US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) on December 4, 2019 in Lisbon. (Photo by AFP)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeos visit to Israel to discuss the Zionist regimes planned annexation of the West Bank region with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is like the gathering of two "mobsters" plotting to eradicate Palestinians from their indigenous homeland, says an American political analyst.
Rodney Martin, a former congressional staffer based in Arizona, made the comment during a phone interview with Press TV on Monday, while commenting on an announcement by the US State Department that Pompeo will visit the occupied territories on Wednesday to discuss "regional security issues" linked to "Irans malign influence" as well as the Israeli annexation of much of the West Bank.
David Schenker, the top US diplomat for the Middle East, reportedly said Pompeos upcoming trip to the occupied Palestine was "at the invitation of the Israeli government," emphasizing that threats posed by Iran to Israel, the Middle East and beyond would be a prime topic of conversation.
"Secretary Pompeos trip to Israel to talk about, in his words, Irans malign influence is intellectually dishonest and morally bankrupt; the only malign influence is Israels corrupt influence on the American political system and their stranglehold on the American political system," Martin told Press TV on Sunday.
"It has long been Israels objective to quote disappear Palestinians from the map and that has been the stated words from Israeli Prime Ministers Ben Gurion and Menachem Begin and other such Israeli luminaries, including Moshe Dayan. So, all this is a dog and pony show by Pompeo to receive his marching orders, and to give the United States blessing to what Israel has already told the United States its going to do and what Israel is telling the United States to do and its very strong lobbyists in Washington DC," he added.
"So, this trip is essentially a two criminals, much like two mobsters coming together to plot strategy to eradicate people from their indigenous territory and to use semantics and clever words to make it legal," Martin underlined.
Netanyahus plan to permanently annex portions of occupied West Bank has been met with harsh criticism from nearly the entire international community, including Washingtons European allies and client Arab dictatorships, with the prominent exception of the US.
On Saturday, a network of pro-Palestinian European groups called on the European Union to slap sanctions on the Israeli regime over its controversial proposal to annex much of the occupied West Bank, saying the move is part of the regimes ongoing ethnic cleansing, apartheid and colonization policies.
"It is refreshing that some Europeans are talking about sanctioning Israel. They should go a step further and sanction the United States as well and start severing economic relations with the United States and begin to separate themselves from the US dollar and begin to use an alternative currency when the US dollar ceases to be the reserve currency of the world, then the world can truly be independent from US economic terrorism" Martin told Press TV.
"Sooner or later Europe and the rest of the world have to realize that they can also be victims of economic terrorism that Iran and Russia and Venezuela, and other countries have fallen victim to. So if theyre going to sanction, Israel, they should also include a separation from the United States, economic tyranny as well," he added.
"Its time that the Palestinians receive their own country, that they receive sovereignty, and that the occupation and the ethnic cleansing that has been perpetrated by Israel come to an end...Its time now to use Quds Day to push even harder in a show of unity to apply force in terms of political pressure to go to the next level," the American political analyst concluded.
Palestinians have warned that they will prosecute Israel at international courts if it goes on with the plan, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas saying the Palestinian Authoritys agreements with Israel and the United States will be "completely cancelled" if Israel annexes the occupied West Bank.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned Israels controversial plan to annex much of the occupied West Bank, saying the move will shut the door on possible "peace negotiations" with the Palestinians.
Israel has become more brazen in its efforts to trample upon Palestinians rights since the 2016 election of US President Donald Trump, who has unprecedentedly intensified Washingtons support for the regime.
Trump has recognized Jerusalem al-Quds as Israels "capital," relocating the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy occupied city, and announcing a scheme that allows the regime to annex the land on which it has been building the illegal settlements.
More than 600,000 Israelis live in over 230 settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank. All Israeli settlements are illegal under international law.
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