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ay back in the early
West Bank and Gaza Strip pending
1990s, .a colleague
the outcome of the permanent status
likened then-Israeli
negotiations (Article XXXI(7))."
Prime Minister Yitzhak
Now I'm not into unilateral Israel
Shamir to a grouchy old uncle. You
bashing. The Palestinian Authority,
loved him, but he kept
as is documented, trans-
embarrassing you publicly
gresses by vastly exceeding
with caustic, albeit honest,
the number of policemen
remarks.
and weapons, employs con-
You know the type. "Rose,
victed murderers of Jews,
you put on more weight?
and has engaged in signifi-
Maybe that's why Sollie does-
cant West Bank building,
n't look at you no more." In
which changes the area's
Shamir's case, it went like
status.
this: "Who cares what Presi-
But it was Bibi who
dent Bush thinks? No Penta-
stood at a Sunday press
gon pishers are going to push
conference declaring that
NEIL RUBIN
around the Jews!"
this was an "internal Israeli
Special to
Enter Binyamin
The Jewish News matter, not a matter
Netanyahu, too young to be
requiring a diplomatic
an uncle, so perhaps a
report." Most amusing was
cousin.
that he didn't burst out laughing.
Like most American Jews, I root
So Bibi, take some advice from an
for him in his declared quest of
American cousin.
bringing "peace with security." But
Privately go to Arafat — a crook,
my support is strained these days.
liar and murderer, but a guy nicer
This week, the man known to the
than Hamas-inspired bus bombers.
world as Bibi did it again. He could
Look him in the eye and say, "We all
have rejuvenated the peace talks, but
know you'll get your Palestinian state
wound up encouraging an already
with a capital building in the
eager world to gang up on Israel.
Jerusalem suburb of Abu Dis, which
I've always advocated for the
you're already building anyway. We
Rabin-Peres-launched peace initia-
won't give you full diplomatic recog-
tive. Its successful fruition, I believe,
nition, but who cares? Our
will enable Jews to stop focusing on
economies will be too inter-depen-
irrelevant military maps and turn
dent to be separate.
toward spiritual matters. And I
'We're announcing the expansion of
believe that ruling the lives of more
Jerusalem's boundaries westward and
than 1.5 million Palestinians cor-
incorporating some West Bank Jewish
rupts Jewish values, sucking energy
towns, which you were going to let
needed to redefine Jewish identity,
Rabin and Peres do anyway. Then
an effort that must embrace Israel's
we're redrawing the city's borders,
central role in Jewish life.
which have never been fully defined.
So upon reading this week's head-
We'll take out most of east Jerusalem's
lines, I groaned, "Oy Bibi, not
Arab neighborhoods and surrounding
again."
villages, which you can call Al Quds
Sunday, the Israeli cabinet unani-
(Jerusalem in Arabic). They'll be joint-
mously agreed to increase Jerusalem's
ly patrolled by our forces, just like in
size by about 50 percent. On the sur-
the rest of the West Bank.
face, it shouldn't matter. It's a west-
"As for the Old City, forget it.
ward expansion, meaning into Israel
Today, we basically share control
proper. But the cabinet also endorsed
over the Temple Mount. That won't
bringing some West Bank Jewish
change. And if you try to do so, we'll
towns into Jerusalem's "umbrella
come in'with tanks. Don't test me.
municipality."
It's the one thing on which we
More importantly, the Arabs,
Israelis unite.
Europeans and Americans see this as
"So do you want your state or not?
a provocative violation of the Oslo
That's what I thought. We'll mess
Accords. Is it true? The text known
around with the details for a year and
as Oslo II reads in part, "Neither
then announce the agreement. Have a
side shall initiate or take any step
nice life. And don't call."
that will change the status of the
It sounds simple. It's not, but it's
what ultimately will happen.
And Bibi, if you pull this off, we'll
Neil Rubin is editor of the Atlanta
let
you cut the cake at the next fami-
Jewish Times, a sister publication of The
ly reunion. ❑
Detroit Jewish News.