But before Abu Mazen quits, he has just one more job to do: He must declare, unilaterally, the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. Palestine now.
Both sides have a right to act unilaterally. Abbas owes it to his people, to himself, and to us. This week, there were reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds this possibility very scary, and he expects the Americans to nip it in the bud. But his nightmare is our only chance for an end to the occupation in our time.
When he declares independence, Abbas should call upon the Jews living in the state of Palestine to preserve the peace and to do their part in building up the new country as full and equal citizens, enjoying fair representation in all of its institutions. David Ben-Gurion would not have been upset by such a pretty act of plagiarism from his Declaration of Independence.
And thus, Abbas will become the Palestinian Ben-Gurion. Conditions were no less foggy and circumstances were no more certain when Ben-Gurion declared independence in 1948. But our founding father took the risk, and we are fortunate that he did.
The risk Abbas would be taking is much smaller. Of the 192 member states of the United Nations, over 150 would recognize a free Palestine, and it would soon become the 193rd. Although the American position is an unknown, it is hard to believe that Barack Obama would agree to drag America back into isolation now that it has begun to be part of the world again.
And what would Netanyahu do? Invade and re-conquer the West Bank? Restore the military government in the Muqata in Ramallah?
And what orders will Ehud Barak give his army? Serbia didn't dare invade Kosovo after it declared independence, and even Russia the great didn't allow itself to remain inside the sovereign territory of Georgia after their war.
Immediately after the declaration, celebrations will begin in the capital, East Jerusalem, and people from all over the world will join in, including Israelis.
INSANE.
A UNILATERALLY DECLARED WEST BANK NATION WOULD NO MORE BE A STEPPING-STONE FOR PEACE THAN HAS GAZA.
IDIOT.
AN ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY DELUDED IDIOT.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO UNSCR 242!?!?!?
A UNILATERALLY DECLARED PALESTINE WOULD NO MORE LEAD TO PEACE THAN WOULD A NUCLEAR IRAN.
THE PEACE PROCESS IS A SHAM.
A UNILATERAL PROCESS WOULD BE A DISASTER.
WHY?
SIMPLE: THE SO-CALLED PALESTINIAN ARABS HAVE NO DESIRE FOR PEACE WITH ISRAEL.
THEY DO NOT WANT CO-EXISTENCE.
THEY WANT TO DESTROY ISRAEL.
ONLY WHEN JEWS CAN LIVE FREELY AND SAFELY IN ARAB NATIONS - AND THE WEST BANK AND IN GAZA AS ISRAELI ARABS CAN LIVELY FREELY IN ISRAEL, THEN THERE WILL BE PEACE.
UNTIL THEN: THE PEACE PROCESS - ANY PEACE PROCESS IS A SHAM.
DO MANY JEWS OR ISRAELIS AGREE WITH YOSSI SARID?
NOPE.
AT THEIR PEAK - DECADES AGO - THE LEFTIST "PEACE" PARTIES SARID HAS LED AND/OR BEEN A PART OF HAVE HAD AS MANY AS TWELVE SEATS, AND CONTINUALLY SHRANK IN POPULARITY. THESE DELUDED LEFTIST PEACNIKS NOW HAVE THREE SEATS AND MAYBE ABOUT 20,000 MEMBERS. A THIRD OF A PERCENT OF ISRAEL'S POPULATION.
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