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Yuval Zaliouk is an orchestra conductor with extensive experience in Israel, Europe and the United States.
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By Yuval Zaliouk
January 7, 2005
Yuval, what is the alternative to negotiating peace? What solution other than the status quo do you want to see happen? Selectively quoting extreme views to support your obvious bias would not seem to offer anything of a positive nature. Do you really believe you have a lock on the "truth"?
Harry.
Dear Harry,
Thank you for your note.
The worst attitude to any plan or project, whether in business or in politics, is "there is no other way" or "this will not work."
Israel's policies should not be based on what others say (even if the others include the President of USA). Israel should identify its ultimate best possible goals and then do all it can to achieve them.
Based on this indisputable premise, here is what I thnk would be best for Israel. There should not be any disagreement about it, if it could be achieved, even from the far left:
Judea and Samaria will become part of Israel, free of most its Arab population. I do not of course advocate forceful removal of Arabs. Suppose that the Arabs will decide to vacate out of free will, surely, every Israeli would agree that this is the ideal situation.
Having stated the ideal, the question is how to achieve it. This is what our government must plan and achieve. A few ideas:
1) Use the world's financial resources to resettle Arabs elsewhere (this option is included in UN Resolution 194). How many attempts were made to offer $100,000 per Arab family that wishes to leave? They do it to Jews in Gaza, why not the Arabs in J&S?
2) Absolutely regard Jordan as the already existing Palestinian state on 77% of the British Mandate territory. Why do the Arab-Palestinians deserve two states?
3) While Arabs are resettled elsewhere, increase the Jewish population in Judea and Samaria. Israel is getting too small for 6 million Jews. Many will agree to move to nice locations in J&S.
4) A relaxation of our rabbinical conversion laws, will bring about from the entire world many people from mixed marriages. This, with proper incentives, will also help save many souls, particularly from USA, Europe and Russia, and bring them over to join us. Others who wish to convert and join us could also be considered. They also could live in J&S and counter demographically the remaining Arabs.
These are some ideas. I am sure we can find more, after all, we, Jews, are supposed to be very creative.
In my opinion, what is absolutely sure is that J&S cannot accommodate another viable independent state with another part detached in Gaza. This will put Israel in a pincer between two parts of deadly enemy non viable state. There will be constant pressure from the Arabs to explode into Israel. Think pressure cooker!
If our leaders took the stance of "over our dead body" there will not be a second Palestinian state, the world will eventually come around. Effective hasbara must go with it. So far we only proved that we are willing to escape with the tail between our legs. No other country with lucid leadership would ever agree to such calamitous move.
Best wishes,
Yuval.
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