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darkAI
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darkAI asked in TravelAfrica & Middle EastIsrael · 1 decade ago

When will the Palestinians accept Israel's request of establishing a Palestinian state?

Throughout the years, Palestinians rejected the establishment of a Palestinian state time and time again since it means they'd have to sign peace with Israel. The peak of this process was in Camp david 2000 summit when Palestinians were offered the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem and rejected it since it meant they can't attack Israel anymore.

Today Netanyahu, known for his right-wing policies stated that if the world can guarantee the security of Israel and Palestinians accept Israel as a Jewish state - Israel will accept to establish a Palestinian independent state.

Simple demand - Recognize Israel as a Jewish state and disarm[Not that there's anything to disarm them from - Since like so many claim - Palestinian only have "stones and fireworks", right?] and you can get an independent state.

The Palestinians responded as usually - "We will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state". Even if it means the establishment of a Palestinian state. The responses of Hamas and Islamic Jihad were worse.

When will the Palestinians leaders start caring about the civilians on both sides and accept Israel's attempts to establish a Palestinian state?

Update:

@MrNeutral - Israel has respected every agreement signed with its neighbours, why would this be any different? People are simply lacking knowledge as far as history is concerned. Sinai peninsula had settlements built on it following the 1967 war. As Egypt agreed to sign a peace agreement, all settlements were removed and Israel never entered the territory without permission again. This is the same situation. Israel would never break a peace agreement, not to mention it would be an invasion into a foreign country. Also - What's the point of removing dozens of settlements and investing billions of dollars into the process only to have the problems start all over again once they are over?

Update 2:

The arguments you[top answerers] are making are void and you know it. Israel supposedly "occupies" Judea and Samaria - So what's the point of returning it and then re-occupying it while breaching a peace agreement in the process, something that would put the entire world against Israel? It's not only stupid but it's a completely illogical. Giving back occupied land to take it back again and go back to the same conditions? Give me a break. Israel has never attacked another force or country without being attacked first. Directly or indirectly and there's no reason Israel would do so now. Feel free to prove me wrong by showing me ONE example of Israel attacking first without any provocation, but simply for "land-grabbing" as you call it.

Update 3:

soylent green - How would it be an open-air prison? It would be a sovereign state as any other as far as freedom goes - They can go anywhere and do anything that is not militaristic in nature.

And LuLu - You can talk about pre-emptive strikes until the end of days but in the bottom line - You still can't provide even ONE example of Israel attacking first. That says it all.

Update 4:

LuLu - There were several wars with Egypt and Syria. The Yom Kippur war is well-known to have been a surprise attack on Israel by Syria and Egypt.

As for 1967 war or the six day war, first of all, lets take Nasser's speech a couple of weeks before the war:

"The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel ... to face the challenge, while standing behind us are the armies of Iraq, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan and the whole Arab nation. This act will astound the world. Today they will know that the Arabs are arranged for battle, the critical hour has arrived. We have reached the stage of serious action and not of more declarations."

If that doesn't convince that the Arabs are responsible - Lets go to international law. Egypt and Saudi Arabia blockaded the straits of Tiran, thus blockading Israel's south port. Blocking a port is a recognized "act of war" and gives the other country the right to DEFEND, as blocking a port is an act of "attack".

Update 5:

soylent green - Netanyahu said nothing about closed borders. But you are right - He is preparing plans for a prison. Establishing a Palestinian state would result in Israel becoming a 15 km wide country, nothing more than a prison.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    It will be done but not under the nazi rule.

    If I were a Palestinian guy, I would like to have the mightiest Army force prepped at my disposal.

    Locked and Loaded 24/7/.

    Only that way I could kick out of Palestine the bad guys.

    I would not worry tho, since these bad guys are used to get their butts kicked out of each and every galaxy they tried to set their little feet on.

    From the East to the West.

    The Machine

    EDIT--- Is the name "Netanyahu" for real?

    I mean what kind of a name is that?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Wow, what an absolutely ridiculous piece of fiction you got going there.

    That was not the terms, and you know it.

    The terms were

    1- The Palestinian state would not be allowed a military

    2- they wouldn't have control over their own air space, and Israel can feel free to fly over it with whatever they wish.

    3- No right of return for Palestinian refugees

    4- If Palestine signed any treaties with countries Israel deemed as their enemies, this would be considered an act of war

    no mention was made of whether or not Israel would continue to divert the natural resources from Palestine into Israel, I am guessing they probably would. Also, according to the last 'offer' of a state, Israel would not allow Palestine control of their own trade borders, I am assuming that will not change either.

