewish state is too manyâ?"and Israel
must take into account that there are many like him no
matter what its policies.

P. David Hornik is a freelance writer and translator
living in Jerusalem who has contributed recently to
The Jerusalem Post, The American Spectator Online, and
Israeli news-views websites. He can be reached at
pdavidh2001@....

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