Elder of Ziyon 11/16 Links Pt2: Democrats, Media Stand On The Graves Of European Jews To Hit Trump; Israel demands Amanpour apologize for comparing Kristallnacht and Trump
To even consider using Kristallnacht in the same sentence as Donald Trump, let alone in an attempt to compare Trump to the Nazi Party, is to stand on the ashes of European Jewry. Hitler and the Nazi Party openly acted upon their expressed desire to eradicate the Jewish people. Given that the Trump administration has yet to discriminate against Jews in any manner, when Amanpour said "after four years of a modern-day assault on those same values," what exactly does she mean?
Donald Trump and the Republican Party do not have an official paramilitary wing, and any relevant policies during Trump's first term have been overwhelmingly pro-Jewish and pro-Israel. When it comes to the targeting of Jewish businesses, homes, or places of worship, there are certainly anti-Semites on the radical wings of both sides, but the mainstream implicit endorsement of such actions are unique to one side of the political spectrum, and it's not the political Right.
After all, it was not a Republican who used the same rhetoric of "hypnosis" and "wealth" when condemning the "evil doings" of the Jewish state. It was not a Republican who supported the boycott of Jewish businesses. It was not a Republican who endorsed a one-state solution which would result in the expulsion or mass murder of millions of Israeli Jews.
So, we must conclude that Amanpour is using one of the darkest moments in Jewish history as a proxy to describe a supposed attack on some unknown set of "values" which Biden and Harris will somehow defend and prevent. For her, the suffering of Jews is a disposable weapon which can be wielded in pursuit of Leftism and the Democratic Party.
It doesn't matter that it is the mainstream Left who are burning books. It doesn't matter that it is the mainstream Left who wish to actively enable nations who have called for the destruction of the Jewish State. And it doesn't matter that it is the mainstream Left who are using the very same language which fueled Kristallnacht and the Holocaust.
Israeli Consul-General in Atlanta Anat Sultan-Dadon wrote a letter to CNN executive vice president Rick Davis, obtained by The Jerusalem Post on the condition that it not be quoted. The letter, sent two days after Amanpour's remarks, explained that the Nazis murdered at least 90 Jews on Kristallnacht. They also arrested over 30,000 Jews and deported them to concentration camps. The night of Kristallnacht was the opening chapter of the Holocaust.
The consul-general expressed outrage at Amanpour's use of the Holocaust for political means, and said it disrespects those who perished. Amanpour's statements set off an immediate backlash on Twitter.
Former Israeli consul-general in New York Danny Dayan tweeted that "the foolish comparison Amanpour made between Kristallnacht and Trump must bring about her immediate dismissal from CNN. There is no immunity for Holocaust deniers."
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany called Amanpour's remarks "despicable," and said the CNN anchor "must apologize for trivializing the Holocaust & the tragic genocide of millions of Jews.
"They must also apologize for slandering the most pro-Israel President in history," she said.
2. Amanpour has thrived because her hatred for the Jewish state is considered "sophisticated" in her little, sick bubble of Western elitists who have spent the past 70 years pretending that anyone could have been Nazis -- especially the Jews. This erases Germany's culpability..3
In about a year, Israel will send its second astronaut into space.
Former fighter pilot Eytan Stibbe will be trained in the United States, Germany and Russia before taking off from Florida in December 2021 for a 200-hour stay on the International Space Station (ISS).
This mission will be the first to the ISS manned entirely by private astronauts. Stibbe is donating his time and all costs of the journey, including expenses related to the experiments to be chosen for him to bring into space designed by Israeli scientists, entrepreneurs and students.
The announcement was made today at the President's Residence in Jerusalem by the Ramon Foundation, the Israel Space Agency and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology.
Ran Livne, CEO of the foundation, will lead the project. He plans on special broadcasts from the space mission for Israeli children, including dozens of demonstrations, experiments and live calls from the ISS with schoolchildren across the country.
Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, died in the explosion of the Space Shuttle Columbia in February 2003. Receiving his pilot wings in 1978, Stibbe flew under Ramon's command in the 117 F-16 squadron.
Ramon's son Tal said that Stibbe "and his family escorted us through the years through everything we went through, the good and the bad, and their family has become our family."
American Jews can help Israel and the entire region by strengthening the Abraham Accord. And please, come visit us.
