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Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 22/06/01 10:16:01 Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << HE SECOND HALF OF 1948" > > > > THE SHARON-YA'ALON PLAN > > > > By Prof. Tanya Reinhart* > > > >Official declarations and many reports in the Israeli media indicate that > >the Israeli military and political leadership are aiming, eventually, at a > >total destruction of the Palestinian authority, and, with it, the process > >of > >Oslo, which is now dominantly considered by them a 'historical mistake'. > >Let > >us trace some of the background for this development. > > > >Ever since the 1967 occupation, the military and political elites (which > >have been always closely intertwined in Israel) deliberated over the > >question of how to keep maximum land with minimum Palestinian population. > >The leaders of the '1948 generation' - Alon, Sharon, Dayan, Rabin and > >Peres - were raised on the myth of redemption of land. But a simple > >solution > >of annexation of the occupied territories would have turned the occupied > >Palestinians into Israeli citizens, and this would have caused what has > >been > >labeled the "demographic problem" - the fear that the Jewish majority could > >not be preserved. Therefore, two basic conceptions were developed. > > > >The Alon plan consisted of annexation of 35-40% of the territories to > >Israel, and self-rule or partnership in a confederation of the rest, the > >land on which the Palestinians actually live. This plan originated with > >those who thought that it is impossible to repeat the 1948 'solution' of > >mass expulsion, for moral as well as world public opinion considerations. > >The second view, whose primary spokesman was Sharon, assumed that it is > >possible to find more acceptable and sophisticated ways to achieve a 1948 > >style 'solution' - it is only necessary to find another country for the > >Palestinians, such as Jordan, and to make sure that as many as possible of > >them will move there. This was a part of Sharon's global worldview by which > >Israel can establish "new orders" in the region (see the Lebanon war). > > > >In Oslo, the Alon plan route triumphed, where gradually it became apparent > >that it is even possible to extend the "Arab-free" areas. In practice, the > >Palestinians have already been dispossessed of half of their lands, which > >are now state lands, security zones and "land reserves for the > >settlements". > >However, it appeared that Israel will be satisfied with that, and will > >allow > >the PA to run the enclaves in which the Palestinians still reside. The > >security establishment expressed full confidence in the ability of the > >Palestinian security forces - which were created and trained in cooperation > >with the Israeli ones - to control the frustration of the Palestinians and > >protect the security of the settlers and the Israeli home front. > > > >But the victory of the Alon plan wasn't complete. Even the little that the > >Palestinians did get, seemed too much to some in the military circles, > >whose > >most vocal spokesman in the early years of Oslo was then chief of staff, > >Ehud Barak. Another consistent voice which has emerged is that of Brigadier > >Moshe (Bugi) Ya'alon, who is also known for his connections with the > >settlers. As head of the military intelligence -Ama"n- (1995-1998), Ya'alon > >confronted the subsequent chief of staff, Amnon Shahak, an Oslo supporter, > >and has consolidated the anti-Oslo line which now dominates the military > >intelligence view. Contradicting the Shin Bet position and the many media > >reports about security cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian > >authority, Ya'alon claimed in a cabinet meeting in September 1997, and > >later, that "Arafat is giving a green light to terror". > > > >The objection to the Oslo conception in the military circles was based on > >the view that it will be impossible to maintain such an arrangement in the > >long term. If the Palestinians have a political infrastructure and armed > >forces, they will eventually try to rebel. Therefore, the only way is to > >overthrow the Palestinian authority, and the whole Oslo conception. The > >first step on this route is to convince the public that Arafat is still a > >terrorist and is personally responsible for the acts of all groups from the > >Islamic Jihad to Hizbollah. > > > >During Barak's days in office, Ya'alon became one of his closets confidants > >in the restricted military team which Barak has assembled to work with > >(Amir > >Oren, Ha'aretz, Nov 17, 00). The same team was prepared already at the > >beginning of the Intifada for a total attack on the Palestinian authority, > >on both the military and the propaganda levels. On the later, this included > >the "White book" on the crimes of Arafat and the PA. This is the same team > >which is now briefing the political level, as well as US representatives, > >and is responsible for the dominance of the call for toppling the PA. > > > >In modern times, wars aren't openly started over land and water. In order > >to > >attack, you first need to prove that the enemy isn't willing to live in > >peace and is threatening our mere existence. Barak managed to do that. Now > >conditions are ripe for executing Sharon's plan, or as Ya'alon put it in > >November 2000, for "the second half of 1948". Before we reach that black > >line, there is one option which was never tried before: to leave the > >occupied territories now. > > > >* Prof. Reinhart is Professor of Linguistics at Tel Aviv University. This > >article was published on June 10 in Hebrew by Yediot Aharonot. The author > >can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
