{"id":106734,"date":"2025-02-01T13:33:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T18:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/?p=106734"},"modified":"2025-02-01T13:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T18:51:22","slug":"international-peace-coalition-we-must-continue-to-promote-the-oasis-plan-as-the-basis-for-lasting-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/it\/blog\/2025\/02\/01\/international-peace-coalition-we-must-continue-to-promote-the-oasis-plan-as-the-basis-for-lasting-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"International Peace Coalition: We Must Continue To Promote the Oasis Plan, as the Basis for Lasting Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jan.&nbsp;31, 2025 (EIRNS)\u2014Opening today\u2019s 87th consecutive weekly session of the International Peace Coalition (IPC), Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the Schiller Institute, said, \u201cThe signs and signals seem to be very contradictory, to say the least.\u201d Ukraine\u2019s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov has warned that Ukraine may lose its existence if it does not negotiate. However, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte continues to insist that \u201cEurope must become war-ready,\u201d and in Poland, children are receiving military training at age six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Make America Intelligent Again!!\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rusQeAqM7sg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding Israel\u2019s assault on the Palestinians, the big question is what will happen after phase two of the ceasefire. What is missing is a program to create the basis for a lasting peace, and for that we must continue to promote the&nbsp;<a href=\"\/?p=102188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oasis Plan<\/a>. The big question, however, is what is behind President Donald Trump\u2019s proposal to relocate Palestinians to Egypt, Jordan and even Indonesia. We can only speculate, but on February 4, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington, D.C. to meet with Trump, \u201cthe secret will be lifted.\u201d Trump\u2019s fantasy of rebuilding Gaza with luxury buildings should be seen as similar to the Saudi scheme to build a ski resort in the middle of the desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mossi Raz, former Israeli Knesset member and former director-general of Peace Now, warned, \u201cThis ceasefire is very fragile.\u201d What is going to happen at the end of phase one? The Israeli peace movement cannot support either Netanyahu or Hamas. Extremists on both sides are gaining power. Raz argued for a return to the 1967 borders so that Israel and Palestine may both have independent states. In his view, the Palestinian Authority should become more transparent, but the world should support it as the legitimate voice of Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, Helga Zepp-LaRouche emphasized, once again, that the \u201cinterest of the other\u201d must be considered. We connect this always with the question of development. Raz replied that former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has a viable plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Golden Rule Is an Imperative<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), echoed Zepp-LaRouche on the \u201cinterest of the other,\u201d saying, \u201cIt is axiomatic that there can be no individual security without mutual security.\u201d He added that the Golden Rule is not just a platitude, it\u2019s an imperative. Trump, in \u201ca strange but refreshing way,\u201d has shown that he recognizes this, at least with respect to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McGovern referred the participants to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aQTFFHhs4ps&amp;t=3s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his interview<\/a>, which he gave immediately after the Senate hearings on the confirmation of Trump nominees Kash Patel (FBI Director) and Tulsi Gabbard (Director of National Intelligence). He said, of corrupt elements in the Deep State, such as James Comey and John Brennan, that \u201cthey are sweating blood right now,\u201d and if Patel and Gabbard are confirmed, all hell will break loose. He said that the efforts of Democratic Senators to excoriate Gabbard for her unwillingness to brand Edward Snowden as a traitor are \u201creplete with irony,\u201d because when Senators saw what Snowden had revealed, \u201cthey changed the law.\u201d These Senators are acutely aware that they themselves have been under surveillance by the secret police agencies that \u201chave dirt on all these people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s all hang tight and see if there is enough integrity\u201d for the nominations to be confirmed, McGovern advised. The hysterical opposition to these nominees can be explained in part by \u201cTrump Derangement Syndrome\u201d\u2014\u201canything that Trump does has to be&nbsp;<em>ipso facto<\/em>&nbsp;bad.