"Even I get weary listening to myself babbling the same thing all the time; i.e., The continued support for 40 years for the illegal transfer of Jewish Israelis into settlements in the West Bank and their expansion is THE obstacle to a viable two state solution. The Government of Israel’s continued refusal to comply with an agreement that it would even freeze the expansion is evidence that it has NO plan to agree to dismantle settlements. Based on the “facts on the ground” today, there no just peace just “pieces’ of land for the Palestinians, a situation that, hopefully, no one, no government, no world opinion would recognize as anything other than a permanent apartheid.Therefore, isn't it the Government of Israel who is forging ahead on a determined plan that has only one realistic option – a one state solution.
The rhetoric of extremists, huh?
“Give peace a chance”
Give me a break!!"
More from Jeff Halper
In an op-ed in the Jerusalem Post Jeff Halper takes note of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s words at the Saban Forum in the presence of Condoleezza Rice and Tony Blair which he says sounded promising, even stirring.
"Annapolis is a landmark on the path to negotiations and of the genuine effort to achieve the realization of the vision of two nations: the State of Israel - the nation of the Jewish people; and the Palestinian state - the nation of the Palestinian people."He then asks
"SO WHAT is the problem? The missing piece, the crucial document that subverts any viable two-state solution, a factor in Israel's strategic considerations mentioned by Olmert as an aside only a few days ago, is Bush's letter of April, 2004, to then-prime minister Ariel Sharon. This little-noticed document fundamentally changed the parameters of what is to be discussed in any "peace process" and what Israel's obligations are under the road map. It is considered by the Israeli government as perhaps the most crucial element in its effort to retain the major settlement blocs and in that way foreclosing the possibility of a viable Palestinian state. The essence of the Bush letter, which was subsequently ratified by the House of Representatives by a vote of 407-9 and by the Senate by 95-1, is the following passage: "In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli populations centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949."
"In one seemingly innocuous sentence, President Bush fatally but knowingly undermined UN Resolution 242, the very basis of the two-state solution since 1967 and of his own road map initiative, by nullifying the requirement that Israel return to the Green Line (with agreed-upon adjustments) so that a viable Palestinian state might emerge."
Fortunately, this op-ed appeared in the Jerusalem Post and we know that while these issues are rarely discussed openly in the United States, In Israel there is thoughtful almost Talmudic conversations on all controversial topics. Here are a few of the comments in the Talkback section after this op-ed:
I volunteer to spit the author at the eye.And my favorite as a commentator on Judaism and Israel
As is written: Your haters and distroyers will come from your ranks
The author is a disingenious morally and logically bankrupt nonentity.
The writer is an ignoramus he is also full of crap
There is one in every family This one doesn't live in the attick but writes editorials
As usual, Halper is totally wrong about everything he says
Ignorant and deeply disturbed Jews again and again haunt and damage us. It is so patently evident and obvious that a person who matures without a solid foundation of Torah and Jewish history becomes, wittingly or unwittingly, an ally of our enemies. The saddest part is that people like this jerk actually think they are acting from a humanistic and moral perspective and are doing the right thing.
Repeating the words of the Consul General:
“They understand that the one-state solution is rhetoric used by extremists on
both sides who seek to dominate the other and do not accept the right to
self-determination.”
And the words of President of the United States
George W. Bush"In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli populations centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949."
Again - The words of the Government of Israel are words of peace but its actions do not promote a just peace and neither do those of the Government of the United States.
The rhetoric of extremists?
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