Enough is Enough Mr. Kerry

Please Mr. Kerry spare us one of your historic statements that the violence must stop.    Unfortunately you do not seem to have grasped the root cause of the violence despite the long years of mediation and shuttling back and forth during the so called peace process.  The occupation in itself is the violent action, and resisting an occupation by all means is a legitimate right according to international law. 

Out of all people you should not be surprised Mr. Kerry when the US as the broker of the Peace Process failed to be an honest broker and allowed Israel to build and expand the  settlements in the Palestinian territory,  despite the fact that the USA administration  considers the settlements illegal and has often requested Israel to halt their expansion.  Yet your administration allowed Israel to  create new realities on the ground and vetoed every UN resolution that sanctioned Israel for its illegal acts in the Palestinian occupied territory.  Even when the Israeli army invaded Gaza,  your administration saw it fit to support the invading forces, and to increase its aid in money and armament. 

You should not be surprised that this young generation, which  had enough of both the occupation and the futile peace process, would take matters into their hands after the latest provocations of the Israeli settlers who seek to gradually maintain a foot-hold in Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back, and especially when the Arab and Muslim countries did not raise a finger in action against that.  Yes we heard a lot of rhetoric.  However,  words without action do not hold water any more for this young desperate generation.

For a number of years the Palestinians have resorted to non-violent resistance through their weekly marches and prayers in the areas that are being threatened to be annexed behind the WALL. Those demonstrations have continuously been attacked by Israeli soldiers with tear gas and life ammunition, and the Palestinians have not been able to retrieve their land, the latest being the issue of the Cremisan property in Beit Jala.   Enough is enough Mr. Kerry.  If you are really keen on stopping the violence, you know very well that you will have to put an end to the occupation and stop treating Israel above the law, especially as it escalates its brutal measures against a defenseless population and literally killing minors extra-judicially.