“Once Peace Comes To Jerusalem, Peace Will Come To The Whole World”.
“Once Peace Comes To Jerusalem, Peace Will Come To The Whole World”.
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney mentioned her concern for MP George Galloway, 60, was brutally beaten in Notting Hill, London last Friday allegedly for his views on the conflict in Gaza.
“It’s very painful to walk, to move, even to speak because I sustained a dislocated jaw, quite bad head injuries, and very badly cracked ribs,” he said.
Peled moved on to say that Israel’s “horrendous crimes” against the Palestinians can no longer be ignored.
“Israel is getting billions of dollars from America [and] it is doing business with the entire western world, mostly in the defense industry. Western powers are supporting what Israel does…
“We don’t see sanctions or Israeli ambassadors being sent back to Tel Aviv, but quite the opposite. These need to be done immediately, without conditions.”
The legality of Israel’s existence has been challenged often, however, both in and out of the United Nations. For instance, In testimony to the United States Senate in 1977 about Jewish settlements on the West Bank, W.T. Mallison of George Washington University argued that Israel refused to comply with nondiscriminatory requirements of Palestine partition resolution. James Crawford argued more recently that Israel was created by the use of force, without the consent of any previous sovereign and without complying with any valid act of disposition.