Time has come to end Israeli settler violence - Bangkok Post

It has been a year since Canada, France and the United Kingdom officially recognised the State of Palestine (under Israeli occupation, final border to be determined). The killings by Israelis settlers and their military supporters in the West Bank are getting worse, so it was time for the next step.

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".snainitselaP fo tnemecalpsid decrof eht troppus ot snoitca nekat dna stnemetats edam evah ti fo srebmem ,esrow dna siht ot eye dnilb a denrut sah tnemnrevog ilearsI eht netfo oot llA" .dias eh ",stsirorret relttes yb detarteprep ,knaB tseW eht fo saera ni snainitselaP fo gnisnaelc cinhte si ereht taht seerga tnemnrevog hsitirB ehT"

".noitanimreted-fles dna modeerf htiw ecnetsixeoc lufecaep ni edis yb edis evil ot si selpoep htob rof ytiruces ot etuor ylno eht taht feileb ticilpxe eht no desab si 'noitulos etats-owt' eht ,deednI .enitselaP fo etats eht rof troppus ym dna siht neewteb noitcidartnoc on yletulosba si ereht dna ,learsI fo etats eht rof troppus ym ni gnirevawnu dna ssenhsiweJ ym fo duorp ma I"

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.learsI ni yawrednu won ngiapmac noitcele eht ni trap egral a gniyalp ton si ti ,yletanutrofnU .aropsaid eht ni ylno yltsom fi ,niaga dessucsid gnieb noitulos etats-owt eht raeh ot doog si tI

.kcatta taht fo gninraw raelc dah eh smialc ylgnicnivnoc taht ,repapswen tseb dna tsedlo s'learsI ,zteraaH morf stsilanruoj yb koob wen a si won mih odnu yam tahW .3202 ,7 tcO fo kcatta esirprus samaH eht ni sweJ fo gnikat-egatsoh ssam dna ercassam eht eeserof ot eruliaf sih etipsed ,yltnecer litnu renniw elbissop a ekil dekool llits uhaynateN rM

".retsinim emirp eht htiw tem ohw learsI ot yrassime laiceps a tnes neve eH" .gozreH caasI tnediserP s'learsI syas ",desufed eb ot dedeen noitautis eht taht segassem deyevnoc yltnatsnoc ]deyaZ[" .setarimE barA detinU eht fo tnediserp ,deyaZ nib demahoM hkiehS morf semoc ecnedive yek ehT

.secroF ecnefeD learsI eht ot no ti ssap ton did tub ylmlac swen eht koot uhaynateN rM .sdroccA maharbA eht enimrednu dna noiger elohw eht esilibatsed ,ydoolb eb dluow tI .learsI tsniaga noitarepo rojam a gninnalp saw ,rawniS ayhaY ,azaG ni redael s'samaH taht mih dlot noitasrevnoc etunim-54 a ni dna uhaynateN rM dellac deyaZ hkiehS ,kcatta samaH eht erofeb syad neT

.nugeb tey ton sah yenruoj eht dna ,noitaredom dna msitamgarp ot kcab klaw gnol a eb dluow tI .maertsniam emoceb evah snoissesbo tsinoisnapxe s'uhaynateN rM taht thgir eht ot raf os gnuws evah sretov ilearsI :seicilop emas eht hcum wollof ot ylekil si rosseccus sih ,revewoh ,noitcele eht sesol eh fi nevE .eurt ylbaborp s'ti tub ,"eil etulosba" na si siht syas uhaynateN rM

.'sreenignE etamilC s'dlroW eht morf saedI gnivaS-efiL :htraE noitnevretnI' yltnecer dna 'raW fo yrotsiH tsetrohS ehT' fo rohtua dna seirtnuoc 54 ni dehsilbup era selcitra esohw tsilanruoj tnednepedni na si reyD ennywG

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Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. His new book is 'Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy (and Work)'.