Israel's Options

ISRAPUNDIT ^ | May 20/08 | Ted Belman

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In my article Refefining "What it means to be pro-Israel" I suggested that my definition of it is to advocate abrogating the peace process and annexing Judea and Samaria. Ami Isseroff commented that the problem with that solution was that no one will take the Arabs in. I agreed to the extent that to achieve such a solution would be extremely difficult. The world will vociferously oppose it.

Ami then referred me to his article Zionism and Israel: Ideological house cleaning. It is extremely well researched and worth reading. Here's an extract.

Solutions - Whatever solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict we support, we need to re-examine all the arguments for that solution, because all of them were born in different circumstances, "a long time ago on another planet." It is easy to see that there is not much chance for a "bi-national state" (born in the 1920s) or that a "one state solution" (a favorite of the Nazi Mufti, Hajj Amin el Husseini) would result in an explosion no matter who was in charge of that state. But the two state solution (born in 1937, revised in 1947, revived more recently in a new context) may need rethinking as well. Here is one very pessimistic take on the two-state solution

Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad, the ‘official’ Palestinian Authority (PA) government:

They want Israel out of as much territory as possible and they wish to receive as much aid, both in dollars and weapons, as possible. But are their long-term policies consistent with the fantasy?

No, because there will not be an end to the conflict.

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The only “solution” - and this isn't a solution as the Arabs will never tolerate a non-Muslim political entity in an area they regard as theirs - is the removal of the non-Jewish population in Israel (including Judea and Samaria) east of the Jordan River.
In the current world such an action is considered political reprehensible but throughout history such transfers were normal. It is essential to remember that the original British Mandate for Palestine included both Israel and Jordan. If this removal were completed, Israel and the Palestinians would have a state separated by the Jordan River

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