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End the Arab occupation of Israel
By Ron Breiman
Tags: Settlements, Palestinians 

From Gideon Levy to Barack Obama, from Yariv Oppenheimer to Ismail Haniyeh, from Zahava Gal-On to Tzipi Livni - they all recite the same phrase: It's time to put an end to the "occupation." Once the "occupation" ends, peace will be sealed. Once the Jews are expelled from the heart of their country, redemption will come to Zion. From here emerges "the solution" - two states within the tiny piece of prized property that remains, the western Land of Israel, not the Greater Land of Israel.

We would do well to recall that the PLO - the (all of!) Palestine Liberation Organization - was founded in 1964 before there was an "occupation," "the West Bank," "territories," and the other political terms that were designed to disinherit the Jewish people from the heart of their country, those swaths of land that were occupied - without quotation marks - by the Jordanian army in 1948, an occupation that lasted just 19 years. The PLO's goal was not to liberate the territories from Jordan, because those lands were in Arab hands. Rather, it aimed to liberate the "occupied" territories from the State of Israel, which lay within "the Green Line."

We would do well to recall that the PLO never changed its spots. It failed to do so when it signed for "peace" with the naive Yitzhak Rabin, who was lured into the trap sprung for him by the Osloites. And it failed to do so when it allegedly abrogated its charter. Even the recent Fatah conference and the statements by the "moderate" Holocaust denier, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, can attest to this. The goal was and remains to this day: the liberation of the "occupied" territories from Israel, namely the State of Israel within the confines of the Green Line.
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On the other hand, when the Osloites let Yasser Arafat and his gang of henchmen come into the heart of the country with his army of terrorists, they brought with them their own army of occupation. As things went, thanks to the shock after the Rabin assassination, the Osloites quickly handed the cities of Judea and Samaria over to the occupier, an error that the slain prime minister apparently did not intend to commit. This is how liberated territories became occupied territories, without quotation marks. In Operation Defensive Shield, the Israel Defense Forces was compelled to pay a steep price in blood to liberate the heart of the country from Arab occupation.

Most of the Arabs in the Land of Israel immigrated here after our waves of aliyah. In other words, Zionism and the prosperity it engendered spawned "the Palestinian people." Since the Arab occupation of the Land of Israel in the seventh century, and throughout the centuries of Muslim occupation, not one of the occupiers viewed this land as anything more than a distant imperial outpost.

The demand to grant a state to Arab immigrants to this country and their army, which is stationed here thanks to the blindness of certain Jews and the nations of the world, is without foundation. It is tantamount to legitimizing a reality that was created here after the criminal act that allowed an occupying army to enter this country.

The critics' responses are predictable: What do you propose, that the Arabs just evaporate into thin air? In contrast with the critics who espouse a racist transfer of Jews from Judea and Samaria, I reject any forcible transfer of any population group. Perhaps there is no solution to the problem. There is certainly no solution at this point. But this is no reason to commit suicide or sacrifice the Zionist vision on the altar of "peace."

I do not want a binational state. If there is a solution, it cannot be found within the confines of just the western Land of Israel. In the long term, the solution will be a regional one that combines democracy, demography and geography. The Arabs of the Land of Israel will continue to live in their present homes and will hold Jordanian and Egyptian (for Gazans) citizenship, voting for their respective parliaments. In the long term, citizens of Jordan who comprise an overwhelming majority in eastern Transjordan will gain power in Amman. It is there that a solution will be found for their brothers who live west of the Jordan River.

But in the meantime, we must end the occupation. The Arab occupation in the Land of Israel.

The writer was the chairman of Professors for a Strong Israel from 2001 to 2005.

