The New Nation - Internet Edition

Dr M.R. Hashemi

On 15th May 1948 after exit of British forces the Zionist state of Israel declared its illegal existence in the occupied Muslim land of Palestine. On the eve of the 60th anniversary of occupation of Palestine the regional and trans-regional actors are trying most to establish peace in the Middle East, but we should not forget that with the warmongering nature and strengthening threat it is not possible to sit behind the table of dialogue.

During the last century there was no political plan except the plan of establishment of the Zionist state that was successfully implemented. At a time this plan miraculously came into existence and Theodor Herlzl, a journalist placed in the 1st Zionist Congress held in Switzerland. The aim of the Congress was to discuss about and take a plan to establish a state for the Jewish people of the world in Palestine.

After 51 years of the 1st Zionist Congress the plan was executed in 1948 through establishment of the Zionist state of Israel, on 15th May after end of the British trusteeship in Palestine.

Three decades before establishment of Israel, in 1971 the British government accepted the plan of establishment of a state for Jews in Palestine through the Balfour Declaration and later on the Zionist state was established on that basis.

Even before that from 1939 Britain was officially supporting the Jews living in Palestine, Syria and Sinai Peninsula and in the later years they increased their support and helped them in their migration to Palestine. British colonial power was always trying to bring Palestine under its domination, but to do this it was to face the Arab people, so it refrained. Then the 1st World War brought the opportunity and they were able to occupy Palestine. On the eve of the occupation of Palestine by British General Henry Allenby the British Foreign Minister Janes Balfour promised in his letter to eminent Jewish leader Rothschild that they were willing to establish a Jewish state in Palestine. So when Allen- by advanced to Palestine Balfour took serious steps to implement the plan. After occupation of Palestine Britain helped Zionists for three decades to gain strength and then establish Israel. Muslims were always opposing this conspiracy, but due to lack of unity they couldn't resist it. With a view to establish the Zionist state Zionist Jews started to migrate to Palestine from everywhere of the world and they formed armed terrorist groups. The British colonial administration extended all sorts of monetary and economic facilities to them so that they might strengthen their power. Also the international media support was extended to them. Besides these Muslims of Palestine were suppressed. When the Zionist elements were fully prepared the British trusteeship over Palestine was ended and their Forces left the country. At the same time the Zionist state came into existence and naturally the Arab-Israel war started. But the war ended with the victory of the Zionist state.

The Zionist terrorists declared the State of Israel under the leadership of David Ben-Gurion and few hours after the declaration the USA and the USSR acknowledged it. The very day of declaration of State of Israel 4 Arab countries i.e. Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon declared war against the newly formed Israel and it was the first Arab-Israel war.

At the time of declaration of the state of Israel Non-Jewish Palestinian people who were owner of 97 percent of land of Palestine were ignored. After this declaration Jews from everywhere of the world started to migrate to Palestine and it was supported by the US Government. From that day aggression against the Palestinian people and plundering their wealth has been continuing till today and the Palestine nation has found resistance as the only way of their salvation.

On 15th May 1948 the chapter of resistance was opened in the history of the Palestinian nation. European people have been raising uproar and thus have been trying to divert the attention of the world opinion from their own crimes and people of Palestine have been being sacrificed in exchange of the crimes of Europeans. Palestinians are being punished for the crime they never committed.

15th May is the day of calamity for the Palestinian people. Because after that day the Zionist regime has been successful to attract the support of the victorious powers of the World War II to its usurping and terrorist policy. Moreover newly-established United Nations Organisation passed an exceptional unjust resolution in favour of establishment of the Zionist state.

From the very beginning Zionists had formed terrorists groups to execute their brutal plans and they killed and uprooted Palestinian people. They destroyed Palestinian villages and created panic so that Palestinian people would be bound to leave Palestine. Then they settled the Jews who came from other countries in Palestine, the so-called Promised land according to the distorted version of Torah.

Though it is known to all that migration of Jews from everywhere of the world to Palestine was a preplanned step to compensate the crime of Europeans but it is claimed that this land was promised for the Jews in Torah. But the Zionist leaders never replied to the question that if migration and settlement of Jewish people to Palestine would have a religious target and to fulfill to decree of Torah then why have they migrated and settled in the fertile plain land of Palestine beside the Mediterranean sea and also in cities?

On the other hand, establishment of Jewish colonies in Palestine was not in uninhabited lands but it was in expense of eradication of Palestinian people and changing the nature of Palestine from Palestinian land to a Jewish land. To do this the Zionist authorities have resorted to not only physical forces, also have disorted the history. Even Yitzhak Rabin, ex-Prime Minister of Israel has not mentioned in his memories about uprooting and driving away of 50 thousand Palestine civil people. Thus he tried to pretend that those people willingly left Palestine.

15th May reminds the Palestine people their most bitter memories. Those are the black memories of their mass killing by the Zionists, being uprooted and driven away from the land of their forefathers and captivity and inhuman torture. 15th May reminds them of the UN resolution that ignored the right of Palestine people, acknowledge the Zionist state in the land of Palestine without allowing Palestinian people to establish their own state beside that Zionist state.

60 years have passed after passing the resolution for creation of the Zionist state in Palestine or in other words acknowledge illegal occupation of Palestine.

The Zionist state is the only state in the world that has no clearly defined borders in its constitution and the Zionist regime has been always expanding its border. Now the Palestinian nation sees no hope for establishment of their own state due to blind and unjust favour of the West to the Zionist state. So the only way in front of them is resistance.

(Translated from Persian by Nur Hosain Majidi.)