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Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories, January REPORT ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENT IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES A Bimonthly Publication of the Foundation for Middle East Peace Volume 13 Number 1 January-February 2003 PALESTINIANS PAYING THE PRICE FOR SETTLEMENT EXPANSION By Geoffrey Aronson Sharon, far more than his contem- Approximately 25 houses have been poraries, understands the centrality Land is at the heart of the cen- demolished in Hebron’s Old City since of settlement as an instrument to tury-old contest between Israelis define the still-unfinished map of 1967 to facilitate settlement construc- and Palestinians. Settlements are the State of Israel. He has always the most noteworthy manifestation tion. More than 100 dwellings have known that settlements are the of this continuing competition, the been abandoned by Palestinians due to spearhead of Israel’s effort to deny clearest barometer of relations settler and IDF actions, and 1,500 Palestinian sovereignty and inde- between the two peoples and the Palestinian businesses located in the pendence, and his efforts for more most potent obstacle to the estab- Old City have been closed by military than a generation have been dedi- lishment of a Palestinian state in cated to realizing this steadfast order. the West Bank and Gaza Strip. conviction. The notion that Israel’s expand- “Home Demolitions in the Name of When the settlement enterprise ing settlement enterprise can pro- ‘Security’: Focus on Hebron,” was in its infancy in the early years ceed without harming Palestinians prepared by the PLO Negotiations after Israel’s conquest of the occu- or infringing on their patrimony is Support Unit, December 18, 2002 pied territories in June 1967, propo- as old as the Zionist movement nents often argued that neither itself. If the slogan “a land without a Palestinians nor their lands were at people for a people without a land” tions of Jews to come and settle risk from Israeli settlement plans. It was proved successful in mobilizing genera- Palestine, it was from the outset, and also argued that settlements were an remains today, a notion at odds with the instrument of peace, because the conse- reality on the ground. Former prime quences of settlement expansion would minister Ehud Barak presided over the force Palestinians to make peace on Also in this issue: most extensive expansion of settlements Israel’s terms, securing their diminishing Bush Administration Changes and their lands in almost a decade, in patrimony in order to contain Israeli Tack on Jerusalem Voting 2 part because he underestimated the expansion. Palestinians always knew Sharon Maps Out “the Future” 3 continuing power of settlement to these mutually contradictory claims to U.S. Avoids Issue of Settlements’ “create facts on the ground” that be false, the product of willful igno- “Natural Growth” 8 Palestinians would find insufferable. rance, religious fanaticism, or deliberate Today Barak and his plan to evacuate hypocrisy. The architects of settlement, ——— N ——— some settlements have passed from the like the Palestinians, have no illusions. Visit our website, www.fmep.org, for scene, but the many new settlements Each understands that settlement back issues of the Settlement Report, that he founded but claimed could be expansion threatens an honorable maps, and current analyses and removed as part of an agreement with Palestinian existence in the occupied commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian the Palestinians remain. territories. As settlements and their conflict. Current prime minister Ariel lands have expanded, so too has their The first in a series of Arabic and Sharon, a fighter for Jewish sovereignty destructive impact on the everyday lives Hebrew translations of the Settlement throughout Palestine since his youth, of Palestinians. Report can be viewed at www.fmep.org. knows firsthand the enduring Palestin- ian opposition to Israel’s expansion. EXPANSION, continued on page 7 TO OUR READERS FOUNDATION FOR In the November-December issue of the ington’s embrace of Sharon, which helps MIDDLE EAST PEACE Settlement Report, I criticized the Bush him in the run-up to elections, is all the Merle Thorpe, Jr. administration for continuing to push the more remarkable given the pro-peace plat- Founder Quartet’s “road map,” which I considered a form of Amram Mitzna, the Labor chal- (1917–1994) meager response to the current crisis. I did lenger. Mitzna would negotiate uncondi- so in the view that the road map is a tionally with any Palestinian leadership and Philip