Shaminannapolis

Gideon Levy sets expectations for the upcoming peace-delaying summit in Annapolis:

Israel has signed a series of binding agreements to freeze settlement activity, which it never intended to fulfill. Of the 40 years of occupation, only during three has construction been stopped despite all the agreements and promises to do so. There is no reason to believe that Israel will behave differently this time.

Of all Israel's iniquities in the occupied territories - the brutality, the assassinations, the siege, the hunger, the blackouts, the checkpoints and the mass arrests - nothing serves as witness to its real intentions than the settlements. Certainly for the future. Every home built in the territories, every light pole and every road are like a thousand witnesses: Israel does not want peace; Israel wants occupation. Whoever is serious about peace and a Palestinian state does not put up even a shed.

From Oslo through Camp David and on to the road map, Israel has not put an end to the most criminal enterprise in its history. A short memory refresher: ...

There's more, and you should go read it all, because 1) it's good to live in a world of reality and 2) it's important to remember that there are courageous people like Levy in Israel who do regularly tell the truth (in ways that are practically unheard of in the mainstream press in this country).

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