'violence on both sides.
even in a 'homeland' THE uprising in the Israeli occupied territories has continued, and unmasked Israeli repression increased. The crisis confronting the Israeli state is perhaps deeper than it was at the time of the invasion of Lebanon. Fractures are beginning to appear within the pro-Zionist forces, not just internationally but in the sraeli state itself.
In this context Neil Kinnock's antics on his recent visit to the region are disgraceful. Kinnock began with some reasonably strong statements against Israeli military violence. But before long, in true subservient form, he was in rapid retreat referring to He then proceded to assert that Israel should retain the Golan Heights, annexed from Syria; warn Palestinians against holding out for full sovereignty never mentioning the possibility of a Palestinian state; and float support for the Hussein/Peres option of substituting Jordanian for Israeli rule in parts of the occupied territories.
The Observer on 21 February described Kinnock's meeting with the Israeli foreign mimster, Peres, as a 'love-in', where, according to Kinnock's aides, the two had found almost total identity of views.
Support for the Hussein/Peres option places Kinnock to the right even of forces in the US government who are favouring an 'international peace conference to establish a Palestinian 'homeland' in the occupied territories, On these pages RASHID ASHRAF looks at current developments in the Palestinian movement and in the state of Israel and an article by RALPH SCHOENMAN takes apart. two states' proposals.