What the Palestinians really envisage after September is to exploit a UN endorsement of statehood to legitimize an escalation of the conflict. After having the 1967 lines recognized so as to negate the results of the Six-Day War, they plan to seek recognition of the 1947 partition lines.
There are signs that the long period of quiet since the Second Intifada is going to end after September or just before it, and that Abbas’ Fatah organization is already preparing for the “Third Intifada.” Ahmad Abu Ruteima, a Hamas activist in Gaza, describes the objective of the Third Intifada: “The struggle is about the very existence of Israel and not about the 1967 borders. The defense minister, Ehud Barak, confirmed that the [Israeli] army is incapable of confronting a human influx from all directions.”
The post-September scenarios discussed in the upper Fatah echelons involve a return to the struggle. A senior member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, Hatem Abd al-Qader, noted that in case Israel obstructs the Palestinians’ political plans, Abbas will step down, the PA will dissolve itself, and nothing will prevent the Palestinians from returning to the struggle. And even if elections are held, the new president will come from the younger generation, abolish the Oslo agreements, and lead the Palestinians back to the struggle.
Why does the PLO so adamantly refuse any discussion of swaps between the Palestinian-populated areas in the Israeli Triangle region and the settlement blocs. The PLO, apparently, wants to leave the Palestinian-populated areas in Israel as an anchor for pushing Israel back to the 1947 borders or even further, as the territorial basis for exercising the right of return into Israel.
In his New York Times article, Abbas was straightforward: “Palestine’s admission to the United Nations would pave the way for the internationalization of the conflict as a legal matter, not only a political one. It would also pave the way for us to pursue claims against Israel at the United Nations, human rights treaty bodies and the International Court of Justice.”
It’s time we preempt and abrogate existing treaties and understandings with the PA.
When it comes to these “dammed Jews” some believe (The believers) that the world will give up on all the international treaties and obligations applying/benefiting to the Jews and Israel!
That is what Islam and Sharia are about!
Charles Nenner Ex-Goldman Sachs Analyst: Major War Coming End Of 2012!
Charles Nenner Research Center: http://charlesnenner.com/
This sounds more like the recent panic drummed up by Israel’s MSM running around like a chicken without a head, not knowing what terrible things will happen should the Arabs unilaterally declare a state in September.
There could be war here next week. There could be war here in a decade. Your friend’s sons sound like they’ve swallowed the Israeli left’s panic button.
I have a friend in CA who in turn has a son serving in the IDF. He told me his son tells him that they fully expect a war this fall, and that they are well-prepared, expecting to “mop the floor with Israel’s enemies”.
Hopefully, the PA will be crushed once and for all.
(Yitzchak) Herzog: Israel should vote in favor of Palestinian state
Where is that big hole in the ground that swallowed up Korach & Co a few weeks ago?
I dunno; Assad seems to have found a solution to this kind of situation in Syria…
The Palestinian Arabs in other words, intend to use a recognition of statehood as a launching pad to wage a new war against Israel on all fronts.
For this Israel must prepare now.