Zippy Livni and like minded leftist appeasers, Israeli and non-Israeli, make the same bogus argument in favor of the non-solution two-state solution:
"The possibility of the establishment of one nation for Israelis and Palestinians, rather than the acceptance of a two-state solution, is a strategic threat to the existence of the Jewish state, opposition chair Tzipi Livni said on Thursday. "
That is a bogus argument.
Actually, it is the other way around. It is the two-state solution that poses a serious threat and danger to Israel.
Here's why:
They base this argument on a false assumption:
The assumption that if Israel doesn't bend the knee in the gutter of reckless appeasement and allows for "another" Arab "Palestinian" state to be created on Israel's land, then--
in order for Israel to maintain it's democracy, the so-called Palestinians must be made citizens of Israel. Then, as their argument and threat continues, after time, the Arabs will "vote" Israel out of existence.
That is in essence the one-state non-solution threat folks like Condi Rice, Blair, Carter, Livni, and other dhimmi politicians and diplomats make in their zeal to push Israel into appeasement / surrender mode, to bring about the establishment of another Islamist state in the very heart of Israel. Thus dividing and splitting apart the State of Israel.
And it is all rubbish!
Their one-state argument includes the false assumption that the Arabs "must" be made citizens of Israel. Wrong.
As Bibi has said, Israel does not want to "govern over a single Palestinian."
The Arabs have self-autonomy in their "Palestinian Authority" areas. They can vote in "their elections". They have "their" democracy.
And they used it to vote Hamas into power in 2006.
And on the matter of citizenship, the loyalty pledge Avigdor Lieberman and Israel Beytenu advocate sounds like an excellent idea. The new law, if it is ever adapted, would require every person to pledge loyalty to the State of Israel before citizenship could be obtained, and also as a requirement to serve in the Knesset.
An excellent idea especially in light of the following:
"New Balad party MK Haneen Zuabi…has welcomed Iran’s growing influence on Palestinian affairs and praised Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapon as a means of offsetting Israel’s regional military edge."
The constant political spin by anti-Israel diplomats like Tony Blair and Mr. EU Solana, that there is no alternative to the non-solution two-state solution , is pure ridiculous rubbish.
Here is an excellent alternative: The Jerusalem Connection Peace Plan.
Here are the main points:
1. The Covenants of God. The modern State of Israel must be seen as a partial fulfillment of God’s immutable and everlasting covenant promises to provide a national homeland for the Jewish people in anticipation of their ultimate redemption when Messiah comes. (Genesis 15:18; 17:7-8). Thus these promises must be considered valid and relevant for today and foundational to any further discussions. God has a vested interest in Israel and the Jewish people that will not be denied. To deny Providential input into any peace plan involving Israel is to invite rejection and failure at the outset. “Be not deceived, God is not mocked. A man reaps what he sows.” (Galatians 6:7).
2. The Rule of International Law. The legal validity of the modern state of Israel must be recognized as having been established by international law. This is confirmed by The Balfour Declaration of November 1917, authenticated and formalized by the British Mandate of the League of Nations in July 1922, by the United Nations partition resolution of 1947, by the official recognition of the State of Israel by the United States in May of 1948 and Israel’s admission to the United Nations in 1949. These are facts of history that must permeate any peace plan regardless of revisionist’s attempts to displace, ignore or supersede them.
3. The Dissolution and Containment of Palestinian Terrorists Entities. Israel must assume responsibility for disposing of the Iranian proxies represented in the Palestinian Jihadists including Hizbollah. Moreover, they must not be hindered by the international community from accomplishing this necessary task. Negotiation, unless based on appeasement, is not an option for Jihadists. Nor is deterrence, due to the fanatical death wish that enlivens and emboldens their martyrs’ complex. All Jihadists, Hamas, (violence) Islamic Jihad, (war) Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, Hizbollah, including the Palestinian Authority, must be defeated militarily and unconditionally, disarmed and their infrastructure dismantled. Their existence precludes the termination of the conflict. Containment that disallows Jihadist’s functionality is imperative.
4. The Recognition of Jordan as the One and Only Palestinian State. Both Yasser Arafat and former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said on separate occasions, “Jordan is Palestine.” This affirmation needs to be revisited and accepted with the strategic cooperation of Jordan whose present population is 70% Palestinian. Fifty percent of those in Gaza and the West Bank have not ruled out a move to another country. Over thirty percent have considered rebuilding their lives in another country, assuming they could achieve a good standard of living in that country. Reluctance on the part of Jordan could be overcome with the help of an international “Marshall Plan” that would establish Jordan as the economic “Wall Street” of the Middle East. Assurances from the international community and the guarantee of military monitors would make this option even more attractive. Those Palestinians who chose to remain in Israel would be given Jordanian citizenship just as they had from 1948 to 1987.
5. The Defunding and Dissolution of UNRWA. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency must be terminated. It serves only to maintain and prolong the refugee status of Palestinians, which in turn seeks to de-legitimize Israel’s right to exist. Rehabilitation or absorption in another country is not even an option for UNWRA. It serves only to exacerbate the plight of the Palestinian people for political and strategic gain. On the other hand, UNHCR (the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) deals with 31.7 million refugees from over 150 countries and has as its primary purpose “to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees.” In its efforts to achieve this objective, “UNHCR strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, and to return home voluntarily. By assisting refugees to return to their own country or to settle permanently in another UNHCR also seeks lasting solutions to their plight.” The compassionate and humanitarian solution to the Palestinian refugee problem should be undertaken by UNHCR not UNWRA.
6. The Sovereignty of Israel in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank). The British Mandate declared this area to be a part of the National Homeland of the Jewish people. When the Arabs attacked Israel in 1948, Jordan captured and occupied Judea and Samaria until the 1967 war. At that time Israel recaptured that part of its homeland and returned it to the people of Israel. Arab aggression should not be rewarded by turning over this area to the aggressor. Judea and Samaria represent the heartland of Israel land decreed by Divine promise to the Jewish people. The alternative to Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria would be to place them under Palestinian or another Arab country’s authority. This would be a strategic catastrophe of major proportions, since it would seriously threaten Israel’s very existence. Israel should officially and actually annex Judea and Samaria and bring it under the sovereignty of the State of Israel.
See also the Israeli Initative.