For the UAE and Israel, the benefits of the accord are straightforward. The two countries have never been in a state of active hostility, so there is none of the baggage that attends other Arab-Israeli interactions. We expect to see substantial mutual gains quickly, in a number of areas, from health care to agritech and tourism.
Once the accord was signed, we started working with our Israeli counterparts to meet the enthusiastic demand by young people to see what life is like "on the other side." There has been a lot of interest on the part of Israeli and Emirati students and academics in studying and teaching in the other country. One initiative that is coming together now is a UAE-Israel Youth Circle, bringing young professionals together in the arts, literature, diplomacy, science, to share ideas and make connections.
Israel and the UAE have so many complementary interests and strengths, that the possibilities for action and innovation really are endless, and exciting. We expect these connections to grow and evolve quickly, in step with the number of people traveling to the other country for business and tourism. This will be made infinitely easier by 28 weekly direct flights between Tel Aviv and Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
We are looking into other ideas, including the construction of platforms for collaborative action, where Arabs and Jews (and others) can meet and share ideas, and start new initiatives and businesses. We want the youth of the entire region to imagine how this widening diplomatic space can open doors for them.
It is essential that the Palestinians see the concrete benefits from the accord. While the task of peacemaking is up to the Israelis and Palestinians, we in the United Arab Emirates will continue to do what we can to support the process. We have seen proposals already from various groups and individuals with ideas about how to bring Israelis and Palestinians closer together through creative logistics solutions, virtual education, and collaborative opportunities for Palestinian and Israeli women in tech, and more.
Last but certainly not least, we believe there is a place for the Jewish and Arab diasporas in this process. These are dynamic populations with world-class skills who care about the future of the region, and have influence in their own countries. We extend a very warm welcome in particular to the American Jewish community and hope more will come to visit us in the United Arab Emirates, which is home to a growing and dynamic Jewish community.
In this day and age, the State of Israel is fighting on multiple battlefronts, none more so important than online.
Whether it be Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram or TikTok, battles of the narrative are being waged, anti-Semitism is spreading, and extremist forces are seeking to undermine efforts towards peace.
In compiling this list, which is by no means exhaustive (or ranked), JNS has sought to include individuals from all walks of life, from around the world, and both Jews and non-Jews alike.
Each of these inspiring leaders has two things in common: He or she is making a real difference, and is a fearless and tireless advocate for the Jewish state.
Dave Collier (@mishtal)Dave Collier is a British investigative journalist who has uncovered a wealth of news-breaking stories on Jeremy Corbyn and anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party, as well as Islamist groups in the United Kingdom.
Michal Cotler-Wunsh (@CotlerWunsh)In the short space of a few months, Michal Cotler-Wunsh, a Knesset member for the Blue and White Party and one of Israel's top international law experts, has become the leading voice in the Knesset making the case for Israel and fighting online anti-Semitism.
Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer)Hillel Neuer of UN Watch is a man who makes tyrants and dictators nervous every time he comes up to the microphone at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, holding the world body to account and fearlessly standing up for the State of Israel, while also championing the oppressed.
Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A)Arsen Ostrovsky is a leading pro-Israel voice online with a regular monthly Twitter reach of more than 8 million users. Earlier this year at the Knesset, he single-handedly took Twitter to task for continuing to give a platform to Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
According to the Arab Opinion Index (2019-2020), published in October, 51% in Jordan and 48% in Lebanon see Israel as the greatest threat to their country, while only 25% in Egypt, 24% in Sudan, and 23% in Kuwait agree.
50% in Iraq, 29% in Saudi Arabia, and 34% in Kuwait see Iran as the greatest threat.
61% in Algeria see France as the greatest threat.
Overall, the number of those who say Israel poses the greatest threat to the Arab countries has fallen from 52% in 2012-13 to 37% in 2019-20.
88% of Arabs disapprove of recognition of Israel by their home countries. Saudi Arabia was the country with the lowest level of disapproval of recognition - 65%, while 6% approved, and 29% did not answer.
A study of 540 Jewish-American respondents after Election Day looked at the role Jewish identity played and asked about "pro-Israel" attitudes. We also looked at which issues played a role in determining how Jewish-Americans voted.
When asked, "Would you consider yourself definitely "pro-Israel"?, a majority had no problem saying "yes" (over 57%), while only 5% said "no." 37% preferred the choice: "The term is too vague for me to give a 'yes' or 'no' answer."
