Opinion
Announcing The New State Solution
Benjamin Anthony
Published: 16.11.16, 12:12
Comment Comment
Print comment Print comment
Back to article
9 Talkbacks for this article
1. Never happen
Nigel Lawrence ,   London   (11.16.16)
The Palestinians have not shown any interest in any compromise which leaves a Sovereign Jewish state. Their increasingly belligerent rhetoric leads to the belief that they see Acco, Haifa and Jaffa as settlements as well as areas over the "Green Line".
I fear that their leaders are more concerned with ensuring the flow of aid, than the situation which they claim is so dire for their people, If they had wanted peace,they would have had it years ago, Instead, they have walked of each peace conference missing opportunity after opportunity.
There is nothing new in offering the Palestinians a homeland. They just do not seem to want one unless it has its HQ in Tel aviv
2. israel is good at giving away other peoples land (Egypt)
(11.16.16)
3. Not a word about those unique 37 acres in Jerusalem
A Wiseman ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (11.16.16)
How is this NewState going to resolve the issue of Palestinians claims to East Jerusalem as their Capital? Or even more specifically, what will be the status of the 37 acres in the center of this land dispute?
4. Sick Joke
Ed ,   Portland   (11.16.16)
What a sick fantasy. Move the Palestinians from the West Bank to some unwanted land in the desert, and land that isn't currently in dispute but whose status was resolved with Egypt decades ago.

Such a desperate commentary. Ideas like this reinforce the narrative of the anti Israel community regarding colonialism and ethnic cleansing.
5. Disneyland
Avi L.   (11.22.16)
All writers are proposing solutions without considering that for the last 60 years, at least, arabs and falastinians in particular have been fed only one thing: "the destruction of Israel".

So all "peace plans" are academic theories at best or otherwise self delusional pipe dreams, meant to tranquilize the Israeli Jewish public or to enhance some consulting careers.

With this kind of arab expectations and with nowaday rocketry, you cannot have an enemy state overlooking the Tel Aviv region from Kalkilya. Even firework would reach the beachfront. And there isn't any falastinian entity that could be considered non hostile.

Too bad but there cannot be a falastinian entity in Judea and Shomron. Also because with all the possible good will, Jordan cannot guaranty to hold the border closed, too much "falastinian sympathizers" there and there's not even a desert as the Sinai to offer a physical separation.

Too bad for the Jewish public, but excepted from "moving" there isn't any viable solution, also because in some 20-30 years they will be the majority, the way they will be in some european places.

Actually there is no solution at all.
6. What of Temple Mount?
Naum Tered ,   Melbourne Australia   (02.16.18)
An omission is the present Hashemite King's custodianship of the mosque and shrines on Temple Mount.
7. I actually submitted that idea some years ago, to the
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (02.17.18)
Prime Ministers Office. (No reply)
Back to article