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Arresting the Killer
Published in AL HAYAT on 01 - 06 - 2010

This is how the killer behaves, he who has long evaded punishment. His urge to kill has intensified. He has turned it into a policy, a method, and a way to act and hold dialogues.
This is how pirates behave. They take over land. They uproot its people and its trees. They falsify title deeds and chase the owners of these deeds by air, land, and sea.
It is a state that is armed to the teeth and acts like a slaughterer. Any new blood makes it thirstier. It is a slaughterer that likes the sight of corpses and considers them to be medals on its chest. It enjoys dealing contemptuously with the United Nations, human right principles, the dignity of Arabs and Muslims, and the principles the West is proud of. It is a slaughterer that fears no tribunal or commission. It is a chronic criminal, an unstable mind, and a broad killing machine.
It is a criminal state. It rejects any definite borders or any form of control of its behavior. It rejects any rules that curb its barbarity. It used previous victims as a pretext. It turned into a factory that perpetually churns out victims.
It is a state whose mission is to produce funerals, widows, and orphans. Its barbarity is exposed; all the fig leaves of the impostors have fallen. It is a state that is a catastrophe for its region and a burden on its allies.
It is a strong and terrified state. Any talk about peace reminds it of its first crime. It trembles, lies, evades, assaults, mixes the cards and files, and denies conventions and agreements. Then it escapes towards another crime. Experience has taught it that the world's memory is characterized by its ability to forget.
It is a state that deals with talk of peace as if it were compelled to drink poison. It stalls and lurks. It removes all meaning from texts and continues to impose reality on the ground. It manipulates features. Its creed is force. Its wager is on force that is stripped from any legitimacy or ethical immunity.
We are indeed infuriated as we write. Yesterday's carnage is greater than we are able to bear. Yesterday's insult is more than we are able to swallow. It is a tragic scene for Arabs, Turks, Muslims, and anyone who believes in truth, justice, human dignity, and international legitimacy.
We know the balances of powers and the limits of things. But this crime must not remain unpunished. The UN Security Council must defend its raison d'être. The United States must bear its responsibilities. The same applies to the great nations. The Western conscience must be aware of the dangers. The world should isolate the Hebrew state and curb its violation ability. The Arab League must knock on every useful door. The same applies to the Organization of the Islamic Conference. The Palestinians must remember that reconciliation is a duty and not a luxury.
There are two transgressions in regard to yesterday's crime. Israel risked decades of relations with Turkey. It risked its image with those who believed its lies. It embarrassed its allies and its friends. It weakened the logic of the negotiation option. It pushed itself into a position of condemnation and isolation.
It will be beneficial for the crisis to be reflected on the Israeli domestic level, and for this government that promises the region nothing but settlements and earthquakes to fall – Bearing in mind the dangers that will emerge if this government of perpetrators ventures to turn the tables. It would be a military adventure here or there. It is why no pretext should be available for the Hebrew State to get out of the deadlock.
It is not enough for the world to say that it condemns, denounces, or decries. It must arrest a killer named Israel. It must make the killer stop the killings, yield to the logic of peace, and accept the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. Any punishment less than that would not be comparable to the size of the crime and would not guarantee its non-recurrence. Allowing the killer to keep running free exposes the region to further extremism, explosions, and collapses. It exposes it to receive rivers of blood.


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