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Benjamin Netanyahu described the flaws in granting the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) sovereignty with restrictions:
(1) Once independent, it can nullify restrictions, even if Israel disagrees.
(2) Nobody would stop an independent state from exercising all its powers to try to destroy Israel. The world would try to stop Israel from intercepting this.
Netanyahu said it already happens. Under mere autonomy, in which Israel retains overall responsibility for security, Arafat flouted every Oslo restriction. He smuggled in weapons, polluted water sources, built an army, made military arrangements with Iran and others, and created terrorism instead of fighting it. When Israel entered the P.A. to oppose terrorism, the world investigated Israel, not the terrorists.
As Netanyahu put it “…saying yes for a Palestinian (Arab) state means no for a Jewish state and yes for a Jewish state – means no for a Palestinian state.”
Problem is, he said that in 2002 (http://www.imra.org.il/ -- Independent Media Research & Analysis, 6/20).
Although events have confirmed his perspective, he may be caving in to demands for statehood now. He’s a political weathervane. But he knows better. For more on his view of Arab statehood, click here:
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