Two days after Sharm al-Sheikh, the Israeli occupation army eased its total siege on the Palestinian cities, villages, and refugee camps. The Palestinians on the other hand organized huge demonstrations and marches all over the occupied Palestinian Lands.

A huge demonstration was organized yesterday in Ramallah to reemphasize the goals of the present Intifada: to liberate the West Bank (Jerusalem included) and the Gaza Strip from Israeli occupation. This was in fact the slogan repeated in the demonstration of thousands of Palestinians: women and men, of all ages. They marched through Ramallahand Al-Bireh proclaiming that no one can hinder them from pursuing their struggle for freedom, refusing the Israeli occupation and

hegemony over their every day life and destiny. The march ended at the northern entrance of Al-Bireh where it encountered Israeli occupation army and clashes began. All in all five Palestinians were killed on the day Sharm al-Shaikh was signed, and one more the day after.

The leaders who met in Sharm al-Shaikh, including the president of the United States, Mr. Clinton, behaved like ordinary employees in any administration. They did their best to save their governments, or the candidate of their political parties, as in the case of Clinton and Barak, from the consequences of the degradation of the situation in the Middle East. This proves that all talk about international law and human rights are just a joke. It seems to us Palestinians that those leaders know only how to make war but not how to make peace.

If somebody wants to make peace he first has to impose a state of law and work by it to obtain justice, then negotiations could be undertaken to resolve practical issues. In the case of the conflict in the Middle East, the international community and the US in particular, does not seem to care about international law but abides with the Israeli avidity in the region. The US wants to impose "peace" without justice considering the Palestinians as an extinct species. They want to impose "peace" without liberty so that the Palestinians remain the slaves of Israel, working for them for the good of the Israeli economical growth and prosperity. The US wants to impose "peace" without human rights by imposing on Palestinians to accept to live forever governed by the Israeli military administration. The only thing that seems to matter is the convivial relations between Israel and the US, and the money and votes of the Jews in the US elections.

How long could that continue ?

The PACE Team