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As world leaders including the United States, Russia, Britain and others from the European Union attempt to deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it remains clear that the terrorists continue to set the agenda.
 

Terrorism:  Still A Tool of Negative Diplomacy

Diplomats come together, decide on a rational course of action.  Leaders in the area of conflict agree to disagree in some areas and in others find common ground.  An accord is reached and a light suddenly appears at the end of the long tunnel leading out of the violence.  Then terrorists with an agenda that clearly rejects a peaceful solution at any cost send in a bomb.

Anyone familiar with the British and Irish conflict will tell you this seems all too familiar.  Only today it is a repeating scenario in Israel.  With U.S. attempting to broker a peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, violence erupts not once but now appears to be on schedule for a daily occurance.

The factions all appear to be fighting against a peaceful solution, clearly spelling out their interests -- not in a Palestinian homeland, not a place for thousands of refugees to better their conditions.  Instead it remains clear that violence and death to Israelis is the goal.

Hamas, Hezbollah, Matyrs Brigade, Islamic Jihad.  All claim responsibility in attacks over the last few months.  And as the U.S. attempts to pull together a solution between the two parties, the Martyrs Brigade claims to have sent in a bomber just as Vice President Cheney meets with Israel's leaders and sends the message to Arafat to demonstrate good intentions -- no more violence.  But the terrorists don't respond.  Arafat is clearly not in control of anyone in the occupied territories and it is just as clear that the terrorists are out of control.

It matters not what Israel does or does not do at this point.  It matters not what outside parties council, and there is no amount of diplomacy, in the traditional sense anyway, that will resolve this situtation.

The terrorist factions are clearly at war with Israel and have gone beyond talk.  Their form of diplomacy has totally degraded to death.  Innocent refugees are being used as shields to the terrorists, living among them and sneaking out to kill Israelis at every opportunity.  It has become a way of life, and the protest angle is long gone.
 

What is Left?

When a nation is threatened from within, a police state is the likely result.  In the case of Israel, it has attempted to surround the pockets where the terrorists live.  The result has been checkpoint killings.  Rather than a mistake, it seems the Israeli strategy is useful.  Since checkpoints were the sites of attacks, it is clear the strategy was working.  However, no amount of checkpoints can completely close off the terrorists from the rest of the country.  Suicide bombers still made it into cities.

Rolling tanks into the refugee camps and rounding up terrorists seemed to be a good answer, except that nothing changed.

Neighboring Jordon, Syria, and Lebanon have done nothing to help.  In fact, Syria and Lebanon together have allowed the terrorists refuge, but not the Palestinians.  There has been no offer to allow Palestinian refugees to live and work in either country.  And since no one wants them, why is it a surprise that Israel faces the problem?  The reasoning points to only one conclusion.
 

Hoping for Israeli Collapse

The Arab nations are happy to have Israel facing this problem.  They hope for the eventual collapse of the Israeli government and the death of a nation.

Even the cynical Saudi proclamation of a solution that is exactly the same as the solution offered time and time again speaks to the hypocrisy of the Arab world.

Did the United Nations err when granting Jews a homeland in 1947?  Perhaps.  Did the U.N. discount the effects on the nomads that have squatted on the land in question for centuries?  Absolutely.

Few people understand that the U.N. is barely a democratic organization.  It is a socialist organization that, like the cold war Soviet Union, has weighted votes and vetos that fails to provide a democratic process.  While it proposes to offer hope for peace, it has a horrible record at doing so.  And while it has lofty ambitions, it has flawed solutions and attempts to go far beyond its original mandate.  And of course, it has no real authority.  Look at its dismal record with Iraq and NBC weapons inspections.  It is clearly as much a failure as an organization as peace talks in Israel.

So we have a failed organization's original sin, the grant of land to the Jews in 1947, that they have built into an economic power worthy of jealous Arab nations, but being crippled within from Palestinian refugees suborned by anti-Jew terrorist groups who refuse to give peace a chance -- continuing to fight to destroy Israel the nation.
 

A Red Neck Solution

Some hard liners in Israel have been calling for the expulsion, in entirity, of the Palestinian population.  An impossible task, it presents only an over-simplified approach to solving the problem.  Why is so difficult?
 

• The majority of Palestinians may be located in refugee camps and the terrorists hidden within these populations.  But how do you "pick them up" and then move them out of Israel?  Ask them to climb on buses?
• Where would you take them?  Syria, Lebanon, Jordon, and Egypt aren't volunteering.  They don't want them either. "Keep your problems to yourself" they happily chant.
• How do you know you deported the suicide bomber of next week?  While Israel is a small country it is a vast area to sweep for stragglers.  A bomber can don Orthodox Jewish garb and blend right in to the populations of any of the cities in Israel.

1. Give 30 days notice to all non-Israeli citizens, they must leave the country in 30 days.  1 week grace period to effect the move.  Those who choose to stay will be arrested and executed as terrorists.
2. Provide work permits to Israeli businesses that employ Palestinians.  Israeli businesses must distribute work permits to their Palestinian employees carefully.
3. Work permits will be honored for border crossings in 37 days.  They must be renewed monthly.  They will be bio-metric enabled so they cannot be faked.
4. A National ID card for Israeli citizens, a bio-metric enabled card will be distributed as well
5. After 37 days, reentry will be permitted only to those with work permits.
6. Application for work permits after 30 days from the start of this program will be honored from Israeli businesses who take responsibility for their employees.  Thus any new work permitees will be required to have an Israeli business sponser them.
7. Entry for purposes of interviews for jobs will not be permited.  Israeli businesses must go to the borders to interview candidates.  Border stations for interview purposes will be set up.
8. After 1 year, Palestinian workers who have spotless records may apply for resident alien status.  Upon being granted resident alien status, they may rent within the borders of Israel.  They many not bring in anyone other than spouse and children.
9. All border crossings subject the person crossing to search.
10. Carrying of weapons by non-citizens is not allowed and will result in capital punishment.

© Copyright, 2002, Michael Crawford, MILNET

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