The US is not pushing for demilitarization and disarmament.
On Sept 29/14, I posted an article from TOI with the title US reportedly pushing Gaza demilitarization at UN This article is erroneous and misleading. The US is not pushing for demilitarization and disarmament.
Aaron Lerner what the US is actually doing and shows how unacceptable it is.
[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: "any process to resolve the situation in Gaza in
a permanent and meaningful manner must ultimately lead to the establishment
of the Gaza Strip as an area free of any armed or military equipment or
weapons ..."
Close but NO CIGAR.
"Ultimately" has no deadline.
The resolution doesn't call for "ultimately" opening crossing points.
The resolution doesn't call for "ultimately" rebuilding Gaza.
Disarming the terrorists cannot be postponed to "ultimately" - this
especially when Hamas outright objects to disarming. It should be right
there at the top of the "do list" when there is the maximum leverage - not
"ultimately".
Sure, all the stages of demilitarization may take time.
But Hamas is PROUD of the thousands of missiles it now holds.
They don't deny they have them.
There is absolutely no technical problem with having scores of missiles
publicly destroyed within days, hundreds in weeks and thousands also in
short order.
By the way - Fatah in Gaza is also proud of the missiles it still holds and
boasts about them with a photo on their website.
http://www.fatehorg.ps/functions.php?action=files&table=attachs&ID=15705There is also a FUNDAMENTAL ERROR IN THE CONCEPT that provides what appears
to be no limits on the weapons held under the "full and legitimate control
of the Palestinian Authority".
The Resolution should have wording that makes it crystal clear that there
are ALSO limits to the weapons in the Gaza Strip. Period.
Time and again we have international authorities refer to the PLO honoring
its agreements. And the most important agreements the PLO has signed are
those with Israel. And these agreements - including agreements witnessed by
the US, Russia, EU, Egypt, and even Norway, prohibit the deployment of
missiles in Gaza