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Israeli-PLO Agre ement
From Power Position

.A step-by-step analysis of the pros and cons
of Oslo

KENNETH W. STEIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

or supporters of Israel, who Israeli and Palestinian jurisdic-
vigorously oppose the re- tions are provided for, with Israel
cently signed Israeli-PLO responsible for overall security of
agreement, their argu- the West Bank.
Implementing this accord will
ments are compelling, but not
completely persuasive. They go cause neither close cooperation
nor outright conflict. Both sides
something like this:
• Israel has won the Arab-Is- know that it's only an interim
raeli conflict. If the Bible is the ti- step before fmal status talks on
tle deed, what right does any the West Bank, Gaza, and
human being have to overturn Jerusalem commence in May
scripture? Secular political lead- 1996. Each side will pull and tug
ers are deciding geographic bor- at the other, seeking to establish
ders for Eretz Yisrael when the precedents before then.
Israel is giving away territo-
divine word should be the final
map maker. It says in Numbers ry with no guarantee of security,
33:50-56 that if you do not drive not even a piece of peace for some
the inhabitants out of the land, quiet. Pretty compelling.
But the litmus test question is
then they ultimately will be
the one applied always by former
thorns in your side. Look it up.
• Add historical distrust to the Prime Minister Begin, "Is it good
ideological distress. Foreign Min- for the Jews?"
If you agree that a solution to
ister Peres is a "dreamer" and he
and Prime Minister Rabin are Jewish identity is the creation of
looking for their acclamatory a Jewish majority in a nation-
place in the history books.
Blessed should be the peace-mak-
ers. But the final Zionist defini-
tion to the modern Jewish nation
that excludes full control over
Judea and Samaria is unaccept-
able. Already, the promised land,
which included portions of Jor-
dan, have been conceded in the
Jordanian-Israeli treaty.
• Further, Mr. Arafat's per-
sonal history is full of venom for state, you have to accept that na-
Israel and Zionism. He still talks tion's have defined borders that
openly about a jihad against Is- protect their citizens. Supporters
rael. For more than 20 years, Syr- of the agreement offer the fol-
ia and Israel, though greatly lowing reasons for this and future
mistrusting of one another, have accords:
• There is the need to preserve
impeccably maintained a disen-
gagement agreement. Yet, in the a Jewish majority in a secure Is-
two years since Mr. Arafat signed rael. In January 1986, Mr. Peres
the Sept. 1993 Declaration of remarked, "Regarding the Pales-
Principles, he has done little to tinian problem, we do not want
instill confidence in Israelis. One- to jeopardize the Jewish state by
hundred and forty-nine Israelis assimilating a large Arab minor-
have been killed in terrorist at- ity which would endanger the
tacks since then. And if Mr. Jewish character of the State of
Arafat dies, who guarantees that Israel."
Would Herzl, Jabotinsky,
this agreement will be upheld?
• Finally, this is not a clean Weizmann, Ben-Gurion, Meir or
pact like the ones with Egypt or Dayan have disagreed?
If the almost 2 million Pales-
Jordan. What about the future of
Jerusalem, the settlers, the set- tinian Arabs living in the West
tlements and guarantees for Jews Bank and Gaza Strip are given
to pray at important Jewish holy full Israeli citizenship, then it is
possible that Yassir Arafat's
sites?
There are dozens of unan- grandson could become the duly
swered issues in this 400-page elected prime minister of Israel
plus agreement. Israel is return- in 2070. The alternative of phys-
ing control of 30 percent of the ically forcing Palestinians to leave
land in the West Bank to Pales- Judea and Samaria is neither a
tinian authorities. Overlapping possible nor acceptable alterna-
tive.
Twenty-eight years in the
Dr. Kenneth W. Stein is director of
West Bank and Gaza Strip
the Middle East Research
demonstrated to Israelis and
Program at Emory University.

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Right-wing
ideaologues are the
historic originators
of Palestinian
autonomy.

