Israel – In response to the Fatah-Hamas unity deal that was being finalized this week in Doha, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett reiterated his own plan to bring peace to the region, with a more detailed explanation, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Wednesday.
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Bennett’s proposed “Stability Plan” called for Palestinian sovereignty in Areas A and B of the West Bank, saying “Israel should not interfere in day-to-day governance.”
In order to achieve this, he wrote: “Israel must allow Palestinians complete freedom of movement” meaning “Israel should dismantle the security barrier” separating the West Bank from Israel proper.
Bennett noted that there has been a dramatic drop in terror over the past decade, and claimed that Israel can stay “reasonably secure without it.”
He added that promoting Palestinian economic development in those areas of the West Bank was of the utmost importance, detailing Israeli efforts to help encourage international investment in the Palestinian economy with insurance guarantees and tax breaks.
The other part of the plan was to annex Area C, a move Bennett has called for in the past. Palestinians living in this majority Israeli area would be offered full Israeli citizenship, he said.
“Annexing Area C would limit conflict by reducing the size of the territory in dispute, which would make it easier to one day reach a long-term peace agreement,” Bennett wrote.
The annexation of Area C would mean Israeli control of east Jerusalem, which Abbas has promised to the Palestinians as the capital of a future Palestinian state, as well as religious sites revered by both Muslims and Jews, such as the burial place of Abraham at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
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What is he smoking?
I have 2 questions I’d like to ask Bennett:
1) Why doesn’t he consider the fact that the dramatic decline in terror in Israel over the past decade is the direct result of HAVING a security fence?
2) Why does he imagine that if Israel annexes Area C, that somehow, magically, the Palestinians will stop insisting on their rights to that area? If anything it will outrage them and give them impetus to put intense international on Israel.
What was he smoking when he came up with this???
Mr. Bennett is a door to the future, but his foot is stuck in his own creation of dishonesty. His plan will not fix the future but it will slide the pain into the foyer and out of the park. A bad call.
That barrier is what makes peace possible.
This is reverse logic. The reason for the drop in terror is BECAUSE of the barrier.
This guy usually makes sense but in this regard he’s losing it!
He’s saying it to put the ball in the Palis’ court. It sounds fair but there’s no way they would accept it. Since the barrier is a cause celebre, it seems like Israel is offering a sweet deal. But since the Arabs will never go for it, there’s no actual danger in the plan.
You know what is so sad about this is that Israel Gave the Gaza back, I was speaking to friend who lived in Israel, and said – Good riddance – in The GAZA American industrialists built a flower business – that was handed over and guess what – the Gaza residents DESTROYED IT ! – Does Bennet really and truly expect these people to govern and maintain business ?
Look what was done to Jericho – it was developing as a vacation area – the Palestinians took over – can you ho there now.
So what is Bennet drinking Kerry Kool AID
Why doesn’t Bennett move to the other side of the fence?