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A caucus of 26 members of the Knesset, which extends from left to right across the Israeli political spectrum , promotes the idea that the only way to achieve peace with the Palestinians is for Israelis and Palestinians to recognize that Israel has clearly emerged victorious in the decades-old conflict between the two populations. .. writes Alex Traiman / JNS

Alex Traiman

The Israel Victory Project- a project initiated by the Middle East Forum that has caucus brothers in the Israeli parliament and the US Congress – has convened this Knesset week to present new data demonstrating that a majority of Israelis consider Oslo agreements, which call for direct negotiations of a

A member of the Knesset, Oded Yasrael Beiteynu party drill, co-opted Identity of the Knesset caucus, said the key to understand why Israel and the Palestinians are not close to a peace agreement. Today, when the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993, "begins by recognizing that Palestinians do not recognize the right of the Jewish people to have their own state."

This lack of awareness, of Ethiopian origin A member of the Knesset, Avraham Neguise of Likud, explains that Israelis and Palestinians are not engaged in land or border conflict. "Some people say it's a land issue, the so-called occupation," he says. "Some say it is the situation of colonization.These are all lies because it is an ideological conflict, not a land dispute.Recognition must come first, otherwise we do not have a land dispute. will not have peace. "

" Negotiations lasted for decades "

Middle East Forum President Daniel Pipes, who played a pivotal role in creating the Knesset caucuses and Congress, explained the need to declare Israel's victory in the conflict.

"The concept of victory has largely disappeared, but it's a big part of conflict and war," he says. "Conflicts can only end when a party abandons."

Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum, addressing the Knesset Caucus to support the Israel Victory Project. Credit: Middle East Forum via Twitter

Pipes explains that the "Palestinian rejectionism" of a Jewish state has not only harmed Israel but also Palestinian interests, noting that protracted conflict has prevented the quality of life and the economic opportunities that await Palestinians. they normalized relations with Israel.

"If [they] can be released from his obsession with the destruction of the Jewish state, they can continue their lives," he says.

Forum members argue that the import Ybader Arafat, exiled terrorist and former leader of the PLO, at the head of a newly created Palestinian Authority, and give to the authority the same status in the negotiations that the sovereign state of Israel has encouraged the Palestinians to seek land concessions.

"These negotiations lasted for decades, and they came to nothing," notes Pipes, expressing his hope that leaders within the international community will finally recognize that the Oslo Accords n & # 39; 39 have not produced the expected results and will seek alternative solutions

"What did the Palestinian Authority give to our lives?"

Ashraf Jabari, leader of a local Arab clan in the large Palestinian-controlled city of Hebron in the West Bank, places the failure of normalizing relations with Israel and improves the lives of Palestinians outright with the AP

"For 25 years, under the Palestinian Authority, I want to ask, what have we achieved? What is the PA given to our lives ? "he asks. "Things are receding, they are not going forward."

Jabari says, "There is no solution unless everyone is under Jewish authority. This conflict, all these problems We are in a difficult situation The only people who are against [Israeli sovereignty] are those who profit from the conflict

"I am sure the Palestinians want real peace. It will be better for our children and our grandchildren, "he continues. "It is time to say enough, we are not afraid of any backlash, the most important thing is to stand side by side with Israel."

Jabari notes that he recently spoke to US Ambbadador to Israel David Friedman, who informed him that since the signing of the Oslo Accords, the PA had received more than $ 7 billion in foreign aid from United States.

"Where did it go?", Questions Jabari. "I ask the leaders [the P.A.]: What did you do for the Palestinian people?"

Drilling notes that Jabari 's words "give a lot of hope," while adding that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas "is acting in his own interest This is not what is in the world". interest of the Palestinian people. "

Gregg Roman, director of the Middle East Forum, echoed Jabari's sentiments:" For $ 7 billion spent on peace, what is the result? Today in Gaza, we have a Hamas-led government that is determined to kill the Jews. "

" The Two-State Solution Was Only Theoretical "

Menachem Begin Heritage Center, Current and Former Members of the Knesset Analyzed the Roots of Conflict and the apparent inability to solve it

Gideon Saar, a popular Likud politician seen as a possible successor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said: The two-state solution was nothing more than A slogan to two states, and it was only theoretical. "

" At crucial moments, before the founding of the state of Israel and even after the signing of the Agreements of Oslo, The Palestinians rejected all offers.They always said no, regardless of the exact lines that were drawn, or how the land was to be divided.

"The Palestinian side has never wanted to end the conflict, "says Saar." Their goal was to ameliorate their position in the conflict. Their goal remains the end of the existence of Israel. "

Saar calls for strengthening the Jewish majority in Jerusalem with housing projects in Jewish neighborhoods and throughout the country with a new national push for Jewish immigration from Jewish communities in the diaspora." Palestinians living in the West Bank could once again receive national citizenship in Jordan, which he said was illegally withdrawn from Palestinians in 1988.

Saar suggests that Israel "takes a binary approach; to the concept of a zero-sum game. The paradigm of victory badumes that an agreement can only be reached when an Israeli victory is fully established. This requires the abandonment of the concept of Oslo. "

Néguise, former Knesset member Einat Wilf and former managing director of the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs Brig.-Gen. (Res.) Yossi Kuperwbader spoke about the circumstances and wishful thinking that led Israel to the Accords of

Kuperwbader notes that by trying and not making peace with the Palestinians, "there is a learning curve, in which we learn from our mistakes. "

" Even when Oslo was signed, there was a Zionist majority for this plan, "he says." But we can see today that Zionists are clearly against this paradigm. "

Pipes thinks the idea of ​​Israel's victory may be appealing to all members of the Knesset, regardless of their political tendencies.He notes that the paradigm he advocates "is an agnostic solution"

As he explains, "we are very careful not to prejudge any solution.If you want a complete withdrawal to the 1967 lines, the victory of Israel works." If you want to see Israeli sovereignty Full on the West Bank, it works.And whatever comes in. We are only dealing with the first step of acceptance of the Jewish right to live in the state of Israel. "[19659029] "How to find ways to break the Palestinian resistance without using weapons?" P dares Pipes' colleague, Roman, The project has spent more than 6 million shekels ($ 1.65 million) to promote these concepts in Israel, in order to get support across the political spectrum.

"No matter where you stand on the political spectrum," he said Zionist, you are for victory. "

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