Among Trump voters, 87% said they were definitely "pro-Israel," with 1% saying "no" and 12% saying "the term is too vague." Among Biden voters, 52% said they were definitely "pro-Israel," with 6% saying "no" and 42% saying "the term is too vague."
Fully half of our sample said their Jewish identity did not figure at all into their choice for president. While the other half did say it had an impact, only 13% said it figured a "great deal," and only 8% said it figured "a lot." In this particular election, Israel took a back seat to something else.
When asked which were the "most important" issues in choosing a president, 59% chose "character and trust." When asked about the "second most important issue," respondents chose Covid-19, climate change, the economy, and health care (in that order).
It appears that many Jewish-Americans are increasingly more concerned about the principle and substance of certain issues as related to their personal ideology and party affiliation and are less inclined to apply identity-based labels such as "pro-Israel" to describe themselves or define their behavior.
Ritchie Torres, a gay Afro-Latino Democrat from the Bronx, will join Congress next year as a charter member of what might be called the anti-anti-Israel caucus.
Not only did Torres win without the help of the police union or the institutional left, but he also won despite opponents who tried to paint him as a pawn of the Jewish state. Whereas many progressive Democrats are wary of bucking their party's left flank on Israel, Torres is not. "The progressive position is to promote a Jewish state and a Palestinian state, not to end the existence of Israel as a Jewish state," he told me.
Torres stands in contrast to Democrats such as Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who last year accused her fellow members of Congress of being more loyal to Israel than to the U.S. Some Democrats initially sought to censure Omar. But in March the Democrat-controlled House failed to pass a resolution formally condemning Omar for her remarks.
In that moment, it was fair to say the Democratic Party had turned a corner. The majority of its members remain supporters of the U.S.-Israel alliance. But after the vote, the party's tent widened to include representatives who sought to portray Israel as a toxic and apartheid state. Now it's possible that Democrats are turning a corner again.
For Torres, the journey began with a trip to Israel in 2015 sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. Organizations that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement against Israel pounced. They protested on the steps of city hall, singling out then-city councilman Torres for "pink-washing" — that is, using Israel's openness towards LGBTQ citizens to obscure its occupation of Palestinian lands.
First, the media are full of reports on the distress of many Democrats in purple states who say their party's failure with blue color and Latino voters has to do with its inability to push back the GOP's portrayal of democrats as Socialists, as did Representative Donna Shalala of Florida, who lost her seat in a Hispanic district, according to a NY Times report. As did Representative Vicente Gonzalez, a Democrat from South Texas, who said, "Defund police, open borders, socialism — it's killing us."
Republicans made incremental gains with voters of color in a campaign in which Joe Biden's two main agenda items were: I am not Trump, and I am against systemic racial injustice.
Now, on their path to self-destruction, national Democrats are looking on with horror as a group known as Democratic Socialists of America, led by renowned politicians such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan), is launching attacks to establish a bridgehead in the NY State Assembly and the NY City Council.
On Saturday, the Democratic Socialists of America endorsed six candidates for City Council, including Tiffany Caban, who in 2019 lost by a hair her primary bid for Queens County's District Attorney; as well as Adolfo Abreu from the Bronx; Jaslin Kaur from Queens, and Michael Hollingsworth, Alexa Aviles, and Brandon West from Brooklyn.
There are 51 seats in the City Council (3 of them held by Republicans), so even if all six DSA candidates win, they won't be able to establish a Marxist government just yet. But Socialists are also converging on both NY Statehouses: on Nov. 3, five DSA candidates have won their races: Jabari Brisport in the Senate, and Phara Souffrant Forrest, Marcela Mitaynes, Zohran Mamdani, and Emily Gallagher in the Assembly.
Yet another figure at Islamic Relief Worldwide has resigned over alleged antisemitism in the third such incident in just six months.
It has now emerged that Tayeb Abdoun, a former interim-CEO at the charity who has worked there for 25 years, resigned on 14th October after being confronted over a picture he reportedly posted on Facebook of a knife with a thumbs up and wrote: "Lay the bodies of the Jews on the top of the mountains, so that no dog in Palestine must suffer hunger." Other controversial posts were also uncovered, and Mr Abdoun resigned after the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger confronted him.
In a statement, Islamic Relief Worldwide reportedly said: "We continue to work as an organisation to root out anyone that does not meet our core values as a respectful, faith-sensitive, non-discriminatory and principled charity."
