One State Plan

http://www.onestateplan.com/background.html ^ | Michael L. Wise

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Israel must resolve the status of the West Bank.

Previous proposals to resolve the status of the West Bank have failed. Terrorism and its leaders will flourish and attract followers if the State of Israel continues to pursue short-term solutions. Israel can no longer permit the West Bank Arab population to remain in an indeterminate ill-defined status. A clear, well-defined and permanent solution must be implemented. Efforts to destroy the terrorist infrastructures on the West Bank should continue, but they do not solve the underlying problems.

Destroying the terrorist infrastructure may create temporary lulls in the ongoing violence. But, new terrorists will appear as a consequence of the perceived plight, condition and state of limbo represented by the status quo in the West Bank. West Bank Arabs in the prevailing circumstances will continue to struggle against what they perceive to be an occupation force. It is unrealistic to expect that West Bank Arabs will tolerate, coexist or condone a situation in which they are indefinitely treated as stateless persons. A people in a state of limbo, without passports, limited rights and subject to a strict police force will be receptive to demagogic, brutal and corrupt leadership. The PLO/PA, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad, whose primary purpose is Israel’s destruction, have captured the loyalties of the West Bank Arabs.

The status quo on the West Bank is bitterly opposed by serious minded persons across the Israel political spectrum, West Bank Arabs and the international community. Even Prime Minister Sharon acknowledged that there has been a state of “occupation” of the West Bank for 36 years and concludes that it is unacceptable.

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"West Bank Arabs who do not wish to accept Israeli citizenship will have the following choices:



1. Swear a public oath of loyalty to the State of Israel and remain as non-citizen residents with limited rights.

2. Those who do not commit to abide by the laws of Israel, must leave for Gaza, Jordan or to other Arab countries. 900,000 Jews left those countries since 1948[1] (often with only the shirts on their backs). Israel cannot and should not tolerate persons who will not commit to abide by its laws."