The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has launched a new policy initiative dubbed the Israeli Security Council which will propose "center-right" diplomatic solutions to Israeli security concerns:
The problem, according to Gold, is that Israel â??has no clear message in regard to its goals. If someone asks Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad what he wants, heâ??ll say â??a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital.â?? If someone asks an Israeli politician they say, â??Itâ??s complicatedâ?? or â??We want peace,â?? or â??a secure peace.â?? The Palestinians have clear targets and we have only indistinct goals.â?Another of the councilâ??s founders, former Israel National Security Council chief and deputy IDF chief of staff Gen. (Res.) Uzi Dayan, said that Israelâ??s image had recently become â??a factor affecting our national security.â?
He added that â??itâ??s not enough for us to be strong. Whenever we formulate a strategic endeavor, we need to ask ourselves: How will we explain this?â? Dayan also said that a future peace agreement must be based on the preservation of â??the defensible borders of Israel.â? Retention of Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan valley must be part of any future peace agreement, as the Green Line is no longer relevant as a future border for the state of Israel.
â??When we talk about what will be the border to ensure our security, it wonâ??t be on the Green Line and it wonâ??t be the security fence. The only relevant border is the Jordan Valley."
So we have the West Bank leadership saying "Green Line" and the Israeli right saying "Jordan Valley." We also have this:
Sundayâ??s conference was also held to promote a pamphlet written by former Israel national security advisor Maj.-Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland, called â??Regional Alternatives to the Two-State Solution,â? which states that the two-state solution as itâ??s currently envisioned â??is difficult to implement and would not ensure stability.â?The pamphlet argues that there is little reason to believe that concepts that failed in 2000 at Camp David should work again in 2010, and presents other alternatives, including a â??Jordanian-Palestinianâ? federation that includes â??three-states: the West Bank, the East Bank, and Gaza,â? which would be â??states in the American sense, like Pennsylvania or New Jersey.â? Another option is one based on exchanges of territory between Israel, Egypt, and Jordan.
[Via: Evelyn Gordon]