    Also, lets not lie, Netanyahu doesn't and never has wanted a two state solution, hence this really rubbish 'offer;' that anyone would be mad to accept. It was designed for failure. Lucky for us, the world isn't stupid, and they will see this for what it is. Only the ignorant and biased will consider this a legitimate 'offer'.

    Ask yourself this, had this been the offer for Israel to start a state, would they have accepted it? I think not!

    -------I'm sorry Al. but I think you are delusional. Israel loves their pre-emptive strikes, they do it all the time. I would call that attacking first.

    ------to the person below me, excuse me, Palestinians are very hard workers. They are also among the highest educated Arabs. You know, the Nazis used to say that the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto were shiftless and lazy, but their businesses were taken away, the Poles were not allowed to employ them, then when they were used as forced labour when they were starving, they said they were layabouts because they were too weak to work. You sound just like them. The Palestinians homes and businesses are bulldozed, they were bombed to smithereens, and have no where to live, let alone work. The people of the West bank have lost homes and jobs and farms to the other side of the wall, when Israel annexed even more land. You are being purposely obtuse, and insulting.

    ------How about Egypt and Syria? Both pre-emptive. You can make all the excuses you like, but Israel still attacked first. Would you accept it if someone attacked Israel because they have Nuclear weapons, and they had reason to believe Israel would attack them first? No, you wouldn't. Israel took the opportunity to strike Egypt because many Egyptian troops were engaged in Yemen at the time. If you want to argue about the troops at the border, they were there as a precaution. Either way you look at it, Israel struck first.

    @ Sabrina Exactly! you unwittingly hit the nail on the head! Thanks mate!

    By the way, this is what she said, in case she decides to change it: 'What? Since when does Israel want a Palestinian state?' And she speaks the truth believe it or not lol

  • 1 decade ago

    Well, I think the West Bank settlements are counterproductive and should be abandoned. That might seem to be contradicted by the experience in Gaza. Withdraw settlements, Hamas takes advantage. Yes, that is what they try to do. Of course it's take advantage, get hit back. Both sides claim to have a right to more of the other. I think we should set the U.N.'s 1949 decision as being the answer to how to balance these claims. Making Palestine a fully independent country works both ways. It gives Palestinians the opportunity to make it the nicest, most prosperous, peaceful country they can build. It gives Palestine collective responsibility for breaches of the peace and the opportunity to have it turned back to squalor if they choose that.

    That's how I think it should work. I don't think it will happen soon.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The Palestinian leaders are caring about the people, by refusing to accept Israels' terms. Do you know what kind of problems would occur, with a Palestinian state, that has no means of defense, next to the biggest threat in the Middle East. What right does Israel even have, to decide that the Palestinians can't be armed? It's not a simple demand, asking the Palestinians to recognize the occupier and then hand over all weapons. The Palestinians will accept Israels' "request" when Israel stops making stupid demands.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Netanyahu's idea of a "Palestinian Independent State" amounts to little more than an open-air prison. Are you so naive to think otherwise? Or is this just more cynical propaganda? Are you in fact a Political Science Major?

    Anyway, "46 Days to Hols" gave a fantastic answer - she described Israel to a tee.

    EDIT: In answer to your question. The right to self-defense, the freedom to associate with whomever they want - these are fundamental rights for a sovereign state. Free to go wherever they want? Netanyahu's position has been that Israel will retain control of all land borders. In maintaining a de-militarized Palestine strict border controls would need to be in place - what kind of sovereign nation can't even control it's own borders? The "no closed airspace" clause also implied control of all electronic communications (this has always been Netanyahu's position - check it out if you don't believe me). Netanyahu is laying out the groundwork for a prison yard, not a nation.

    "He said nothing about closed borders" - ask yourself how the objectives he set out could be achieved without closed borders? Read what he said before the election - he specifically said Israel would retain control of the borders.

  • 1 decade ago

    Your facts are incorrect.

    "The peak of this process was in Camp david 2000 summit when Palestinians were offered the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem and rejected it"

    No. The Israelis did not agree to hand over any of east Jerusalem. Barak's position was to make "Jerusalem wider and stronger than at any time in any previous time in the history of the city".

    He also spoke of 'annexing to Jerusalem cities within the West Bank beyond the '67 border, like Maale Adumin and Givat Ze'ev and Gush Etzion' so not all the West Bank was being offered.

    Please justify your claims.

