Netanyahu's peace plan –Caroline Glick
Hamas and Fatah members and supporters are firmly united in their desire to see Israel destroyed. This was made clear on Thursday morning when a Fatah policeman in Kalkilya used his US-provided rifle to open fire on IDF soldiers engaged in a counter-terror operation in the city.
By making the achievement of the unachievable goal of making peace…the centerpiece of his Middle East agenda, Obama is cast[ing] Israel as the region's villain.
This aim is reflected in the administration's intensifying pressure on Israel to destroy Israeli communities in [the West Bank]. In portraying Jews who live in mobile homes on barren hilltops in Judea and Samaria - rather than Iranian mullahs who test ballistic missile while enriching uranium and inciting genocide - as the greatest obstacle to peace, the Obama administration not only seeks to deflect attention away from its refusal to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. It also [sets] Israel up as the fall guy who it will blame after Iran emerges as a nuclear power.
Obama's intention [is] to unveil his Middle East peace plan in the course of his speech to the Muslim world in Cairo on June 4. Israeli officials were not consulted about his plan. [I]t is clear that he will be offering something that no Israeli government can accept. [T]he Netanyahu government's best bet is to introduce its own peace plan to mitigate the impact of Obama's plan.
To blunt the impact of Obama's speech in Cairo, Netanyahu should present his peace plan before June 4.
Netanyahu should call for the opening of direct talks between Israel and the Arab League, or between Israel and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, regarding the immediate normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab-Islamic world. Both Obama and Jordan's King Abdullah claim that such normalization is in the offing. Israel should insist that it begin without delay.
This, of course, is necessary for peace to emerge with the Palestinians. As we saw at Camp David in 2000, the only way that Palestinian leaders will feel comfortable making peace with Israel is if the Arab world first demonstrates its acceptance of the Jewish state as a permanent feature on the Middle East's landscape. Claims that such an Israeli demand is a mere tactic to buy time can be easily brushed off. Given Jordanian and American claims that the Arab world is willing to accept Israel, once negotiations begin, this stage could be completed in a matter of months.
The second stage of [a Netanyahu] peace plan would involve Israel and the Arab world agreeing and beginning to implement a joint program for combating terrorism. The final stage of the Israeli peace plan should be the negotiation of a final-status accord with the Palestinians, but only after the Arab world has accepted Israel.
[Jerusalem Post]
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Hamas and Fatah members and supporters are firmly united in their desire to see Israel destroyed. This was made clear on Thursday morning when a Fatah policeman in Kalkilya used his US-provided rifle to open fire on IDF soldiers engaged in a counter-terror operation in the city.
By making the achievement of the unachievable goal of making peace…the centerpiece of his Middle East agenda, Obama is cast[ing] Israel as the region's villain.
This aim is reflected in the administration's intensifying pressure on Israel to destroy Israeli communities in [the West Bank]. In portraying Jews who live in mobile homes on barren hilltops in Judea and Samaria - rather than Iranian mullahs who test ballistic missile while enriching uranium and inciting genocide - as the greatest obstacle to peace, the Obama administration not only seeks to deflect attention away from its refusal to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. It also [sets] Israel up as the fall guy who it will blame after Iran emerges as a nuclear power.
Obama's intention [is] to unveil his Middle East peace plan in the course of his speech to the Muslim world in Cairo on June 4. Israeli officials were not consulted about his plan. [I]t is clear that he will be offering something that no Israeli government can accept. [T]he Netanyahu government's best bet is to introduce its own peace plan to mitigate the impact of Obama's plan.
To blunt the impact of Obama's speech in Cairo, Netanyahu should present his peace plan before June 4.
Netanyahu should call for the opening of direct talks between Israel and the Arab League, or between Israel and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, regarding the immediate normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab-Islamic world. Both Obama and Jordan's King Abdullah claim that such normalization is in the offing. Israel should insist that it begin without delay.
This, of course, is necessary for peace to emerge with the Palestinians. As we saw at Camp David in 2000, the only way that Palestinian leaders will feel comfortable making peace with Israel is if the Arab world first demonstrates its acceptance of the Jewish state as a permanent feature on the Middle East's landscape. Claims that such an Israeli demand is a mere tactic to buy time can be easily brushed off. Given Jordanian and American claims that the Arab world is willing to accept Israel, once negotiations begin, this stage could be completed in a matter of months.
The second stage of [a Netanyahu] peace plan would involve Israel and the Arab world agreeing and beginning to implement a joint program for combating terrorism. The final stage of the Israeli peace plan should be the negotiation of a final-status accord with the Palestinians, but only after the Arab world has accepted Israel.
[Jerusalem Post]
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