THE SECOND HALF OF 1948" > > > > THE SHARON-YA'ALON PLAN > > > > By Prof. Tanya Reinhart* > > > >Official declarations and many reports in the Israeli media indicate that > >the Israeli military and political leadership are aiming, eventually, at a > >total destruction of the Palestinian authority, and, with it, the process > >of > >Oslo, which is now dominantly considered by them a 'historical mistake'. > >Let > >us trace some of the background for this development. > > > >Ever since the 1967 occupation, the military and political elites (which > >have been always closely intertwined in Israel) deliberated over the > >question of how to keep maximum land with minimum Palestinian population. > >The leaders of the '1948 generation' - Alon, Sharon, Dayan, Rabin and > >Peres - were raised on the myth of redemption of land. But a simple > >solution > >of annexation of the occupied territories would have turned the occupied > >Palestinians into Israeli citizens, and this would have caused what has > >been > >labeled the "demographic problem" - the fear that the Jewish majority could > >not be preserved. Therefore, two basic conceptions were developed. > > > >The Alon plan consisted of annexation of 35-40% of the territories to > >Israel, and self-rule or partnership in a confederation of the rest, the > >land on which the Palestinians actually live. This plan originated with > >those who thought that it is impossible to repeat the 1948 'solution' of > >mass expulsion, for moral as well as world public opinion considerations. > >The second view, whose primary spokesman was Sharon, assumed that it is > >possible to find more acceptable and sophisticated ways to achieve a 1948 > >style 'solution' - it is only necessary to find another country for the > >Palestinians, such as Jordan, and to make sure that as many as possible of > >them will move there. This was a part of Sharon's global worldview by which > >Israel can establish "new orders" in the region (see the Lebanon war). > > > >In Oslo, the Alon plan route triumphed, where gradually it became apparent > >that it is even possible to extend the "Arab-free" areas. In practice, the > >Palestinians have already been dispossessed of half of their lands, which > >are now state lands, security zones and "land reserves for the > >settlements". > >However, it appeared that Israel will be satisfied with that, and will > >allow > >the PA to run the enclaves in which the Palestinians still reside. The > >security establishment expressed full confidence in the ability of the > >Palestinian security forces - which were created and trained in cooperation > >with the Israeli ones - to control the frustration of the Palestinians and > >protect the security of the settlers and the Israeli home front. > > > >But the victory of the Alon plan wasn't complete. Even the little that the > >Palestinians did get, seemed too much to some in the military circles, > >whose > >most vocal spokesman in the early years of Oslo was then chief of staff, > >Ehud Barak. Another consistent voice which has emerged is that of Brigadier > >Moshe (Bugi) Ya'alon, who is also known for his connections with the > >settlers. As head of the military intelligence -Ama"n- (1995-1998), Ya'alon > >confronted the subsequent chief of staff, Amnon Shahak, an Oslo supporter, > >and has consolidated the anti-Oslo line which now dominates the military > >intelligence view. Contradicting the Shin Bet position and the many media > >reports about security cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian > >authority, Ya'alon claimed in a cabinet meeting in September 1997, and > >later, that "Arafat is giving a green light to terror". > > > >The objection to the Oslo conception in the military circles was based on > >the view that it will be impossible to maintain such an arrangement in the > >long term. If the Palestinians have a political infrastructure and armed > >forces, they will eventually try to rebel. Therefore, the only way is to > >overthrow the Palestinian authority, and the whole Oslo conception. The > >first step on this route is to convince the public that Arafat is still a > >terrorist and is personally responsible for the acts of all groups from the > >Islamic Jihad to Hizbollah. > > > >During Barak's days in office, Ya'alon became one of his closets confidants > >in the restricted military team which Barak has assembled to work with > >(Amir > >Oren, Ha'aretz, Nov 17, 00). The same team was prepared already at the > >beginning of the Intifada for a total attack on the Palestinian authority, > >on both the military and the propaganda levels. On the later, this included > >the "White book" on the crimes of Arafat and the PA. This is the same team > >which is now briefing the political level, as well as US representatives, > >and is responsible for the dominance of the call for toppling the PA. > > > >In modern times, wars aren't openly started over land and water. In order > >to > >attack, you first need to prove that the enemy isn't willing to live in > >peace and is threatening our mere existence. Barak managed to do that. Now > >conditions are ripe for executing Sharon's plan, or as Ya'alon put it in > >November 2000, for "the second half of 1948". Before we reach that black > >line, there is one option which was never tried before: to leave the > >occupied territories now. > > > >* Prof. Reinhart is Professor of Linguistics at Tel Aviv University. This > >article was published on June 10 in Hebrew by Yediot Aharonot. The author > >can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
