The One Jewish State Solution

The One Jewish State Solution



In light of the events currently happening in the Middle East, the two state solution has lost its justification. I am in favor of Palestinians having rights. But I am also in favor of Jews, my own people, having rights as well. If the West Bank of the Jordan River becomes a state, all Jews will be excluded from the area. They will have no rights, as they have no rights, or much reduced rights and security, in the adjoining Arab lands. If on the other hand, Israel were to annex the West Bank, the Arabs would retain most, if not all, of their rights. So here we are balancing no rights for Jews against some or complete rights for Arabs. As a Jew, I most support the Jewish claim. As a liberal person who must balance the benefits and disadvantages of the two groups, I must also support the Jewish claim. As a believer in democracy and equality for all and who prefers English common law to Sharia law, I must also support the Jewish claim.



Now let us realistic look at the probable nature and result of a Palestinian state on the West Bank of the Jordan. (There is already a mostly Palestinian state of the east side of the Jordan River.). The disappointing results of the Arab Spring would probably also come to Palestine. Islamism and sharia law would probably dominate, bringing poverty to the Palestinians and perhaps terrorism to the rest of the world. Since one of the major objectives of the PLO remains to destroy Israel, and since their media continues to demonize Israel, it is likely that a serious war will occur. If Israel knows it will lose, it will use its nuclear weapons to defend itself. So in my opinion, a Palestinian state, other than Jordan, will probably bring war to the Middle East and perhaps to the rest of the world.



The other question is whether Jewish culture and religion have anything to offer the world. If the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) comes under Israeli rule, Arab and Muslim culture will not be lost. If Israel is defeated and their population killed or expelled, Judaism and Jewish culture may be lost and Jews may again become the most persecuted people in the world. If you believe that Judaism and its people have something to offer, than Israel must be protected. If not, then of course it is not worth fighting for.



In summary, I support the annexation of Judea and Samaria by Israel in order to preserve an important culture, (the same way we protect animals from extinction), as a measure of fairness between two competing groups, and as a method to avoid a potentially catastrophic war.

The One Jewish state solution

Thhis is an unpublished letter in response to an op-ed in the National Post. Ambassador Said Hamad’s op-ed, like many of the writings of his fellow travelers, both Jewish and non-Jewish, is well written but his argument is based
on both wrong facts and gross omissions of information. Despite the repetition of theories and desires based on historically incorrect information, the truth remains and must be repeated clearly in order to understand the problems of Israel and its supposed expansionism.

Israel is not an occupier of Palestinian territory. The West Bank or Judea and Samaria was illegally annexed by Jordan in 1950 and then won in a defensive war from Jordan in 1967. It never was “Palestinian territory” because Palestine is not now nor has it ever been a recognized state. For the last 1000 years Jews and Arabs have lived peacefully together in Jerusalem, Hebron, and the other smaller cities. The area was ruled by Turkey. Most of the land was owned by landowners who lived in Syria or Turkey. Until the arrival of substantial numbers of Jews in 1900, it was a very poor, unpopulated, desolate, mostly ignored area of the world. Then, when Jews began to immigrate there in larger numbers, the situation and the attitudes changed. Arabs also began to immigrate in large numbers because jobs opened up with Jewish immigration. After the first world war when the whole middle east was taken from the Turks and arbitrarily divided into countries, the area called Palestine was assigned to be a homeland for Jews. Pursuant to the San Remo Agreement of 1920, Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) became, under international law, Jewish lands with the Arabs who live there entitled to no political rights. Arabs have no rights under the 4th Geneva Convention because Judea and Samaria are Jewish lands and you can’t occupy your own land. In addition the 4th Geneva Convention applies to occupied lands of different states and Palestine has never been a recognized state. Lastly, although the Canadian government has not changed the Foreign Affairs Department website, the information there is obviously outdated since our Conservative government changed Liberal “neutral” policy. Canada is no longer neutral and a follower of the U.N. majority. It is a strong independent force for good in many areas, including the Middle East
Now I suggest the following omissions. The Israeli government has not claimed Judea and Samaria, not because it was not theirs, but because they didn’t have the population to fill the land. Ambassador Hamad knows full well that a right of return of thousands of “refugees” would swamp Israel and destroy it as a Jewish homeland. He also knows that the Constitution of Fatah, the government of the West Bank contains statements that their
prime objective is to destroy Israel. The same statements are in Hamas’ constitution. Lastly, as everyone knows, since Israel left Gaza and it has been entirely controlled by Arabs, Gaza has been a continuous source of violence and aggression against Israel. A peaceful solution, other than peace by destroying Israel, therefore will not come fromgranting a right of return, nor from Israel leaving Judea and Samaria. As Arab objectives are not to form a peaceful country but to destroy Israel through war, land grants, or terrorism, peace will not come soon to the Middle East.