Retreat with leave or die option for settlers. Latest proposal from DM Barak

Dr. Aaron Lerner..
IMRA..
24 September '12..




DM Barak proposes retreat with leave or die option for settlers?

Yisrael Hayom reports today that DM Ehud Barak proposes in an interview to be published in full in tomorrow’s edition his plan to retreat from most of the West Bank – either with agreement with the Palestinians or unilaterally.

Barak proposes to retain the settlement blocs of the Etzion Bloc, Maaleh Adumim and Ariel, estimating that 80-90% of the Jews living in Judea and Samaria reside in those locations.

As for Jews living outside these areas, Barak would offer three programs:

1. Individuals and families could leave and receive compensation.
2. Communities can relocate as communities,
3. Those who do not want to move will not be compensated and will be left behind when Israel retreats. They will stay under PA rule for a “trial period” of five years.

It should be noted that the Israeli media does not celebrate Yom Kippur by publishing satirical fake items. Such items are published in the Purim edition.

Link: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=58366

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Shragai - Beit El and Tel Aviv -- what's the difference?

Nadav Shragai..
Yisrael Hayom..
23 April '12..

Almost 40 years ago, Aharon Barak, who was attorney-general at the time, launched a criminal investigation against soon-to-be Governor of the Bank of Israel, Asher Yadlin. In a now-famous remark, Barak said that "justice for Yadlin will be the same as justice for Buzaglo." Yadlin is a typical Ashkenazi name, while Buzaglo is a common Moroccan name. Barak meant to assert that society's stronger and weaker members have equal standing before the law. Indeed, Yadlin was ultimately sentenced to five years in prison.

Guess what? The Buzaglo test applies to Ulpana Hill in Beit El. Because if the same housing complex were located not in Beit El, but in Ramat Aviv or Netanya's Kiryat Nordau neighborhood, and it suddenly came to light that dozens of families had been living on private land unlawfully purchased by an entrepreneur, there is no question what would happen: The state attorney and courts would find a way to fairly compensate the landowner. It would never occur to them to destroy multifamily housing in Tel Aviv or Netanya, or to evict the residents.

But when it comes to Buzaglo, in other words when the mistake, assuming there was mistake, concerns Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria, then it all becomes political and common sense flies out the window. The state attorney, courts and defense minister suddenly adopt a very strict interpretation of the law.

Good News From Israel: Building Boom

Jameel
The Muqata
21 October '10
Posted before Shabbat

While "Peace Now" and AP fret over the following, its obviously good news for Israel.

Israeli settlers have begun building new homes at an extraordinary pace since the government lifted its moratorium on West Bank housing starts – almost 550 in three weeks, more than four times faster than the last two years.

In an extensive report Thursday morning, the Associated Press wrote that many of the homes are going up in areas that under practically any peace scenario would become part of a Palestinian state, a trend that could doom US-brokered peace talks.

According to the AP's count, ground has been broken on 544 new West Bank homes since Sept. 26, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lifted a 10-month freeze on new settlement building.

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In Defense of Settlers

Talks between Israelis and Palestinians should be mindful of the settlers' perspective.


Fred Barnes
The Weekly Standard
27 August '10

Posted before Shabbat

When direct talks begin next week between Israelis and Palestinians, the fate of Jewish settlers in the West Bank – tens of thousands of them – will be a major issue in the negotiations. But the settlers themselves won’t be part of the discussion. Nor have American officials involved in the talks been willing to meet with them.

You’ve probably heard that the settlers are an obstacle to peace. That’s not exactly true. Their absentee role in the peace process is different. They’re opposed to an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians that would uproot a large number of settlers from their homes or would leave Israel with inadequate security, at least from their viewpoint.

Obstacles or not, they’ve become “the most stereotyped and demonized people in the world,” says Dani Dayyan, the leader of the Yesha settler council for the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and Gaza. Yet the settlers have a case. It’s neither incoherent nor unreasonable, but it’s politically unacceptable and thus off the table in the new talks.


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The settlers insist, for starters, that their settlements aren’t located on “occupied” Palestinian territory. Rather, they live on “disputed” territory, claimed as a homeland by both Palestinians and Jews (some of whom don’t consider themselves Israelis). “This is my homeland,” Dayyan says. “How can you ‘occupy’ your homeland?”

And Israel has a “morally flawless” claim to the West Bank and other land it captured in the Six Day War in 1967, according to Dayyan. “We took what we thought was ours in a defensive war” against Arab countries, he says. “The rule that winner takes all was set by the Palestinians,” since they were prepared to claim any land seized in the war.

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The Other Side: The Jews of Judea and Samaria, Part 2

nikudaproduction
08 August '10

(Excellent!)

Meet Anat, a sixth generation secular Israeli who happens to live across the Green Line.

The media invariably portrays the Jewish citizens of communities in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) as fanatics and intolerant bigots. Yet no one really talks to them to see how they really are and what they really think.

This series intends to find out who these "settlers" are, why they choose to live there, and what their aspirations and fears are.



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The Other Side: The Jews of Judea and Samaria, Part 1

nikudaproduction
08 August '10

(Excellent! Y.)

The media invariably portrays the Jewish citizens of communities in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) as fanatics and intolerant bigots. Yet no one really talks to them to see how they really are and what they really think.

This series intends to find out who these "settlers" are, why they choose to live there, and what their aspirations and fears are.



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No future for a Jewish minority in Palestine

Bataween
Point of No Return
24 June '10

The Palestinians of the West Bank may be moving towards declaring their own state, but could Jews continue to live there? Writing in the Jerusalem Post, Amiel Ungar balefully concludes that remaining Jews would be condemning themselves to harassment and martyrdom. The treatment of Palestinian Christians, and Jews in Arab countries, sets a worrying precedent. But why would Israel ever allow a new hostile Arab state on its doorstep?

The fear of serious resistance to expulsion orders also accounts for the renewed interest in a solution that leaves many Jewish communities within a Palestinian state. It will require the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria to make a Hobbesian choice between principle and peril.

The principled and patriotic decision would be for the communities to remain in place. Jewish “sumud” (steadfastness) will demonstrate to the Arabs that Jews are not latter day Crusaders – an alien entity – but are motivated by their religious and historical link to the land of their forefathers.

The sages in the Talmud, perhaps observing a similar predicament in their era, opined that it is preferable for a Jew to live in the land of Israel even in a city with a non-Jewish majority than to live outside it in an ancient version of Borough Park in Brooklyn.

It is also a matter of simple reciprocity. If an Israeli state can be expected to host an Arab minority approaching 20 percent, then a neighboring Palestinian state can be expected to do the same for Jewish communities rather than emptying its territory of Jews.

Unfortunately, the issue of principle clashes seriously with the perilous reality on the ground.

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