Back in August, the entire board of Islamic Relief Worldwide resigned after a new trustee-director was discovered to have a history of antisemitic posts on social media. He had been appointed to replace another trustee who had previously resigned after his history of antisemitic social media posts was uncovered.
This is therefore the third such incident to rock Britain's largest Muslim charity in just six months, making our representations to the Charity Commission all the more urgent.
Robert Malley and Phillip H. Gordon suggest that President Trump's "proposed peace plan was...drafted without input from the Palestinians" and so, it was "dead on arrival" ("Trump Still Has 70 Days to Wreak Havoc Around the World", Nov. 11). Unfortunately, we are left to wonder why there was no input.
Was it because Palestinian Authority communications systems failed? Perhaps the Trump Administration made demands they considered outrageous, such as to halt funding the acts of terrorists and stop anti-Israel incitement in the schools? Maybe President Mahmoud Abbas refused to make any compromises or even to return to the negotiating table? Could it be that the PA is fearful of Hamas? Does Malley and Gordon actually know why?
The Los Angeles Times has failed to correct a basic factual error, apparently originating from the Palestine Liberation Organization, that Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat was transferred from his home to Jericho to a hospital near Tel Aviv for treatment of COVID-19. In fact, Erekat was treated in a Jerusalem hospital, a politically inconvenient fact for the Palestinian leadership which does not recognize Israel's capital city.
In their Nov. 10 article, "Longtime chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat dies," Tracy Wilkinson and Noga Tarnopolsky inaccurately reported near the bottom of the story that Erekat "was transferred to the Sheba Medical Center, near Tel Aviv, by an ambulance heavily guarded by Israeli army vehicles."
As was correctly reported at the top of the article, Erekat died in Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital, and that's where he was transferred when he left his home in Jericho.
The misinformation about the Tel Aviv hospital apparently originated with Fatah, which initially tweeted that Erekat was receiving treatment in an Israeli hospital in Tel Aviv.
While the PLO subsequently clarified that original, erroneous Tweet, The Los Angeles Times inexplicably has yet to amend its report.
In a Nov. 8 article, "Loved or Hated, Trump stamped his face on the Middle East conflict," Reuters erroneously reported:
"Trump Heights" was the name given to a new settlement in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, after he recognised Israel's claim to sovereignty over the plateau that was captured from Syria in a 1967 war. (Emphasis added.)
Though Prime Minister Netanyahu promised the establishment of a "new community" on the Golan Heights in 2019, Trump Heights is not a newly established community, but the renaming of Kela-Beruchim, home to a tiny, neglected elderly population (14 retirees and five students).
As Haaretz reported ("Netanyahu Promised to Name a 'New' Community After Trump. We Went There and Locals Are Not Pleased"):
on May 12, Netanyahu announced thata site had been located for the new community named for Trump, and it would initially comprise 110 plots for religious and secular families
But the location chosen by the government is anything but new. Indeed, 63-year-old Nina Missin has been calling it home for well over 20 years.
Israel has not founded a community, or "settlement," in the Golan Heights in decades. Though CAMERA has notified Reuters of the error, editors have yet to correct.
A TikTok user drives through an Orthodox #Jewish neighborhood blasting "Free Palestine" music.
No Israeli govt. buildings in sight. No Israel flags. Just Jews.
The number of anti-Semitic hate crimes in the United States increased significantly in 2019, according to the FBI, in a year that saw three lethal attacks against Jews in the country.
Anti-Semitic incidents once again made up the majority of hate crimes based on religion.
In addition, federal officials recorded the highest number of hate-motivated killings since the FBI began collecting that data in the early 1990s, with the number of murders nationwide more than doubling the previous year.
The total number of hate crimes rose to the highest level in more than a decade.
The Anti-Defamation (ADL) League cautioned that the FBI's numbers probably represent just a fraction of total hate crimes committed nationwide.
The FBI recorded 953 hate crimes against Jews in 2019, a 14 percent increase from the 835 recorded in 2018, and similar to the 938 recorded in 2017. In 2019, hate crimes against Jews constituted 62% of all hate crimes based on religion, slightly up from 58% in 2018 and 2017.
Last year saw a series of lethal anti-Semitic attacks that sparked fear and anxiety among American Jews. A synagogue shooting in Poway, California killed one person exactly six months after the 2018 synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh in which 11 Jews were murdered.
