With the Israeli election over, it seems likely that before too long the White House will unveil its promised proposal for resolving the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Yossi Kuperwasser argues that, whatever the plan’s particulars, Jerusalem’s response should emphasize the “red lines” it will not and cannot cross. He elaborates:
[N]o lasting peace can be reached without: Palestinian recognition of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people, a security plan that leaves the Jordan valley under Israeli responsibility and allows the IDF to deal with threats from the West Bank, and an end to the indoctrination and incitement that inculcate support for terror and [reinforce the] Palestinians’ commitment to a state “from the river to the sea.”
If the Palestinians reject the plan, Israel together with the U.S. administration should continue conveying the message that there is a price for Palestinian intransigence. They should seek to . . . convince the Palestinians of the need to . . . accept the existence of a Jewish people that has a sovereign history in this disputed Holy Land [and also to] accept the need to share this land with them.
[Israel’s government must also] refrain from moving toward unilateral concessions disguised as “separation” from the Palestinians. This is a dangerous idea as it ignores the Palestinian narrative and may lead to greater Palestinian terror while simultaneously causing higher tensions within Israeli society.
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