Conference: Applying Israeli Sovereignty Over Judea And Samaria

Back in June, I posted a piece by Arlene Kushner about the mini-conference: The Preferred Option: Israeli Sovereignty Over Judea & Samaria. The speakers were Yoram Ettinger, Danny Dayan,





Dr. Mordecai Kedar



and Caroline Glick



Along the same lines, Mordechai Nisan came out with a book, Only Israel West of the River: The Jewish State & the Palestinian Question Amazon included the following review:

This book offers a coherent paradigm to contend with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It first clarifies the national Jewish character of Israel, the danger of domestic Arab challenges, and the imperative of Israeli rule throughout the area west of the Jordan River. It secondly considers the Palestinian population in Judea and Samaria, and the complexity of arranging Jewish-Arab accommodation and political stability. The book then argues for the consolidation of a Palestinian entity east of the river in Jordan. This innovative approach to conflict-resolution offers the only reasonable political solution for a problem that is more than one hundred years old. The two-state solution, currently monopolizing political discourse, is a non-starter; our proposal is the only worthy and serious option to consider.

Today, there was a second conference: Regaining the Initiative - Applying Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, featuring the following speakers:MK Tzipy Hotovely, Caroline Glick, Yoram Ettinger, Professor Rafi Yisraeli, Eran Bar-Tal, Att. Elyakim Haetzni and Dr Gabi Avital.

The purpose of the conference was to explore the different aspects of asserting Israeli sovereignty: Jewish, Zionist, political, diplomatic, economic, legal and in terms of Arab-Israeli and American-Israeli relations.

The conference organized by Women for Israel's Tomorrow (Women in Green) with the cooperation of Arutz 7, Professors for a Strong Israel and the Machpela Visitors Center.

MK Tzipy Hotovely, Caroline Glick, Yoram Ettinger, Professor Rafi Yisraeli, Eran Bar-Tal, Att. Elyakim Haetzni and Dr Gabi Avital--and moderated by Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar

Earlier this week, Prof Aaron Lerner asked Elyakim Haetzni about the idea of annexing of Judea and Samaria:

Dear Elyakim Haetzni,

I see that you are participating in the upcoming conference "Regaining the initiative - Applying Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria"

As you can see from the article below, PA PM Salam Fayyad accepts this initiative - as long as those residing in Judea and Samaria can become Israeli citizens with the right to vote.

I was hoping that you could explain in short note that I could share with IMRA readers if your support for annexation of Judea and Samaria is:

(1) Limited to annexation of areas where there are Jewish communities.

(2) If annexation covers the entire area of Judea and Samaria, do you support granting Israeli citizenship - including the right to vote - to
those residing in the annexed areas.

The response:

Dear Aaron,

First of all, I would wait to see, whether Ramallah goes beyond a mere declaration by the UN. For instance -changing their letterhead to "State of P.", solemnly declaring to have become a State, signing a foreign treaty, etc.

Only when the provocation becomes a flagrant breach, which perforce terminates Oslo, Israel could and should annex Area C' which is 60% of the whole area. The rest would legally revert into the jurisdiction of the Military Government, which by Oslo was withdrawn, not dismantled.

The M. G. [Military Government] would treat Ramallah as the Autonomy which it essentially is, but if Ramallah would resort to force, or otherwise create unbearable situations for us (like inviting in a foreign army) then - again reacting to clear provocation - we should eliminate Ramallah in one swift military blow and employ the M.G. to build a new autonomy from scratch. WE should also make efforts to involve Jordan in some sort of "frisch - Misch".

All the Best

Elyakim

With the book out and 2 conferences thus far, it is clear that this idea is not a flash in the pan and the organizers behind it want to maintain the momentum. But I am not clear on exactly what their goal is and what they want to gain other than propose an option among the ideas being discussed of what to do in September.

In any case, one can expect to hear more about this.

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