In December, a shooting in Jersey City, New Jersey that ended at a kosher supermarket killed two Jews and two others. Later that month, a stabbing at a Hanukkah party in Monsey, New York killed one. The New York-area attacks came amid a spate of anti-Semitic harassment and assaults in Orthodox neighborhoods in Brooklyn.
The German Olympic Sports Confederation has condemned an act of vandalism against an outdoor exhibition highlighting Jewish sports stars in Bochum.
"This cowardly act is a blow for the whole of German sports," confederation president Alfons Hörmann said in a statement Thursday.
Plexiglas figurines of track and field athlete Lilli Henoch and gymnasts Alfred and Gustav Felix Flatow were destroyed on Monday night or the early hours of Tuesday morning. The figure of Walther Bensemann, one of the founders of the German soccer federation (DFB), was already damaged in the previous weeks, when the Flatow cousins' memorial had been targeted with anti-Semitic graffiti.
"We condemn the devious attacks on the important memorials to our sports comrades Lilli Henoch, Alfred and Gustav Felix Flatow, and Walther Bensemann. We also stand in solidarity with our member associations the DFB and Makkabi Germany, and all those who actively promote the values of sport," Hörmann said.
The traveling exhibition focused on Jewish stars in German sport until 1933 — when the Nazis began persecuting Jews — and beyond, as the Nazis also exploited some of the athletes to avoid a threatened boycott of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
"The willful destruction of the figures in this important exhibition has stunned us," said Bochum mayor Thomas Eiskirch, who had opened the exhibition on Oct. 7. "It's the limit. Bochum was and remains a cosmopolitan and tolerant city in which the culture of remembrance will always have its place."
Etihad Airways, the United Arab Emirates' national carrier, announced Monday it will start direct flights to Israel in March 2021 after the countries' recent agreement to normalize ties.
The Abu Dhabi-based airline "will launch daily scheduled year-round flights to Tel Aviv," it said in a statement.
It added the service will begin on March 28 — approximately six months after the UAE signed a US-brokered deal to formalize relations with Israel, the first such accord between a Gulf nation and the Jewish state.
"The commencement of scheduled flights is a historic moment and as an airline, cements Etihad's commitment to growing opportunities for trade and tourism," said Mohammad al-Bulooki, chief operating officer of Etihad Aviation Group, according to the statement.
Last month an Etihad flight lauded as the first commercial shuttle between the two countries landed at Ben Gurion airport, before departing for Abu Dhabi later that day with an Israeli travel and tourism delegation on board. The crew of an Etihad Airlines flight wave Israeli flags after landing at Ben Gurion Airport, October 19, 2020 (Sivan Farag)
Dubai's budget airline flydubai had already announced that it would start direct flights to Tel Aviv this month, operating 14 flights a week.
Unlike Dubai and the other emirates that make up the UAE, Abu Dhabi has placed stringent coronavirus restrictions on entering the city.
Israeli carrier Israir has announced that it will offer direct flights from Ben Gurion Airport to Abu Dhabi and Israeli national carrier El Al will also reportedly offer flights on the route.
For the first time, the Israeli Ministry of the Interior and the UAE's Ministry of the Interior will jointly mark International Tolerance Day through a joint prayer for the safety of those at the forefront combating Covid... https://t.co/JhaMu7dQyZ#AbrahamAccords
For many generations, the Ethiopian Jews have dreamed of returning to Jerusalem, touching its stones, inhaling the mountain air, walking through its ancient and unique streets and praying there. We even managed to imagine the first time we would encounter the temple, while we still thought it was standing - until we arrived in Zion, and were greatly disappointed to discover that it had been destroyed. The Sigd holiday enables Ethiopian Jews to do communal introspection, become stronger, unite and dream of a better future: a mutual and spiritual future in Jerusalem.
Despite the sadness over the destruction, and the amazement they felt, the Ethiopian immigrants to Israel were able to realize their long standing dream of seeing Jerusalem with their own eyes. And the dream, after a long, terrifying, painful and arduous journey, has become a reality that surpasses all imagination.
A vaccine is needed for social correction to cure Israeli and world society. What is a person's value if we are socially injured? As it is said: "if the mind is healthy, the body is healthy."
