Japan supporting Palestinian presence in area Israel requires for strategic security

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Japan supporting Palestinian presence in area Israel requires for strategic security

IMRA's Dr. Aaron Lerner, 21 March:

New: Japan is spending money in the Jordan Valley with an eye towards creating a situation ... that will deny Israel the strategic security provided by the Jordan Valley.

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=56150

 

Compare -- Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu on the importance of the Jordan Valley: http://www.haaretz.com/news/netanyahu-israel-will-never-cede-jordan-valley-1.266329

 

 

Background: Read Japan's Middle Easy policy here: http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/stance.html:

 

* Japan pre-empts: Japan supports a two-state solution and will contribute to Palestinian state-building efforts.  -- although the Government of Israel has never voted to support Palestinian state and many members of the Government of Israel, as well as an official decision of Israel's ruling party, oppose the Palestinian state notion.

* Japan takes the Arab side: Japan emphasizes that the conflict should be resolved based on the Arab Peace Initiative. Similarly, regarding Jerusalem, Japan stresses that it will not recognize what it calls Israeli "annexation" (sic) of East Jerusalem. Japan expresses deep concern about demolition of Palestinian houses - but not, for example, about Palestinian terrorism, or rampant Palestinian illegal building, in Jerusalem. Japan never expressed concern, deep or otherwise, about demolition of 9000 Jewish houses in Gush Katif.

* Japan discriminates:  Palestinians are welcome to build in the West Bank. But building homes, schools and baby clinics for the local Jewish community numbering half a million, including the East portion of Jerusalem, "should be fully frozen".

* Japan equally blames Palestinian terrorism -- and Israel's defense: Japan calls on "all parties" to cease "violence and incitement".

* Japan hallucinates: Japan says that if Israel's borders are based on the 1967 lines,  Israel will enjoy a "greatly enhanced security environment".

* Japan pities Palestinians but not Israelis: Japan is concerned that the Gaza Strip remains under "severe humanitarian conditions" and laments "the hardships and difficulties faced by the Palestinians". Japan does not express similar concern or lamentation about rocket attacks from the Gaza strip on one-fifth of Israel's population. Japan has provided assistance to Palestinians that exceeds 1.1 billion dollars. Japan does not report providing one single dollar to Israeli victims of Palestinian terrorism or to Israel's heavy expenses for its anti-rocket defense program against Palestinian terror rockets. 

 

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