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      8.   Only Option 1 State? 06:09  |  Shai 04/10/09
      9.   Michael N walks into his own trap 06:23  |  Peter Williams 04/10/09
      10.   You know it! 06:28  |  Jason 04/10/09
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      12.   #2 MichaelN and the article 06:38  |  Vladimir 04/10/09
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      15.   Halleluiah 07:23  |  Shmuelshachor 04/10/09
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      17.   Western land of Israel !! 07:28  |  Steve the Pals. 04/10/09
      18.   To #13 Boston in Texas: you messed up geography, history and laws 07:40  |  Vladimir 04/10/09
      19.   Better yet 07:42  |  sam 04/10/09
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      21.   Angry Arab: who needs another corrupt dictatorship? 07:44  |  As`ad (Angry Arab) 04/10/09
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      24.   Cristal clear! 08:42  |  Michael Dar 04/10/09
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      31.   # 12 Vladimir 09:41  |  Traude 04/10/09
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      35.   liberatiion II 09:54  |  Jim 04/10/09
      36.   Could Breiman explain? 09:59  |  NotFound 04/10/09
      37.   Wow a spark of light 10:01  |  Chaim Ben Kahan 04/10/09
      38.   Utterly amazing 10:02  |  Marlene N. 04/10/09
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      40.   Jordan is Palestine and lets face it 10:04  |  Baruch Gold 04/10/09
      41.   Ethnical cleansing a la mode 10:14  |  Fritz T. 04/10/09
      42.   Why did you print this? 10:18  |  Colin Wright 04/10/09
      43.   Vladimir 10:20  |  John and the truth 04/10/09
      44.   Ron Breiman, liberation, and peace 10:24  |  Jim 04/10/09
      45.   Vladimir, Rossian Orwell 10:28  |  guardian of stolen 04/10/09
      46.   Another deluded hasbara writer 10:54  |  Darius 04/10/09
      47.   arab ocupation... 10:55  |  David Tabacof 04/10/09
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      49.   #20 As` Ad 11:09  |  Jim 04/10/09
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      52.   #4 John Butler 11:34  |  Jim 04/10/09
      53.   Ron Breiman. He doesn`t even have a Middle Eastern name. 11:48  |  Michael 04/10/09
      54.   Ron 11:48  |  OZ 04/10/09
      55.   As`ad 11:54  |  Yaron 04/10/09
      56.   # 12 vladimir 11:54  |  Axel 04/10/09
      57.   Europe to the Romans, please 12:05  |  Rozanna 04/10/09
      58.   .... and Poland is actually part of Greater Germany .... 12:11  |  Jaap 04/10/09
      59.   Sheep in wolfs clothing 12:14  |  Natallie Durson 04/10/09
      60.   Where are Isreali Borders? 12:16  |  Shadi 04/10/09
      61.   HALLELYAH AT LAST THE TRUTH GOING FORTH FROM ZION ?? 12:19  |  Bill 04/10/09
      62.   #17 Vladmir 12:22  |  Jim 04/10/09
      63.   Steve 6. Not Arab civilization? Are you blind? 12:36  |  Michael 04/10/09
      64.   to Vladimir #12 12:36  |  zeev 04/10/09
      65.   vladimir 17 12:55  |  potobac 04/10/09
      66.   #2 Michael N you are right of course 13:01  |  H 04/10/09
      67.   Before the PLO, there was the PNC since 1919 13:01  |  A Bethlehemite 04/10/09
      68.   Ynet published a similar article 13:05  |  Smith 04/10/09
      69.   Just an Ideological Fantasy 13:23  |  ARTH 04/10/09
      70.   The Article Reaches the Wrong Conclusion 13:24  |  ARTH 04/10/09
      71.   Similar to early Nazi propaganda. After all they were looking 13:26  |  Andreas 04/10/09
      72.   TRUTHS 13:28  |  Yehuda 04/10/09
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      76.   arab 13:49  |  kalfa 04/10/09
      77.   Just want to say: I disagree with that man 13:55  |  christoph 04/10/09
      78.   # 22 Rozanna 14:09  |  Rolandus 04/10/09
      79.   to Shai #8 14:18  |  zeev 04/10/09
      80.   reality 14:20  |  steve 04/10/09
      81.   #13 Don Boston - Your response and Right of Return 14:20  |  Begood 04/10/09
      82.   #22 Rozanna - R u against "Right of Return" as well? 14:22  |  Begood 04/10/09
      83.   #23 Jaap and the "Right of Return" 14:26  |  Begood 04/10/09
      84.   #13 says it very well 14:27  |  WHG 04/10/09
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      88.   Jown Peters hoax resurfaces 14:59  |  W 04/10/09
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      93.   ffa in the 19th Century 15:13  |  Steve of Mevaserret 04/10/09
