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New idea about an old truth
by Jan Houttave Sunday April 07, 2002 at 02:31 PM
janhouttave@icqmail.com

Since war has always been about money, is there anyone having details about Sharon's involvment in Israëli defence industry ? Just a suggestion... "A qui profite le crime ?"

I'm a bit new at this, I don't have an indepth knowledge of your site, nor do I have an indepth knowledge of the Middle East region, however I hope to offer a different perspective on the ways of analyzing the conflict Israël-Palestine (I already implicitly include the existence of a Palestine state, since it is bound to happen !).
Seen from a distance, it would seem that Sharon is actually defending two distinct interests of the Israëli capitalist economy :
First of all, the Israëli captains of industry in the need of cheap labour mass (usually, but probably not exclusively in the agrarian sector), for whom the late '70s through mid '90s (when the core of Palestinian military resistance shifted regionally from the occupied territories to the Lebanon) represented the opportunity to use Palestinian cheap (slave?)labour force; cheap labour force they were about to lose at every peace opportunity...: "A qui profite le crime ?"
Second, the Israëli defence industry who would lose the "all too juicy" contracts for delivery of highly expensive military material to Tsahal if the region were to come in a real peace and stability : "A qui profite le crime ?". As far as I can see, Sharon is simply securing the orderbooks for the Israëli defence industry for the next 25 years... (on the back of the Palestinians and in extensio, all of the countries in the Middle East, needless to say...)
About the Saoudi global peace proposal :
if it is to have any chance of succes, it will probably have to include that the wealthy (pro-American) countries in the region buy Israëli military goods : now that would be a paradox, wouldn't it ?
A little hint for the (incredibly naive) American diplomacy : it has occured to me that each time the visit of Zinni to the region was (very pompously) announced, the next day, Hamas threw a bomb somewhere. So next time you want to send someone to the region for a diplomatic effort, please be discreet about it...
I might be totally wrong in my hypothesis, however I feel that it is worth to be checked...
Remember people : war is, has always been and will always be about MONEY !!!