by Dr. Reuven Berko
The Palestinians speak
of peace but their intentions are sinister. Their unwillingness to
recognize Israel as a Jewish state, abandon their demand for "return" or
end their incitement in the media, mosques and schools makes this
abundantly clear. They continue idealizing terrorists and "shahids"
(martyrs). The national narrative repeatedly voiced by the leaders of
the Palestinian "nation" and its multitude of factions in the media,
their literature and music is the promise to all generations of
Palestinians -- in the West Bank, abroad, and Arab-Israelis, to whom
they refer as "the inside Palestinians" -- to liberate all of
"Palestine."
Those with knowledge of
the inner Palestinian dialogue know there is bad blood between Hamas in
the Gaza Strip and Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction in the West Bank.
Division and mutual hatred characterize the relationships between Hamas,
Islamic Jihad, the Salafis and the other rejectionist groups -- among
one other and toward the Palestinian Authority, which, as of now, rules
the West Bank.
The lines of domestic
division that characterize the Palestinian people, currently in the
midst of contrasting processes of unification and collapse, stem from
their conflicting origins (rural, urban, tribal) and the nefarious,
manipulative agendas set forth by the various leaders of Arab and Muslim
states, which fund Palestinian terrorism. These fault lines separate
Palestinians in the territories from their brethren in the diaspora.
This broken and scattered puzzle is rife with power struggles,
corruption and greed, all wrapped in murderous Islamist fantasies about
an Islamic caliphate originating in "Palestine."
While the Palestinians
are divided in their hostility toward each other, and while most
consider Abbas an illegitimate figure, they are, incidentally, unified
in their desire to destroy Israel. The sad part of this story is the
naivete of many Israelis, who yearn to sign a peace deal that no one
among the Palestinians, including those who sign it, intends to or will
be able to honor. Many Israelis ignore the Palestinian doctrine of
phases, structured upon the continuation of armed struggle for the
liberation of all lands from Zionist hands and rejecting a resolution of
the conflict.
Despite the secrecy of
the negotiations with the Palestinians and U.S. Secretary of State John
Kerry's optimistic trial balloons, there are also those who understand
this complex situation. Apparently, to our great remorse, these talks
over an arrangement with the Palestinians are not a prep course for
impending peace, rather an expression of the need to prepare for the
strategic dilemma of choosing "the lesser evil" -- a foreseeable
repetition of our deadly history. The core of the dilemma is whether to
squash the dream of liberation, return and inevitable Palestinian
terrorism by adding the West Bank Palestinians to Israel, or disengaging
from them.
Adding them is
possible, but then the nations of the world will rise and scream
"apartheid." Others will point to the demographic threat to our
democracy and a Jewish Israel -- a disaster scenario by all accounts.
The other option, currently being formulated by the Americans, is the
establishment of a revisionist Palestinian state alongside Israel. This
will lead, among other things, to weapons smuggling from Jordan to the
West Bank, shooting at Tel Aviv -- in short, also a disaster.
How do we know this
will happen? Firstly, this is what happened after the Gaza
disengagement, only this time armed Palestinian and Islamist terrorist
organizations from across the globe will infiltrate the West Bank
through Jordan and deploy along Israel's narrow length. We will also
have to block the flood of people arriving in the West Bank from the
Palestinian diaspora, as a stopping station before the liberation of
Palestine. Secondly, the fact that the Palestinians vehemently oppose
Israeli oversight at the border crossings with Jordan testifies to their
intention of smuggling arms across the Jordan River to use against us.
At the very least, they prefer for an international force to provide
Israel's security, knowing that these troops run for their lives at the
moment of truth or are more likely to butt heads with an Israeli army
trying to fight terrorism.
At a time when fragile Arab
states are disintegrating along tribal lines, the countries of the world
insist on creating a belligerent and ill-willed Palestinian state next
to Israel, which denounces its existence and strives to drown it
underneath the waves of returning Palestinian refugees. These are the
same countries that reached an agreement with Iran without requiring it
to rescind its declared goal of destroying Israel.
Dr. Reuven Berko
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=6609
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