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Friday, May 2, 2008
[Clear orders to shoot - deterrence] 100,000 Palestinian refugees set to march toward northern border May 14

[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: Clear Israeli orders to shoot the invading mob.

That's the answer.

Here is a classic example of the deterrent power of a clear position
presented in a way that leaves no doubt:
A young man from Beit Hanoun told me on the eve of the "breakthrough" that
wasn't: "We know the army will shoot to kill, and that is why no one will
take the risk."

Amira Hass writes: "The correct question is not whether and how the
Palestinians are prepared to be killed but rather to what extent we Israelis
are prepared to kill."

The answer on Sunday February 24, 2008 - that prevented violence - was
"Israelis are prepared to kill as many Palestinians as it will take to stop
them from invading."]

The breakthrough that did not happen
By Amira Hass Haaretz 27 February 2008
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/958472.html ]

100,000 Palestinian refugees set to march toward northern border
Khaled Abu Toameh , THE JERUSALEM POST May. 1, 2008
www.jpost.com
/servlet/Satellite?cid=1209626990196&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

More than 100,000 Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon are expected to
march toward the border with Israel on May 14 in the context of the
Palestinian Authority's plan to mark the 60th anniversary of the
establishment of Israel, PA officials told The Jerusalem Post Thursday.

The PA leadership has, meanwhile, announced that it would boycott any world
leader who arrived in Israel to participate in the anniversary celebrations.

The officials said the boycott would be a temporary action, adding that the
Palestinians would not receive the guests in the Palestinian territories
during their visits to Israel.

The PA ambassador to Beirut, Zaki Abbas, has been working in the past few
weeks to recruit refugees from various refugee camps throughout Lebanon for
the march.

Fatah's top representative in Lebanon, Sultan Abu Aynain, has also been
instrumental in organizing the event, the Post has learned.

The two have been coordinating their efforts with PA Deputy Minister for
Prisoners Affairs, Ziad Abu Ein, who has drawn up a plan calling on
Palestinian refugees to "invade" Israel by land, air and sea in protest
against Israel's anniversary celebrations.

The plan states that the Palestinians have decided to implement United
Nations Resolution 194 regarding the Palestinian refugees.

Article 11 of the resolution, which was passed in December 1948, says that
"refugees wishing to return to their homes and live in peace with their
neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest predictable date, and
that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to
return."

Entitled "The Initiative of Return and Coexistence," the plan urges all
Israelis to "welcome the Palestinians who will be returning to live together
with them in the land of peace."

A committee established by the organizers to prepare for the event met at
the Al-Bireh Municipality offices this week to discuss ways of rallying
support. Abu Ein told participants that more than 100,000 refugees from
Lebanon were expected to take part in the march toward Israel's northern
border.

He added that refugees from the West Bank and Gaza Strip would also
participate in the events by staging marches toward Israeli checkpoints and
border crossings.

At the meeting in Al-Bireh, the organizers strongly condemned world leaders
and dignitaries who were planning to participate in the Israeli
celebrations. "This is the day when the Palestinians were uprooted from
their lands," they added. "It would have been better if these leaders
visited the refugee camps which are the victims of Israel's so-called
independence."

The plan calls on the refugees to return to Israel with suitcases and tents
so that they can settle down in their former villages. The refuges are
requested to carry UN flags upon their return and to be equipped with their
UNRWA-issued ID cards.

The plan asks Arab countries hosting the refugees to facilitate their return
by opening their borders. The plan specifically refers to Jordan, Syria,
Lebanon and Iraq.
Palestinian refugees living in the US, EU, Canada and Latin America have
been requested to use their foreign passports to fly to Ben- Gurion Airport,
while dozens of ships carrying refugees will converge on Israeli ports.

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