      94.   Correction for AB 15:15  |  Jackie 04/10/09
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      107.   Some muvvers do av them. 15:33  |  Labhras 04/10/09
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      130.   Michael (#32) 17:05  |  Gil 04/10/09
      131.   The rejectionost Vladimirs 17:05  |  Michael N 04/10/09
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      136.   # 106 steven 17:31  |  Axel 04/10/09
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      140.   #45 guardian: you should read not only the beginning... Part 2 17:35  |  Vladimir 04/10/09
      141.   # 133 larry 17:35  |  Axel 04/10/09
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      144.   #12 Vladimir 17:53  |  Der Zweifler 04/10/09
      145.   @Zeev, 139 17:55  |  Shai 04/10/09
      146.   to Jake in Jerusalem #138 18:01  |  zeev 04/10/09
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      148.   The Myth of "Stlen Property" Dani 113 18:17  |  Steve of Mevaserret 04/10/09
      149.   As`ad 18:18  |  Jonathan 04/10/09
      150.   Dead End 18:19  |  Shimon Cleopas 04/10/09
      151.   to Sarah #143 18:23  |  zeev 04/10/09
      152.   Mein kempfe 18:26  |  Mario 04/10/09
      153.   This is a professor? 18:34  |  Axel 04/10/09
      154.   Great 18:39  |  M. 04/10/09
      155.   Who was first is a irrelevant argument 18:46  |  Butros Dahu 04/10/09
      156.   This article describes reality for what it is. Thanks God for it 18:48  |  Geulah 04/10/09
      157.   arab occupation of Israel 19:00  |  m.a. 04/10/09
      158.   Bill #61 19:04  |  Joan 04/10/09
      159.   Gee, sounds familiar 19:06  |  Mark Lincoln 04/10/09
      160.   Axel (#134) No the Real Stroke of Genius is 19:13  |  Gil 04/10/09
      161.   thanks Haaretz 19:17  |  Spokanite 04/10/09
      162.   Axel (#153) At least you read what he wrote unlike 19:22  |  Gil 04/10/09
      163.   #144 Der Zweifler: your statements are true, but not all...part1 19:27  |  Vladimir 04/10/09
      164.   #144 Der Zweifler: your statements are true, but not all...part2 19:28  |  Vladimir 04/10/09
      165.   # 160 gil 19:34  |  Axel 04/10/09
      166.   Indeed, end the Arab occupation of Israel now. 19:35  |  Gadi 04/10/09
      167.   # 162 gil 19:36  |  Axel 04/10/09
      168.   #134 Axel: you should not denigrate all three major religions in 19:38  |  Vladimir 04/10/09
      169.   jordan belongs to the palestinians 19:44  |  johnson 04/10/09
      170.   Gil _ They Use Our Characters, They Use Our Prayers 19:45  |  Eli 04/10/09
      171.   Professor Ron Breiman 19:49  |  Colin Wright 04/10/09
      172.   # 168 vladimir 19:49  |  Axel 04/10/09
      173.   #147 Smadar 19:50  |  Der Zweifler 04/10/09
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      177.   Vladmir - your arguments are fantasy - part 1 20:08  |  Don Boston 04/10/09
      178.   Axel (#141) What has angered you so much is it 20:10  |  Gil 04/10/09
      179.   Lies! 20:36  |  Les 04/10/09
      180.   Bullshit Passing as History 20:37  |  Yaakov Sullivan 04/10/09
      181.   19th C Israel in Historical Perspective 20:49  |  Steve of Mevaserret 04/10/09
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      185.   2ND TRY - #13 Don Boston and "Right of Return" 21:08  |  Begood 04/10/09
      186.   Once again, a great article by Prof. Breiman 21:16  |  Batya 04/10/09
      187.   Nakba Denial Should Be A Crime 21:18  |  MaoSayTongue 04/10/09
      188.   Vladimir 21:23  |  Der Zweifler 04/10/09
      189.   Unblieveable 21:25  |  Adam 04/10/09
      190.   The clairvoyance of sacrifice for peace 21:26  |  allang 04/10/09
      191.   Begood - your concept of the right of return is ludicrous 21:28  |  Don Boston 04/10/09
      192.   Tired old biblical stories 21:30  |  r cummings 04/10/09
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      194.   #171 Colin Wright.... doctorate in clairvoyance 21:52  |  allang 04/10/09
      195.   Axel (#165) Noah`s Ark 21:58  |  Gil 04/10/09
      196.   Ken Jurist _ Don`t Cheer Yet ! Only One In Ten Of Mine Get 22:00  |  Eli 04/10/09
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      198.   #2 Michael N....realistic would have been 22:08  |  Lynn 04/10/09
      199.   # 178 gil 22:09  |  Axel 04/10/09
      200.   What sort of professors are these, that promote Israel`s doom? 22:20  |  Prof 04/10/09
