[Peace-discuss] What's become of George Mitchell?

[Brussel Morton K.]

 From a Counterpunch article by the Christisons:

http://counterpunch.com/christison03052009.html

The U.S. Foreign Assistance Act stipulates that no aid may be provided  
to a country that engages in a consistent pattern of violations of  
international human rights laws.  Israel has been charged by human  
rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights  
Watch with precisely such violations during the Gaza assault and in  
past attacks.  Israel also violates the Arms Export Control Act, which  
stipulates that U.S. weapons must be used only for “internal security.”

This arms package, furthermore, seriously undermines the mission of  
U.S. peace mediators such as former Senator George Mitchell, recently  
appointed by President Obama as envoy to the Middle East.  As long as  
Israel can rest assured that it is guaranteed an annual arms package  
in the billions, it will have no incentive whatsoever to heed  
Mitchell’s mediation efforts, to make the territorial concessions  
necessary to reach a peace agreement, to stop building settlements and  
other infrastructure in the occupied Palestinian territories, or to  
stop its attacks on Palestinians.
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