The values of Sigd can be a bridge and an opportunity for the Israeli society for social and personal correction while creating unity. As a young girl in Ethiopia, I remember the excitement I felt with every fiber of my being whenever we spoke about Jerusalem, the respect we felt for it and the strong spiritual feeling we had – especially on the Sigd holiday, the greatest traditional, social and communal event.
Every year, about 50 days after Yom Kippur, just like at Mount Sinai and the covenant between the children of Israel and God, the whole family would ascend a mountain. United and together, we would pray, bow down and ask God to return us to the Land of Israel, with prayers like it's described in the Return to Zion section in the Book of Ezra and Nehemiah.
The prayers and songs were led by the Keses, the high priests of Ethiopian Jews. I remember the beautiful white clothes and the two days of coming to the mountain by Ambuber, one of the important villages of Beta Israel in Ethiopia until their immigration to Israel.
To our brothers and sisters of the Ethiopian-Israeli community - Sigd Sameach!
Wishing the #Ethiopian community in #Israel, a very happy #Sigd celebration! Ethiopian Jews overcame insurmountable odds, in their yearning for return to Zion (Jerusalem) and Israel. It is a true celebration of freedom and hope!
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Concluding the full text of the PLO's NSU Negotiation Principles Matrix. The previous articles show how impossible the PLO's minimal demands are and how peace is impossible. I will comment on select parts of the remainder of the document.
ISSUE
COREPRINCIPLES
POSSIBLEFLEXIBILITY
WATERANDOTHERNATURALRESOURCES
Generalprinciples:Internationalwatercourses
·Water rights over watercourses that crossinternationalborders–allmajorsharedwatersourcesbetweenPalestineandIsrael–mustconform to the principle of equitableutilizationunderinternationallaw
·Agree on the allocation of the shared waterresourcesbasedontheprincipleofequitableutilization(mainlytheJordanriverbasin,theWestBankaquifersbasinsandtheCoastalAquiferBasin)
·Equalpercapitaapproachindeterminingequitable.
·Agreetotransitionperiodofnolongerthan five years to implement newallocation.
·Abilitytoconstruct,maintainandoperatewaterinstallations and water pipelines to transportwaterthroughIsraeltoPalestine
Generalprinciples:Naturalresources
·The principle of permanent sovereignty overnatural resources. Parties shall each enjoysovereignty over natural resources that arelocated entirely within its respective internationalborders
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Since this was written, Israel has greatly increased the proportion of fresh water that it gets from desalination, so this is not nearly as big a difficulty as it would have been when written. Notice however that the PLO is insisting on per-capita calculations to determine how to allocate shared water resources, which means that if their population grows the total amount of water available to Israel would decrease.
SECURITY:
Militarywithdrawal
·Full military withdrawal from Palestinianterritory including airspace and territorialwaters.
·Withdrawal according to clear timelines tobephasedandcoordinatedwithPalestiniansecurityforcesandinternationalmonitors.
·May choose to agree to limited,temporary,andspecificarrangementstomeet clearly defined and legitimatesecurity concerns of Israel. (e.g. earlywarning station, arrangements fordeploymentinemergencysituations–see below.)
LimitsonPalestinianmilitarycapacity
EarlyWarningStations
IsraelipresenceintheJordanValley
Palestinianterritory.
·Palestinenotseekingtobeamilitarystate(nooffensive military capability); however, itrequiresasmalladequatelyequippedarmyfor defensive purposes including ground, airandmaritime components.
·Prepared to negotiate specificrestrictionsontypesofpermissiblemilitary equipment (based oninternationalstandards).
·REDLINE:Willnotagreeto"dualuse" equipment defined as such byIsrael. Mayconsider certainlimitedrestrictions, but only based oninternationalstandardsandpractice.
·InpastnegotiationsagreedtoEWSinprinciple – but no more than 2, andsubjecttodetailedarrangements:useand access, leasing, time limits,internationalpresence,inspection.
·Note: Due to developments intechnologythereareotheralternativesthat adequately meet Israeliconcerns(detecting a threat from theEast),thereforeEWSaretechnicallynotneeded
·This is a red line. As an alternative,Palestinecouldwelcomeastrong
·PalestinewillnotagreetoIsraelimilitarypresence on its territory under anycircumstances.
·Palestinewillhavefullsovereigntyoveritsairspace.
·Nomilitaryusefortrainingorotherwise.