\u201d However, these two nominees are far better than the rest. \u201cTulsi Gabbard gave an incredibly good account of herself,\u201d he insisted. He concluded by quoting the late anti-war activist Daniel Berrigan: \u201c[T]he difference between doing nothing, and doing something, is everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zepp-LaRouche reminded the participants that the core message of the U.S. Declaration of Independence is that it is the right of the people to correct their government when it does wrong. If you take that away, you are in a dictatorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She and McGovern discussed the \u201csix degrees of separation,\u201d under which a person who has talked to a person who has talked to a person who has talked to a foreign national may be regarded as a legitimate target for surveillance by the National Security Agency. McGovern commented on the practice of \u201csurveillance swaps\u201d by the intelligence agencies of the \u201cFive Eyes\u201d Anglophile-bloc nations (U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and U.S.), and reiterated the irony that these Senators know that they themselves are the target of surveillance. Who is going to win\u2014the Deep State, or the people that Trump sensibly nominated to clean them out? He noted another irony: \u201cSenator Bennet blindly condemning Tulsi Gabbard for telling the truth,\u201d but former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said the same thing\u2014Russia doesn\u2019t want NATO on its border and went to war to stop it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McGovern noted that LaRouche activists Jose Vega and Kynan Thistlethwaite managed to gain entry into the Senate hearings chamber \u201cby a fluke.\u201d The two of them reported on the lobbying activity they had conducted the previous day: They had gone to every Senate office and distributed material including The LaRouche Organization report \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/eir.news\/2025\/01\/the-liars-bureau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Liars\u2019 Bureau<\/a>,\u201d and a statement by former Ohio Congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich in favor of Gabbard. Sen.&nbsp;Lindsey Graham\u2019s staffers were \u201cpetrified\u201d when they walked in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>B\u00fcSo Is on the Ballot in Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">German&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bueso.de\/partei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Civil Rights Solidarity<\/a>&nbsp;(B\u00fcSo) candidate Jonathan Thron reported on the successful petitioning campaign to put the party slate on the ballot in Berlin, and reviewed the issues upon which the party is campaigning. Zepp-LaRouche reviewed some of the proposals and material from the November 2024 Schiller Institute report, \u201c<a href=\"\/?p=105479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Development Drive Means Billions of New Jobs, No Refugees, No War*<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to a question about nuclear vs.&nbsp;solar energy, Zepp-LaRouche referred to the method of her late husband, Lyndon LaRouche: Does a proposed policy contribute to the long-term development of the human species, to increasing relative potential population density? She added later, \u201cIf you want to remedy past crises, you must address the root causes.\u201d The right policy to address the migrant crisis is not to build walls and close borders, but to change the colonial policies which are displacing people from their homelands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a discussion on the topic of \u201cideological purity,\u201d since Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s views are not perfectly in sync with ours, concluding we must think strategically and not let vexation over particulars paralyze us. IPC co-moderator Dennis Speed pointed out that Edward Snowden, whom some people feel Gabbard\u2019s testimony inadequately defended, nonetheless intervened on her behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray McGovern quoted&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanrhetoric.com\/speeches\/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Martin Luther King<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity. The tide in the affairs of men does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is adamant to every plea and rushes on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Endorsements of the Oasis Plan were read from Dr.&nbsp;Kelvin Kemm, chairman, Stratek Global Ltd, Pretoria, South Africa; Father Harry Bury, founder of the Twin Cities Nonviolent, Minneapolis-St.&nbsp;Paul; and John A. Shanahan, civil engineer, Colorado, who is circulating his endorsement to thousands. More such endorsements are now most urgent. [eir]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan.&nbsp;31, 2025 (EIRNS)\u2014Opening today\u2019s 87th consecutive weekly session of the International Peace Coalition (IPC), Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the Schiller Institute, said, \u201cThe signs and signals seem to be very contradictory, to say the least.\u201d Ukraine\u2019s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov has warned that Ukraine may lose its existence if it does not negotiate. 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