    Source(s): Q: Mr. Prime Minister, President Clinton praised you for taking bold steps. At the same time, you have said that Chairman Arafat was not ready for the historic decision. Could you enlighten us on what were those bold steps that you were ready to make, particularly in Jerusalem? PM BARAK: We have considered, and some ideas were raised, that in order to make Jerusalem wider and stronger than at any time, in any previous time in the history of the city, we should consider annexing to Jerusalem cities within the West Bank beyond the '67 border, like Maale Adumin and Givat Ze'ev and Gush Etzion, and in exchange for this to give to the Palestinians the sovereignty over certain villages or small cities that had been annexed to Jerusalem just after '67. These ideas were raised, they were contemplated. But as the whole summit was run under the rules of "Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed," even those ideas are now null and void. http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Speeches%20by...
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Jordan was created from 80odd% of the pre WW1 palestine. If that is not a Palestinian state, I don't know what is

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Priminister Netanyahu requires the Palestinians to disarm, does not want to quit occupation of Arab East Jerusalem, wishes to keep border definitions open,wants to continue electronic surveillance, refuses the Palestinian's "RIGHT to return, and, does NOT want to stop expansion of Jewish ONLY settlements-basically empty words-he is saying disarm the Palestinians, the Jewish settlers can expand at will, even with deadly force, leaving the Palestinians DEFENSELESS against murderous Jewish expansion.

    I guarantee you if the Israelies were doing to the US what they are doing to the Palestinians, the US would shoot something many times STRONGER than homemade missles and Israel would NOT be murdering Americans, and, stealing our land.

    BOTTOMLINE: Israel needs to withdraw TOTALLY from the West Bank and Gaza strips and to recognize the Palestinians.

    Whether the Hamas have in their charter to recognize Israel or not, plain fact is, it is the Israelies, whose actions speak louder than words-eliminate Palestinians, steal their land. Every major Arab-Israeli conflict starting with Israel's formation was STARTED by the Jews and/or Israel, including some covert operations-suez canal. Following the overthrow of King Farouk of Egypt by the free officers headed by Naguib and Nasser, Egypt made some moves toward peace with Israel. In 1954, an Israeli spy ring was caught trying to blow up the US Information agency and other foreign institutions in Egypt. The goal was to create tension between the US and Egypt and prevent rapprochement. In Israel, both Defense Minister Pinhas Lavon and Prime Minister David Ben Gurion disclaimed responsibility for the action, and blamed each other. This incident came to be known variously as "the Lavon affair" and "the shameful business." The 6-day War was started by Israel-they like to call it a PREEMPTIVE strike to justify it.

    Let the Jewish leaders speak for themselves-Jewish leaders, take the floor:

    "The thesis that the danger of genocide was hanging over us in June 1967 and that Israel was fighting for its physical existence is only bluff, which was born and developed after the war." Israeli General Matityahu Peled, Ha'aretz, 19 March 1972.

    David Ben Gurion (the first Israeli Prime Minister): "If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true God promised it to us, but how could that interest them? Our God is not theirs. There has been Anti - Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault ? They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?" Quoted by Nahum Goldmann in Le Paraddoxe Juif (The Jewish Paradox), pp121.

    "We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population." Israel Koenig, "The Koenig Memorandum"

    "Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist. Not only do the books not exist, the Arab villages are not there either. Nahlal arose in the place of Mahlul; Kibbutz Gvat in the place of Jibta; Kibbutz Sarid in the place of Huneifis; and Kefar Yehushua in the place of Tal al-Shuman. There is not a single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population." Moshe Dayan, address to the Technion, Haifa, reported in Haaretz, April 4, 1969.

    "It is the duty of Israeli leaders to explain to public opinion, clearly and courageously, a certain number of facts that are forgotten with time. The first of these is that there is no Zionism, colonialization or Jewish State without the eviction of the Arabs and the expropriation of their lands." Yoram Bar Porath, Yediot Aahronot, of 14 July 1972.

    "Spirit the penniless population across the frontier by denying it employment... Both the process of expropriation and the removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and circumspectly." Theodore Herzl, founder of the World Zionist Organization, speaking of the Arabs of Palestine, Complete Diaries, June 12, 1895 entry.

    "The Palestinians" would be crushed like grasshoppers ... heads smashed against the boulders and walls." " Israeli Prime Minister (at the time) in a speech to Jewish settlers New York Times April 1, 1988

    ISRAELIE BRUTALITY(WARNING: Some scenes VERY graphic):

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/10659472@N02/

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    In order for the state to be Palestinian it would have to be controlled by Palestinians and of course that offer has not yet been put on the table. Under no terms will Palestinians submit to Israeli rule, they have faught way to long and hard to accept anything less than justice.

  • 1 decade ago

    They would be total fools to disarm. Just look at what happened to Iraq. Iran and North Korea have the right idea for their survival. Palestinians are not stoopid. If they disarm, faster than you say "Caterpillar" Israeli settlements will pop up everywhere and Palestinians will again be forced to find places to live.

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