Towards a Middle East Peace an appeal to Jew and Gentile by Fritz De Yongh is a very moving and well researched account of the history of the Palestine Israel conflict. I write this as a long term supporter of the Palestine cause. The author firstly gives a history of the Jewish people. But he then gets down to the present day history of the conflict. The Balfour declaration of 1917 which backed up the Zionist aims of a homeland for the Jewish people. He then outlines how the Jewish state of Israel was set up in 1948 and the massive ethnic cleansing this involved. The Israel victory in the 1967 war led to the Israel occupation of the Palestinian West Bank. Of course repression leads to resistance and the Palestinians have been resisting ever since 1948.They now have massive international support. For instance here in Britain virtually every British Trade Union is affiliated to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Also witness the recent London one hundred and fifty thousand strong demonstration in support of the people of Gazza. Also the growing international boycott of Israel goods.
The author makes a moving plea at the end of the book for reconciliation between Jewish and Palestinian people and for justice on both sides. However while I would agree with this. As a supporter of the Palestinian cause I strongly support the boycott of Israel goods.
I end the review of the excellent work by leaving you with the demographic figures which I feel favour the Palestinian cause in the long run. Israel has 6.1 million Jews. and 1.7 million Palestinian Arabs. There are 2.4 million Palestinians in the West Bank and 1.4 million in Gazza. So in greater Palestine there are 5,5 million Palestinians who will probably be a majority within the next ten or so years. Of course there are 3.0 million Palestine refugees in Jordan. So in conclusion I strongly back the authors plea for a peaceful solution to the conflict. This can in my view mean only one thing the establishment of a secular one state solution of both Palestinians and Jews.
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