      201.   #78, Rolandus, #82 Begood 22:32  |  Rozanna 04/10/09
      202.   Binational state exists now 22:50  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      203.   You have it wrong, pal 22:56  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      204.   This man is correct, and you are nuts. 23:02  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      205.   Israel is not apartheid state 23:06  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      206.   Fiction of Arab astronomic growth rate 23:10  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      207.   Steve of Mevaseret has it right! 23:15  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      208.   End the Arab occupation: Amman being the capital city of the 23:16  |  Barbara 04/10/09
      209.   Unbelievable! 23:17  |  Oscar 04/10/09
      210.   Axel 23:20  |  Der Zweifler 04/10/09
      211.   Believing in Israel`s just right to this land isn`t demented! 23:20  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      212.   :S 23:20  |  Froy 04/10/09
      213.   Shai - why not let Jordan annex Samaria, Judea? 23:25  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      214.   A professor`s philological abilities 23:27  |  Axel 04/10/09
      215.   Shai has a point 23:27  |  Israeliguy 04/10/09
      216.   Heather 23:29  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      217.   "Palestinian people are a fact" 23:34  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      218.   End Arab occupation of What? # 23:37  |  Ron 04/10/09
      219.   Lie of Convenience? 23:40  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      220.   Toronto is foggy! 23:47  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      221.   Send the Jews back, etc... 23:53  |  Yonatan 04/10/09
      222.   Butros #155... you are the best thinker among us all... 23:58  |  Esther 04/10/09
      223.   "The certain doom" etc... 00:01  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      224.   No one will allow Israel to remain, etc.... 00:09  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      225.   It`s midnight... 190 posts... damn waste of time... 00:10  |  Esther 05/10/09
      226.   Zeev the opinion maker 00:15  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      227.   Esther, please wake up to reality! 00:21  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      228.   Human rights issues and other concerns 00:27  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      229.   Traude and "aliens" in Israel 00:36  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      230.   "Shaul Sassoon" 00:40  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      231.   A Natural Evolution 00:43  |  The Other Alan 05/10/09
      232.   for John Spear 00:46  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      233.   Murfreesboro, TN 00:54  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      234.   to Jim from TN and his 5 points 01:00  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      235.   "Palestinians now are ancient Hebrews, etc.." 01:08  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      236.   Thanks Baruch Gold 01:11  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      237.   Fritz from Austria 01:20  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      238.   Vladimir, Rossian Orwell 01:22  |  john and the truth 05/10/09
      239.   Jim from TN 01:23  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      240.   Vladimir and Russian arrogance 01:29  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      241.   LOL@Article - Should be in JPost - Would sit nicer 01:29  |  Marc Leb 05/10/09
      242.   Response to David from Tel Aviv 01:37  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      243.   Dudi you are right 01:40  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      244.   To Claire 01:43  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      245.   loud mouth Michael from London 01:48  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      246.   Yes Michael, we do have the right to dwell here 01:57  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      247.   Romans and Empire 02:02  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      248.   Regarding "forcible transfer" 02:06  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      249.   It`s the status quo until Pals have acceptable plan 02:09  |  Sam 05/10/09
