John R. Houk
© May 23, 2017 (Updated 7/7/17)
About a month ago I found an interesting PragerU video at
the G+ Community Islam contribution to America about Israel’s constant offers to give up land for an
Arab state to be called Palestine and the Palestinian terrorists constant
rejection of the Israeli offers. The owner of the community Roland Oliva posted
the video on 4/27/17.
The enumeration of the Arabs
that call themselves Palestinians constant rejection is well presented on the
video. David Brog is the video speaker. His conclusion for Israeli/Arab peace
is to accept the existence of the Jewish State of Israel in a Two-State
Solution format.
I know it is a bit extreme
and politically incorrect, but I have no doubt that a Two-State Solution is an unworkable path. Why? The Multiculturalist believing world will continue to
expect Israel to supply the infrastructure operations (electricity, water,
etc.) while the fake Palestinian people will continue to find ways to destroy
Israel. Hamas controlled Gaza (aka Hamastan) is enough evidence of the
parameters of a Two-State Solution.
Rather the defensible
survival of the Jewish nation is a One-State Solution with Israel annexing most
of Judea and Samaria (known as the West Bank to Multiculturalists and Jew-hating
Arabs) and Gaza. Push the Jew-hating Arabs out of the annexed areas. Offer
Jordan a small portion of Judea and Samaria next to the Jordanian border. Let
Jordan deal with the volatile Arabs that call themselves Palestinians in any
way the best suits the maintenance of their government. Then let the chips fall
where they may.
As a side note, the Hashemite
Monarchy of Jordan had to expel Arabs that call themselves Palestinians because
old Yasser Arafat tried to dethrone the
Monarchy and claim Jordan for himself to launch future attacks
against Israel. The Jordanians won that civil war and expelled Arafat and his
military cadres. Arabs that consider themselves Palestinians still make up a
large chunk of the Jordanian population. These pseudo-Palestinians do not have full
citizenship benefits in Jordan undoubtedly due to Arafat’s attempt
to root out the Hashemite Monarchy.
Here's the PragerU video but
there is more to peace than for Arabs to recognize the existence of a Jewish
State.
Posted
by PragerU
Published
on Mar 27, 2017
Why
don't the Palestinians have their own country? Is it the fault of Israel? Of
the Palestinians? Of both parties? David Brog, Executive Director of the
Maccabee Task Force, shares the surprising answers.
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Script:
If Israel just allowed the Palestinians to have a state of their own, there would be peace in the Middle East, right? That’s what you hear from UN ambassadors, European diplomats and most college professors.
But what if I told you that Israel has already offered the Palestinians a state of their own - and not just once, but on five separate occasions?
Don’t believe me?
Let’s review the record.
After the breakup of the Ottoman Empire following World War I, Britain took control of most of the Middle East, including the area that constitutes modern Israel.
Seventeen years later, in 1936, the Arabs rebelled against the British, and against their Jewish neighbors.
The British formed a task force – the Peel Commission – to study the cause of the rebellion. The commission concluded that the reason for the violence was that two peoples – Jews and Arabs – wanted to govern the same land.
The answer, the Peel Commission concluded, would be to create two independent states – one for the Jews, and one for the Arabs. A two-state solution. The suggested split was heavily in favor of the Arabs. The British offered them 80 percent of the disputed territory; the Jews, the remaining 20 percent. Yet, despite the tiny size of their proposed state, the Jews voted to accept this offer. But the Arabs rejected it and resumed their violent rebellion. Rejection number one.
Ten years later, in 1947, the British asked the United Nations to find a new solution to the continuing tensions. Like the Peel Commission, the UN decided that the best way to resolve the conflict was to divide the land.
On November 7, 1947, the UN voted to create two states. Again, the Jews accepted the offer. And again, the Arabs rejected it, only this time, they did so by launching an all-out war. Rejection number two.
Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria joined the conflict. But they failed. Israel won the war, and got on with the business of building a new nation. Most of the land set aside by the UN for an Arab state – the West Bank and east Jerusalem – became occupied territory; occupied not by Israel, but by Jordan.
Twenty years later, in 1967, the Arabs, led this time by Egypt and joined by Syria and Jordan, once again sought to destroy the Jewish State.
The 1967 conflict, known as the Six Day War, ended in a stunning victory for Israel. Jerusalem and the West Bank, as well as the area known as the Gaza Strip, fell into Israel’s hands. The government split over what to do with this new territory. Half wanted to return the West Bank to Jordan and Gaza to Egypt in exchange for peace. The other half wanted to give it to the region’s Arabs, who had begun referring to themselves as the Palestinians, in the hope that they would ultimately build their own state there.
Neither initiative got very far. A few months later, the Arab League met in Sudan and issued its infamous “Three No’s:” No peace with Israel. No recognition of Israel. No negotiations with Israel. Again, a two-state solution was dismissed by the Arabs, making this rejection number three.
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Script:
If Israel just allowed the Palestinians to have a state of their own, there would be peace in the Middle East, right? That’s what you hear from UN ambassadors, European diplomats and most college professors.
But what if I told you that Israel has already offered the Palestinians a state of their own - and not just once, but on five separate occasions?
Don’t believe me?
Let’s review the record.
After the breakup of the Ottoman Empire following World War I, Britain took control of most of the Middle East, including the area that constitutes modern Israel.
Seventeen years later, in 1936, the Arabs rebelled against the British, and against their Jewish neighbors.
The British formed a task force – the Peel Commission – to study the cause of the rebellion. The commission concluded that the reason for the violence was that two peoples – Jews and Arabs – wanted to govern the same land.
The answer, the Peel Commission concluded, would be to create two independent states – one for the Jews, and one for the Arabs. A two-state solution. The suggested split was heavily in favor of the Arabs. The British offered them 80 percent of the disputed territory; the Jews, the remaining 20 percent. Yet, despite the tiny size of their proposed state, the Jews voted to accept this offer. But the Arabs rejected it and resumed their violent rebellion. Rejection number one.
Ten years later, in 1947, the British asked the United Nations to find a new solution to the continuing tensions. Like the Peel Commission, the UN decided that the best way to resolve the conflict was to divide the land.
On November 7, 1947, the UN voted to create two states. Again, the Jews accepted the offer. And again, the Arabs rejected it, only this time, they did so by launching an all-out war. Rejection number two.
Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria joined the conflict. But they failed. Israel won the war, and got on with the business of building a new nation. Most of the land set aside by the UN for an Arab state – the West Bank and east Jerusalem – became occupied territory; occupied not by Israel, but by Jordan.
Twenty years later, in 1967, the Arabs, led this time by Egypt and joined by Syria and Jordan, once again sought to destroy the Jewish State.
The 1967 conflict, known as the Six Day War, ended in a stunning victory for Israel. Jerusalem and the West Bank, as well as the area known as the Gaza Strip, fell into Israel’s hands. The government split over what to do with this new territory. Half wanted to return the West Bank to Jordan and Gaza to Egypt in exchange for peace. The other half wanted to give it to the region’s Arabs, who had begun referring to themselves as the Palestinians, in the hope that they would ultimately build their own state there.
Neither initiative got very far. A few months later, the Arab League met in Sudan and issued its infamous “Three No’s:” No peace with Israel. No recognition of Israel. No negotiations with Israel. Again, a two-state solution was dismissed by the Arabs, making this rejection number three.
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JRH 5/23/17
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