·CivilianflightswillberegulatedbytheChicagoConvention and applicable international normsofcivil aviation.
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Agree to bilateral and regional securitycooperation
internationalpresenceintheJordanValley.
·Applicable standard should beinternational law (law of armed conflict)that regulates the deployment of forceson foreign territory.
·In case of decision to agree toemergency deployment,itiscritical tohavedetailedandspecificagreementonsuch issues as: what constitutesemergency, duration, liability andcompensation, restriction on areas ofdeployment etc…)
·May agree to full coordination andcooperation in management and airtraffic control for civil aviation; subject,however, to sovereignty of each stateoveritsrespectiveairspace.
The military demands are the ones that would never be acceptable to Israel.
These demands would mean that any terrorists that attack Israelis and then withdraw to Palestinian territory are immune from IDF pursuit. It means that Israel is returning to a nine-mile wide nation that is indefensible. It means that any terrorists who build rockets in the West Bank can easily reach every Israeli population center with cheap home-grown rockets and Israel has no recourse.
This would be a return to the unacceptable situation that Israel had to live under before 1967 where "fedayeen" - a word that Palestinians regard with respect and awe - would sneak into Israel, wreak havoc, and then return to Gaza or Jordan or Syria, and any Israeli response would be an international incident.
Except now they have rockets.
Palestinian leaders would have every incentive to allow terror groups to flourish as long as they are not threats to their own leadership but to Israel alone.
In total, the minimal Palestinian demands are unacceptable for Israel to remain a strong and secure state. This is the entire point. These demands are meant to weaken Israel financially, militarily, spiritually and demographically with the goal of an eventual destruction of Israel - where Israel would be forced to agree to its own destruction.
Here is the rest of the document:
RELATIONSBETWEENPALESTINEANDISRAEL
DIPLOMATICRELATIONS
·FulldiplomaticrelationsbothbetweenPalestine
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and Israel and between Arab States and Israelshallnotbeinstateduntilfullimplementationofthecomprehensiveagreement
·Border regime will depend greatly onthesecurityandeconomicregimesagreed.The preference from theperspective of many files is a moreopenborderregime.
CIVILAVIATION
·MustcomplywithChicagoConventionandthe1944 International Air Services TransitAgreement.Palestinewillhavecontrolof itsairtraffic.
·Possiblejointairtrafficcontrol.
ELECTROMAGNETICSPHERE
·PalestinewillhavesovereigntyandcontrolovertheElectromagneticSphere("EMS")coveringOPT/Palestine as this is an essential and non-negotiableelementofsovereignty.Any
·Very little room to negotiate limitedfrequency use by Israel for securitypurposes.PalestinewillconsiderIsrael'srequestsandallocatethenecessary
interference re: frequencies will be dealt with attheInternationalTelecommunicationsUnion
frequencies(whichwillbetimelimited).Any use will be charged at commercialrates and/or exchanged for use ofIsrael'sEMS.
OTHERAREASOFSTATETOSTATERELATIONS
·PleaseseeState-to-StateMemorandum
·Flexibility is required in negotiationswithrespecttotourism,religioussites,archaeologicalartifacts,monetaryaffairs, etc.
PRISONERSANDDETAINEES
·Release of all Palestinian detaineesand prisonersimmediately.
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IMPLEMENTATIONMATTERS
TRANSITIONALARRANGEMENTS
·Israel shall continue to provide services to thePalestinian population consistent with itsobligationsunderinternationallawuntiltheendofoccupation.
·Palestinian Jerusalemites shall receive Palestiniancitizenship once Palestine takes control of theareatheyresidein,anduponfullimplementationoftheTreaty.
·Palestine shall have all right, title, interest andcontrol to all water, sewage, electricity andcommunicationsinstallationsandequipmentinPalestinianterritory.
·Guaranteesshouldbebuiltintothemechanismto ensure Israeli implementation of theagreements, and guard against another Oslosituation.
·An independent commission(s) must beestablished for dealing with claims by bothrefugees and those Palestinians who sufferedlossesduetoIsrael'soccupation.DetailscanbesetinTreaty.
permutations. Core point is that thepresence monitors and guaranteescompliancewithandimplementationofthe agreements.
·Similarly, details of theindependentcommission(s)canbeagreedintheCAPS,butIsrael'sagreementtotheirestablishmentmustbesecuredintheFAPS.
