Dr.LUKE'S iDLE UTTERANCE

いよいよだ、ロシアもバックアップするパレスチナ国家の設立宣言がPAのエレカトによりなされた。67年の国境線で、東エルサレムを首都とするパレスチナ国家。イスラエルとの対話を望むが、一方でイスラエルは阻止できないと強硬な姿勢を見せている。

・Erekat: Palestinian state is coming, Israel can't stop it

By JPOST.COM STAFF 23/01/2011

PA chief negotiator says in interview that there is no partner in Israel; "Abbas is not threatening an intifada. We want negotiations."

"The prime minister told us we should not wait for the next government. However we are not waiting for it, we are waiting for you," Erekat said referring to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat on Sunday confirmed his instance that a Palestinian state will be created soon. "A Palestinian state is coming, with 1967 borders and with a capital in east Jerusalem, and Israel cannot stop it anymore," he said during an interview with Army Radio.

一方ヨルダンも東エルサレムの入植地建設を巡って、イスラエルとの関係悪化を訴えている。

・Jordan PM: Ties with Israel deteriorated over settlements

By JPOST.COM STAFF 01/23/2011 11:53

Jordanian Prime Minister Samir Rifai said Sunday that relations between Israel and Jordan are the lowest point they have been since the peace agreement was signed between the two countries.

Rifai explained Qatari newspaper Al-Shark that the reason for this deterioration in diplomatic ties is because of "the settlement building policy, the unilateral steps that Israel adopts and the continued human rights violations against the Palestinian people."

加えてイランが大規模な艦隊を地中海と紅海に派遣。

・Iranian warships coming to Mediterranean and Red Seas

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report January 23, 2011, 5:47 PM (GMT+02:00)

Iranian naval exerciseLess than 24 hours after the breakdown of its nuclear dialogue with the six world powers in Istanbul, Iran announced plans Sunday, Jan. 23, to senda fleet of warships, including a home-made destroyer, on operational and intelligence-gathering missions to the Red Sea and on to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal.

いよいよイスラエルは孤立し、追い詰められてきたわけだ。一触即発状態。どうも、やはり、これはクル・・・。

追記：こちらの記事はすごい。パレスチナ側の機密文書が洩れた！
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・Secret papers reveal slow death of Middle East peace process

• Massive new leak lifts lid on negotiations
• PLO offered up key settlements in East Jerusalem
• Concessions made on refugees and Holy sites

・Palestine papers: Browse the documents　　　　　　　　　　

追記の追記：この文書はアルジャジーラが漏洩したもの。こちらで閲覧できる。

・Al-Jazeera's full coverage of the papers is availabe here

・the Palestinian Authority’s willingness to concede illegal Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem, and to be “creative” about the status of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount;
・the compromises the Palestinian Authority was prepared to make on refugees and the right of return;
・details of the PA’s security cooperation with Israel;
・and private exchanges between Palestinian and American negotiators in late 2009, when the Goldstone Report was being discussed at the United Nations.

アッバスは「二枚舌」を懸命に否定しているが、これではPA側大衆は裏切られたとして、強硬姿勢に出るであろう。上のエレカトのPA国家設立はこれらを受けてのことであろう。同時にイスラエルをも裏切ったわけだ。アメリカもこの信憑性を否定しているが、それにしてもこれは大変な事態だ。繰り返すが、これはクル！

リアルタイムの経緯はこちら：

・Palestine papers: live updates

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・・・と言うわけで、緊迫の度合いを増す世界はマタイ24章を呈しているわけだが、私的には試験を終えて、採点と報告書作成を残して、そろそろ冬眠に入る次第。2月には、久々に北海道の流氷を観に行こうかと・・・。