Monday, April 30, 2012

1 State West of the Jordan


My Ad in the Harvard Crimson:1 State West of the Jordan

Harvard wouldn't let the writer speak at their One State West of the Jordan Conference because his state was the Jewish one, so he purchased an ad in their newspaper for Israel's birthday. Kudos to a proud Zionist Harvard alumnus.
From Wallace Edward Brand, JD
This ad appears in the Harvard Crimson today:               

Students at Harvard  should know that there are actually three solutions to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 

First there is a "one [Arab majority] state" solution, in which the Jewish Israelis would become unwelcome guests in their own National Home, and the Jews in the Diaspora, such as in Toulouse, lose the only place on earth they could go to and not be in a minority. 

The second is a "two state [temporary] solution" in which the interim solution would result in the loss of much Jewish and Christian heritage and in the long run would end up as the one [Arab majority] state solution. 

The third is  one lawful Jewish state  based on the San Remo Agreement of 1920 that established the British Mandate for Palestine.  It granted the Jews exclusive collective political rights to Palestine, in trust, to vest when the Jews had attained a population majority.


The details of the San Remo agreement are also on line in a two part op ed that can be seen at:



Debunking the Palestine Lie"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ByJb7QQ9U

It is likely that HLS Professor Alan Dershowitz will sponsor a conference at Harvard on a two state temporary solution.  Will he permit discussion of the third option at his conference?  

The three solutions are like the three legs of a stool.  With only the first two, it will appear that you will get strong arguments in favor of both, but not much balance. Here is a critical review  of the two state temporary solution:   http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2012/03/remember-quraysh.html  

Also, it would be helpful to look at what Dr. Daniel Pipes has uncovered about Yassir Arafat and the treaty of Hudibyah, a two-tribe solution that went sour.  http://www.danielpipes.org/316/al-hudaybiya-and-lessons-from-the-prophet-muhammads and


If Harvard is a free and open marketplace of ideas, demand a conference where all three solutions are discussed by genuine proponents and opponents.

Wallace Edward Brand, HLS '57    webrand@cox.net

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/11563#.T52AQ8RYsyA

1 comment:

  1. All of these solutions assume there is a demographic threat as promulgated by the left-wingers to justify their concessions. We see, in fact, that as the Israeli Arabs prosper with the benefits of democracy, their birthrate drops. Jews, on the other hand have more children. Not only that, but when there is the security of a real peace, Aliyah will increase.
    So I don't believe the demographic threat. I also propose a 1 state solution west of the Jordan: Israel annexes all of the territories outright and grants all Arabs living in the territories resident alien status with a 5 year window to convert that to Israeli citizenship provided they pass a security check. No more PA, no more PA security force, only Israeli law. Any violent act will be treated as a criminal act and dealt with accordingly if the perpetrator is an Israeli citizen. Resident aliens will be deported on conviction. Finished. No more refugees, no more UNRWA, no more funding needed from the EU and USA. Let them scream about it. Now is the time to act. The US President is at his weakest, running for re-election. Syria, Jordan and Egypt are in no position to respond. Lebanon has already announced that if Israel attacks Iran it will NOT feel compelled to act, and the government spokesman made it clear he was speaking for Hezbollah as well. Israel is about to become gas and oil independent and maybe an exporter. With the possible exception of Iran, who will act or not in any case without regard to the political situation, who is in a position to act against annexation? Oh, yeah, I forgot. It is the Israelis themselves who are the problem. The left opposes such an action and the right is too terrified to implement. As usual, Israelis are their own worst enemy.

    Ben Pincus

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