Deciciveness and Determination

Submitted by yonatan silverman (Israel), May 3, 2011 at 14:51

How Israel Should Deal with PA's Intention to Declare a State

by Hillel Fendel

Danny Dayan, Chairman of the Yesha Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria:
The first and primary thing that the government of Israel must do, even without taking the Palestinians' intentions into account, is to declare clearly our claim to ownership and sovereignty over all of Judea and Samaria. While the Palestinians claim this area with lies and distortions, we must present the People of Israel's unshakeable claim to its homeland and its intention to actualize this right. But if the Arabs talk about national rights and Israel demands only security, the game is lost from the beginning.

Of late, the government of Israel has been broadcasting signs of panic in light of the PA's intentions. Expressions such as a 'diplomatic tsunami' that await us [as Defense Minister Ehud Barak said – ed.], simply increase our enemies' motivation… causing self-fulfilling prophecies. This vicious cycle must be stopped immediately.

How? By making a 180-degree turn in policy: No more promises for concessions and gestures if they drop their unilateral approach, but rather a clear and direct threat that their unilateral steps will be met by some unilateral steps of our own. But not merely declaratory unilateral steps, like the one they are planning, but some very practical ones – such as our annexation, with all that that entails, of all or parts of Judea and Samaria… We have many tools at our disposal… and we must be less restrained in using them."

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