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Ever since Bill Clinton nearly succeeded in brokering a comprehensive settlement in 2000, the mantra among supporters of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process has been that, while a solution exists, Israeli and
Palestinian
leaders who are willing to reach it do not.
Palestine would be defined as a state of the
Palestinian
people, and Israel as a Jewish state.
As Nieli describes it, Palestinians “would have the right to settle anywhere within Israel just as Jews would have the right to settle anywhere within the territory of the
Palestinian
state.
Regardless of which of the two states they lived in, all Palestinians would be citizens of the
Palestinian
state, all Jews citizens of Israel.”
Israeli Arabs would then be required to transfer their citizenship, national identity, and national voting rights – but not their residence – to the new
Palestinian
state.
All other Palestinians living in Israel would have rights and benefits only under
Palestinian
law.
Condominialism recognizes the reality of the deep interconnectedness of Israeli settlers in the West Bank with the rest of Israel – through roads, water supplies, electricity grids, administrative structures, and economic relationships (just as Israeli and
Palestinian
parts of Jerusalem are interdependent).
It is not aimed at creating a united (Catholic) Ireland, an independent Basque country, or even a
Palestinian
state, but at a particular worldview and those who represent it.
Donald Trump Versus Mideast PeaceJERUSALEM – In a matter of three weeks, the United States government has attacked the
Palestinian
people on three fronts.
Then, on December 5, the US Congress voted unanimously to adopt the Taylor Force Act, which blocks aid to the
Palestinian
Authority from 2018 to 2024, unless the PA stops paying monthly salaries and other benefits to the families of killed or convicted
Palestinian
militants.
And, indeed, Mohammad Shtayyeh, a member of the Fatah central committee, has already pledged that the
Palestinian
leadership, in coordination with Jordan and other Arab states, will resist the dictate.
The Palestinians are calling for a two-state solution, with East Jerusalem as the capital of a
Palestinian
state and West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
There is a sad zero-sum game between
Palestinian
suffering and Israeli sovereignty, security, and normal life.
Will
Palestinian
leaders know how to encourage the new moderation in Israeli politics, or will they press too hard?
When the war was over, the
Palestinian
problem was conveniently defined as one of “refugees” or “infiltrators.”
Israel has gone so far as to try to force this narrative on its
Palestinian
citizens.
It was not Hitler who first came up with the idea of exterminating the Jews, he declared in October 2015, but a
Palestinian
leader, Grand Mufti Haj Amin el-Husseini.
Against this backdrop, Israel and the
Palestinian
territories are relatively stable places.
Forbes magazine reports that “hundreds of Israeli[s] and Palestinians are becoming actual business partners and colleagues in startups that are slowly transforming the
Palestinian
economy, at least in the West Bank.”
Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas may want to sign a peace accord with Israel, but there is little evidence that he is in a position to do so.
Fifth, the
Palestinian
leadership cannot be expected to take risks for peace without political protection.
It would also help if those countries in a position to do so underscored their preparedness to make funds available to help build a
Palestinian
state and to resettle both refugees and those living in settlements that are vacated under any peace accord.
Today’s Israeli and
Palestinian
leaders are far weaker than their predecessors;Hamas controls Gaza;Iran is more influential; additional settlements and a fence have been built; and the US is bogged down in Iraq and has lost standing throughout the region.
The result was the failure to create a
Palestinian
state.
We now have a
Palestinian
leadership legitimized by elections, one that appears to be opposed to using terrorism as a tool to achieve political aims.
It also requires that Palestinians demonstrate that they can govern responsibly and that they can put an end to terrorist violence emanating from
Palestinian
soil.
There must be a link between what takes place in Gaza and a comprehensive settlement to the
Palestinian
question if Mazen is to persuade a majority of his people that diplomacy and compromise deliver more than violence and confrontation.
The framework for a solution to the
Palestinian
refugee issue “will need to be found through the establishment of a
Palestinian
state, and the settling of
Palestinian
refugees there, rather than in Israel.”
Such a letter could spell out the US commitment to a viable, contiguous, sovereign, and independent
Palestinian
state based on the 1967 lines, with compensation provided by Israel wherever territorial adjustments are agreed.
Help would also be extended to settle the
Palestinian
refugees, whether in Palestine, other Arab countries, or, in special cases where Israel agrees for humanitarian reasons, in Israel itself.
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