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Palestine Problem
Could Be Resolved

CARL ALPERT

Special to The Jewish News

T

ime magazine, which
has never been noted
for its objectivity in the
matter of Israel, recently
published a full-page essay in
which it suggested that if a
way could be found to have
the Arabs save face, to make
them feel they had achieved
a victory, the path might be
opened- to a reasonable peace.
A "mini victory" would help
preserve their dignity.
Almost simultaneously, a
thoughtful article appeared
in a distinguished right-wing
Israeli periodical calling for
mutual compromises. The ar-
ticle in the Hebrew language
monthly, Nativ, a political in-
tellectual journal comparable
to Commentary in the United
States, opens a new window
on the controversy, and some
of its unusual suggestions are
bound to be contested by both
left and right. It deserves
serious attention, however.
The author, Dr. Raphael
Israeli of the Hebrew Univer-
sity, calls upon Israel to take
the courageous step of accep-
ting the fact of Palestinian
nationalism, and recognizing
the need to create a state of
Palestine that would satisfy
the national aspirations of
that people. Israel can no
longer deny the fact that
Palestinians have developed a
sense of national identity.
During the 21 years of Israeli
rule over the West Bank, the
1.5 million Palestinians there,
despite all their complaints,
have benefited enormously.
There was a sharp , rise in
their standard of living,
modern agriculture was in-
troduced, they were enabled
to open. a number of univer-
sities (previously forbidden
under Jordanian rule), but
most of all, they learned from
the Israelis the essence of
democracy, democratic ex-
pression, and the sweetness of
an independent national ex-
istence. Ironically, this very
education made it possible for
them to articulate their
demands for national
self-determination.
Israel must recognize the
right of the Palestinians to
have a viable state of their
own, the author writes, but at
the same time the Palesti-
nians must also recognize the
right of the Jews to have a na-
tional home of their own, not
just recognize that Israel ex-
ists, in Arafat's weasel words.
Both sides want everything,
and both sides can't have

everything, he says. The form
of government Palestine will
have, whether a king or a
democracy, is the business of
its own citizens. They might
have had such a state in
September 1970, when they
were brutally suppressed by
the king of Jordan. Almost
one-third of the 5 million
Palestinians in the world to-
day live in what is called Jor-
dan, but that name cannot
alter the fact that, until it
was sliced off by Great Bri-
tain almost 70 years ago, it
constituted a geographical
part of historical Palestine —
indeed, about three-fourths of
the country.
Dr. Israeli's proposal differs
from other suggestions in
many respects —for one thing,
in recognition of Palestinian
citizenship for all Palesti-
nians who wish it. Palesti-
nians who remain in Israel
can, if they desire, elect to
hold Israeli citizenship, with
all obligations and rights, ac-
cepting that this is a Jewish-
country, with its blue and
white flag, and the"Hatikva"
and with Hebrew as its
language. Or they can satisfy
their own national loyalties
by electing to hold Palesti-
nian citizenship, giving them
the right to vote in their own
state, even though they may
live in Israel. And Palesti-
nians everywhere, including
those in Israel, who long to
live under their own flag,
with an Arab educational
system and Islamic culture,
will have the automatic right
to go there at any time in
what could well be called
their Law of Return.
The plan calls for major con-
cessions by_both sides. Yet, for
the Arabs, it constitutes vic-
torious recognition of their
own independent state, and
that would be in a country
where they are already the
majority, and where there is
sufficient area to absorb all
Palestinians, including
refugees in Lebanon and
elsewhere.
There is still one hitch. If
this plan were to be proposed
by Israel, it would stand a
poor chance of being accepted.
It must come from another
source. ,An important factor is
the ability of each side to
claim a "mini victory." And
should the Arabs stubbornly
refuse this proposal, they will
stand condemned in the eyes
of the world as the ones who
want everything, and hence
are responsible for the lack of
peace. El

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