It's about time the Arabs adopted your position

Submitted by David Singer, Jul 14, 2012 21:05

The only possible way to resolve sovereignty in the West Bank between Jews and Arabs is in direct negotiations between Jordan and Israel - the two successor states to the Mandate for Palestine and both signatories to a peace treaty that has endured since 1994. Oslo has proved a disaster in trying to create a second Palestinian Arab state in addition to Jordan. Two peoples - the Arabs and the Jews - need two states (not three) in former Palestine. The PLO and its 18 years old son, the Palestinian Authority, have failed to achieve the three state solution in former Palestine, being unable to forego the hatred endemic in the PLO Charter of never recognizing Israel as belonging to anyone but the Palestinian Arabs.

How much longer will this farce be tolerated? And how many more innocent lives - both Jews and Arabs - will be lost before something is done to break the current deadlock? Mudar Zahran is to be commended for his brave stance. Where are there other Arabs who are prepared to speak out as forcefully and forthrightly as he has in this timely article? Maybe if Mr Zahran's comments were endorsed by influential politicians and opinion makers in the Arab world and beyond, some movement towards negotiations with Jordan would become a real possibility.

Hanan Ashrawi, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Shimon Peres and Peter Beinart - I ask you, what are your views on Mr. Zahran's article?

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