      250.   Don`t get obscene, Jim 02:11  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      251.   Breiman is right 02:21  |  Michelle 05/10/09
      252.   Joan Peters had facts, "W" has only opinions 02:24  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      253.   History of Zippori 02:47  |  Yonatan 05/10/09
      254.   Breiman will be proved correct in the end 03:51  |  Polyarmour 05/10/09
      255.   The truth 04:43  |  dovvod 05/10/09
      256.   #173 Der Zweifler The only thing I cooked was beef stew... 04:46  |  Smadar 05/10/09
      257.   The Romans do own most of Europe 04:47  |  lisa javner 05/10/09
      258.   A perspective often lacking and desperately needed on haaretz 04:58  |  jj 05/10/09
      259.   ron breiman, you`re totally screwed up dude! 05:05  |  sabera 05/10/09
      260.   Eli, Jurist was praising the idea of ethnic cleansing... 05:25  |  BBSNews 05/10/09
      261.   lets make it simplier then 05:36  |  RfaelMoshe 05/10/09
      262.   To Ben #174 06:28  |  John The American 05/10/09
      263.   Axel (#165) Noah`s Ark 06:38  |  Gil 05/10/09
      264.   RfaelMoshe, written as Israel uses 76% of the fresh water... 06:52  |  BBSNews 05/10/09
      265.   Michael (#175) 07:08  |  Gil 05/10/09
      266.   #203 Smadar Part One 07:29  |  Der Zweifler 05/10/09
      267.   sabera, I agree, this Breiman is to the right of Moshe Fieglin... 07:32  |  BBSNews 05/10/09
      268.   #194 Yonathan- "Romans had it all" 07:46  |  Rozanna 05/10/09
      269.   to Shai #145 07:47  |  zeev 05/10/09
      270.   #203 Smadar Part Two 07:54  |  Der Zweifler 05/10/09
      271.   to johnson #169 08:03  |  zeev 05/10/09
      272.   to Ken Jurist #185, nothing to worry about 08:08  |  zeev 05/10/09
      273.   to Eli #187 08:11  |  zeev 05/10/09
      274.   End the Arab Occupation of Israel 08:27  |  Abe Simhony 05/10/09
      275.   The Madagascar mentality lives on 08:28  |  Marlene N. 05/10/09
      276.   Occupational Therapy or End the Occupation Strife? 09:06  |  Michael J 05/10/09
      277.   Michael (#175) No you have it wrong 09:08  |  Gil 05/10/09
      278.   @ Zeev 220 09:45  |  Shai 05/10/09
      279.   #246 John the American, excellent summary 10:06  |  Ardi 05/10/09
      280.   re: JOAN/BILL #61 10:22  |  TORONTO 05/10/09
      281.   Der Zweifler, Smadar 10:35  |  sh 05/10/09
      282.   why do even "pro-palestinian" talkbackers refer to them as ARAB? 11:04  |  eric 05/10/09
      283.   Zeev (#271) 11:20  |  Gil 05/10/09
      284.   # 152 axel 11:37  |  The Teacher/Instruct 05/10/09
      285.   Great Minds Think Alike 16:47  |  Christopher 05/10/09
      286.   Shai #278, I wish you were right 17:09  |  zeev 05/10/09
      287.   Yonatan and Gil: Kol Hacavod 20:01  |  Steve of Mevasseret 05/10/09
      288.   TORONTO #280 00:45  |  Joan 06/10/09
      289.   to Gil #283 01:41  |  zeev 06/10/09
      290.   to Shai #278 - part 2/3 01:57  |  zeev 06/10/09
      291.   Who occupied whom 06:16  |  Dr. Yuda Molk 06/10/09
      292.   Eric (#282) We call them Arab because they are 06:31  |  Gil 06/10/09
      293.   The time for "population transfers" was 1948, not now 06:58  |  John Wheeler 06/10/09
      294.   Even the Arabs don`t want the Palestinians 07:20  |  John Wheeler 06/10/09
      295.   Michael Dar #135 needs to read more history 08:18  |  John Wheeler 06/10/09
      296.   to Sam #249 - think again (2nd try) 10:22  |  zeev 06/10/09
      297.   to Shai #278 - part 2/3 (3rd try) 10:25  |  zeev 06/10/09
      298.   to Gil #283 (2nd try) 10:29  |  zeev 06/10/09
      299.   to Yonatan #202 11:49  |  zeev 06/10/09
      300.   THE LAND OF THE LORD IS NOT FORSALE 18:48  |  HOWARD S. KNAPP 06/10/09
      301.   to Shai #278 - part 2/3 (4th try) 23:58  |  zeev 06/10/09
      302.   king Herod fought Arab kings ALWAYS east of the Jordan river. 05:54  |  Josephus Flavius 07/10/09
      303.   1st time in my life I do agree with HAARETZ ! 09:55  |  Trumpeldor 07/10/09
      304.   to Sam #249 - think again (3rd try) 11:09  |  zeev 07/10/09
      305.   to Yonatan #226 12:56  |  zeev 07/10/09
      306.   to Shai #278 - part 3/3 13:50  |  zeev 07/10/09
      307.   to Trumpeldor #303 18:59  |  zeev 09/10/09
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