Even if Israel would give up the West Bank tomorrow, which I don’t believe, peace could not exist. The same I can say from Arik Sharon, when he was in New York at my show at the Javits Center. That day he told me that sooner or later Israel would make peace with Egypt and with Jordan but not with either Arafat or his successors or with the PLO people. We cannot easily transform terrorists into decent people. Peace can be done only when the Palestinians evolve peacefully without their PLO party and its lies.
I wonder why Barak Obama insists on pushing Israel to make peace with the PLO. I have one response to that. Obama made a mistake when he chose the Muslim Brotherhood hastily, asking Mubarak to leave his presidency. Although he met with the Saudi leadership and even was their guest and knew their power and their political tendency he did not realize that General Sissi was Mubarak’s envoy to Saudi Arabia. I believe Israel could make an arrangement with the Saudis and the Egyptians who need Israel in order to reach an agreement for the Palestinians, without going through the PLO.
The Arabs – Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq have several times attacked Israel, and the results of the confrontations were not in their favor, as Israel came out on top. Now that the PLO threatens Israel, it can only succeed in terrorist acts that bring no gain for them, but never in battle. Abbas, who receives every month a big budget, does not use it in the interest of the people. They could have developed the West Bank during all these years. In my view, Israel should not fear anything. Just wait and see what they can do.
In my view, Obama does not know that the Arabs of the Middle East are not the same as the Indonesians he got to know in his childhood. The Arabs of the Middle East do not trust him. He would be better off not to stir Israel or the Middle East. He is only losing credibility. Netanyahu was very patient with Kerry and with his people. I don’t believe any country would free terrorists just to continue fruitless negotiations. Israel should stop negotiating, as the Palestinians depend on the Arab League and cannot make any decisions on their own. In the meantime, the Arabs who live in Israel have the benefits of democracy and are better off that those who live in any Arab country.
Copyright 2014 Emile Tubiana
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