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Israel could set borders unilaterally
It was bound to happen. The Israelis, growing weary of looking for a Palestinian leader actually committed to negotiating a two-state solution, are starting to consider laying down their own parameters for an interim situation and then waiting for Palestinians to come to the negotiating table.No less a figure than Ehud Barak, the current defense minister and a former prime minister, this week floated the idea of Israel adopting a provisional arrangement or even unilateral action setting borders. Hes not the only one. In forming a national unity government a few weeks back, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu elevated to deputy prime minister Shaul Mofaz, a former paratrooper who saw action in three of Israels wars and who favors establishing a temporary Palestinian state on about 60 percent of the West Bank. And in April three prominent Israelis, including Ami Ayalon, a former official of the Mossad intelligence agency, advocated unilateral actions in an op-ed in the New York Times. They argued the Jewish state can transform the stalemate, writing, Israel can and must take constructive steps to advance the reality of two states based on the 1967 borders with land swaps regardless of whether Palestinian leaders have agreed to accept it. Posted by: tipper 2012-06-01 |
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