By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--January 2, 2024
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Thomas Friedman--foreign affairs Opinion columnist at the New York Times (NYT)--could have well been passing judgement on the NYT, himself and the United Nations (UN) for their failure to mention the existence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) even once after its publication on June 8, 2022.
In his latest article in the NYT--Friedman opines:
NYT and the UN are two of the biggest players involved in the ongoing Israel-Gaza war--being major influencers in shaping what is going to happen the day after the war ends.
NYT daily reports detailing the aftermath of Gaza’s invasion of Israel on 7 October have been extensive. More than 80 days of ensuing warfare in Gaza have provided a fertile field for the NYT to publish reports and photos counting the mounting daily deaths of Gazans and Gaza’s destruction--even op-ed space for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres--as Israel pursues those in Gaza responsible for the murders, casualties, internal displacement and hostage-taking on October 7.
Significantly--just one day before Friedman’s article--the NYT chose to publish a most harrowing report detailing the atrocities committed on Israeli women on 7 October by 3000 invading blood-thirsty Gazan monsters:
Reading this article is not for the faint-hearted. Its findings are horrific.
Congratulations to the NYT for choosing to publish this report--providing some balance to the continuing calls for a ceasefire in Gaza by the UN that would enable the perpetrators of these atrocities to escape being killed or captured and their weaponised heavily-fortified tunnels being demolished and degraded.
I have criticised the UN’s choices made in Gaza since October 7, 2023:
Friedman warns:
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Both NYT and the UN had choices other than burying HKOPS for 16 months that may have prevented October 7 and the Israel-Gaza war occurring:
Burying HKOPS pre October 7th, still remains unrectified by the UN and NYT post October 7th.
The sooner the UN and NYT choose to call for Jordan-Israel negotiations to implement HKOPS--excluding Gaza--the better.
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Author’s note: The cartoon--commissioned exclusively for this article--is by Yaakov Kirschen aka “Dry Bones”- one of Israel’s foremost political and social commentators--whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades.
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com