SETTLEMENTOFDISPUTES
·Palestineseeksrobustmechanismforsettlementof any disputes arising from interpretation andimplementationoftheFAPSortheTreaty.
·Israelmustnotinitiateortakeanystepsthatwillchange the status of the West Bank, includingJerusalem, and the Gaza Strip or violateinternationallaw.
·All interim or other agreements between thePLOandIsraelshallremainineffectuntilthesignatureoftheCAPS,insofarastheydonotcontradicttheFAPS.
·Partiesshallsharemapsdataandother
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informationrelevanttothenegotiations.
The PLO demands that Israel release thousands of convicted terrorists to become heroes in a Palestinian state - and that could quickly rebuild terror networks that the PLO can turn a blind eye to, just as they did in the past.
The PLO reiterates that they demand all infrastructure remain intact, including communications. This means that Iran would have easy access to eavesdrop on Israeli wireless communications.
Many of these demands have nothing to do with building an independent, sovereign state - but to hurt Israel. There is essentially no attempt to come up with a solution that would be acceptable to both parties. This third column, on "possible flexibility," says all you need to know about how little the Palestinians truly want peace.
This document proves that peace is not the goal, and it never was. Any US or international pressure on Israel to give up more for "peace" would have the opposite effect because the Palestinian position spelled out here is not to create a strong, viable Palestinian state but to fatally wound the world's only Jewish state.
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·Ifnotpossibleunderinternationallaw,thentheowners should be entitled to FULLcompensationbyIsrael
·Internationalcommunitycancontributeto the compensation fund, but Israelshould have a substantial contribution(notlikejustanothercountry).
·Willbedealtwithbyarestitutioncommission
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·FULLcompensationpaidbyIsrael,formaterialand non-material damages, according tointernationallawstandards
·Individualbasis,notalumpsum
·Willbedealtwithbyacompensationcommission
·Internationalcommunitycancontributeto the compensation fund, but Israelshould have a substantial contribution(notlikejustanothercountry).
It is important to emphasize three things. One is that according to international law, what UNRWA refers to as "Palestine refugees" are not legally considered refugees, and even UNRWA admits this.
Secondly, the paragraph of UNGA Resolution 194 dealing with Palestinians and Jews displaced by the 1948 war was specifically drafted not to use the word "rights." There is no right to return under international law where a nation must take in a hostile population (and even UNGA 194 says that it only applies to those who are willing to live in peace with their neighbors.) This is especially true in the case of descendants of refugees.
Thirdly, this "right to return" has always been meant to be a Trojan horse to destroy Israel demographically. Arab leaders have admitted this openly, and the emphasis here that a two-state solution must allow Palestinians to move to Israel rather than a Palestinian state shows that even Palestinian leaders aren't interested in building up their own state but in destroying the Jewish state.
These NSU positions are meant not only to destroy Israel demographically, but financially as well. Once Israel admits responsibility for the displacement of Palestinians in 1948 - most of whom never saw an Israeli soldier and who fled out of fear to their Arab brethren, never expecting to be treated like garbage in the areas that many of them lived only a few decades previous - then the monetary demands for compensation will never end. According to this document, the PLO would not end their demands for return but would encourage millions of individual Palestinians to sue Israel in international courts.
This is meant to bankrupt Israel. If the PLO cared about compensation, they wouldn't care whether it came from Israel or an international fund, but again this isn't about Palestinian rights but to take away Jewish rights.
This is the reason it is so important for the PLO to demand that Israel take responsibility for the flight of 600,000 Palestinian Arabs in 1948. Once Israel takes responsibility, it will be forced to pay compensation in courts for the next century.
REPARATIONS
·AprovisionmustbeincludedintheFAPSwhichsafeguards Palestinian ability to argue forreparations (including compensation) in theTreaty.
·Silenceontheissueisnotanoption,asitmaybeviewed by Israel as having given up the right to reparations (including compensation) for alldamagearisingfromIsrael'soccupation.
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The demand that Israel compensate so-called "refugees" is only a part of the PLO's desire to bankrupt Israel. In addition, one of its core principles is to demand that Israel pay reparations to a Palestinian state as well for the "damage" done by adding billions of dollars of electricity, water and road infrastructure to the territories.
Nothing in the entire document is so nakedly obvious as to the real desire for the outcome of the negotiations - not a Palestinian state but a stage towards the destruction of Israel.
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