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other nationalities is not
simply an abstract concern,
but has practical conse-
quences for world Jewry, the
Jews of Israel, and the
Arabs, he says.
All Jews do have religious,
emotional or historical ties
to Israel, and Kook is far
from being opposed to their
coming to live in Israel. But
it is a choice, not a duty. The
Jewish nation concept is in-
jurious, he believes.
To Kook, the conditions
for peace and security for Is-
rael cannot come into being
until the basic issue is re-
solved. This has a bearing on
the Palestinians, as well.
"The truth is that there
cannot be peace because Is-
raelis are afraid of the
Arabs," Kook says.
"The problem is not the
PLO but the Palestinian
people. We ourselves caused
the creation of their national
movement because Zionism
did not have a program for
Israeli Arabs. It is neces-
sary to recognize Palestin-
ian nationality."
What about Israel's polit-
ical left, which does recog-
nize Palestinian nationality?
Says Kook, "Those who
make the first necessary
step unfortunately are also
the people who close their
eyes to the fact that we have
been at war for 40 years
against those who are dedi-
cated to our destruction."
Several years before the
intifada, Hillel Kook had
this to say about the Pales-
tinian question:
"The Palestinian problem
has to be faced squarely and
realistically. There is a Pal-
estinian people. I see no rea-
son to continue claiming
that there is no such people.
At the same time, Israel
claims that there is a Jorda-
nian people, when in fact
there isn't. There is a Jorda-
nian state and a Palestinian
people.
"The Israel government
should launch an energetic
peace offensive toward the
Palestinians, recognizing
their existence as a people.
After the recognition, Israel
should endeavor to convene
a peace conference which
would work from the prem-
ise that in the territory of
Palestine there are two na-
tion-states — Israel and Pal-
estine, which is now called
Jordan. The peace confer-
ence should aim to trans-
form the (existential) con-
flict into a boundary dispute
between the two nations.
They would negotiate a set-
tlement over the disputed
territory that changed
hands in the war of 1967.
Today, Kook still believes
there is room for optimism.