C. Wilcox, Jr. warmed-over version of the Mitchell/Tenet unilaterally evacuate all settlements in Gaza President plan that failed for lack of a clear vision of within a year and 65% of the West Bank, a two-state, final status outcome and was pending a final agreement. Any previous Geoffrey Aronson Director, Research and Publica- front-loaded with unrealistic conditions. U.S. government, Republican or Democrat, tions, Editor, Report on Israeli Now the administration has retreated fur- would have loudly cheered this bold, Settlement in the Occupied ther by insisting that further discussion of unprecedented plan. Yet the Bush adminis- Territories the plan, originally authored by the United tration, departing radically from past policy, Mallika Good States, be suspended until after Israel’s backs Sharon and ignores Mitzna, whose Editorial Assistant January 28 elections. approach to peace far better serves U.S., The administration has all but acknowl- Israeli, and Palestinian interests. Why? The ADVISERS edged that it is backing off from even this reasons seem to be the administration’s fix- modest effort in deference to Prime ation on Iraq, the illusion that Sharon is a Lucius D. Battle Minister Ariel Sharon, who opposes the reliable partner against terrorism, and gen- Landrum R. Bolling plan’s settlement freeze. In doing so, uine ideological support for Sharon in Peter Gubser Washington consolidates its cozy relation- some quarters of the White House. Jean C. Newsom ship with Sharon, notwithstanding his his- Gail Pressberg toric opposition to a viable Palestinian state Nicholas A. Veliotes and his dedication to settlements. Wash- TRUSTEES Peter M. Castleman Bush Administration Changes Tack on Jerusalem Voting Chairman The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution entitled Lucius D. Battle Calvin H. Cobb, Jr. “Jerusalem” on December 3, 2002. The resolution notes that “any actions James J. Cromwell taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Stephen Hartwell Holy City of Jerusalem are illegal and therefore null and void and have no Richard S.T. Marsh validity whatsoever.” It was approved by a vote of 154 in favor, 5 against Richard W. Murphy (including the United States), and 6 abstentions. William B. Quandt The Bush administration’s 2002 vote marked a change in the historical Sally S. Thorpe U.S. position on similar resolutions. The 2001 vote on the same resolution, for example, was 130 in favor, 2 against (Israel and the Republic of Nauru), The Foundation, a non- and 10 abstentions (including the United States). profit I.R.C. 501(c)(3) “The resolution on Jerusalem this year seeks to impose specific terms on organization, supports peace and security for Israelis and the issue of Jerusalem, which Israelis and Palestinians have agreed will be Palestinians through mutual addressed in their final status negotiations,” noted senior advisor Richard recognition and a negotiated Erdman in his explanation of the U.S. vote. “The United States objects to division of historic Pales- this intrusion by the General Assembly into the negotiations. Our position tine. It publishes the bi- monthly Report on Israeli continues to be that Jerusalem is one of the final status issues to be negotiat- Settlement in the Occupied ed directly by the parties, and the Quartet and others in the international Territories. community are working with the parties toward a resumption of political Copyright © 2003 dialogue to make such negotiations possible. “The United States fully supports the internationally recognized right of religious freedom for all people.” 2 ❖ Report on Israeli Settlement January-February 2003 SHARON MAPS OUT THE FUTURE On December 4, 2003 Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon offered In this context, it is important to remember that political the most detailed view of the territorial and political concepts concessions which will be made in the future—as those made guiding Israeli policy in the occupied territories. His view of the in the past—are irreversible. prospective Palestinian state is reminiscent of the autonomy plan of Even the current security reality, with the IDF operating Prime Minister Menachem Begin. The most notable feature of freely inside Palestinian cities, arises from security needs and Begin’s plan was its support for “autonomy for the people, but not has not changed the political situation of two years ago. Israel for the land.” Excerpts from Sharon’s address to the annual confer- will not re-control territories from which it withdrew as a ence sponsored by the Institute of Policy and Strategy in Herzliya result of political agreements. follow. The entire address can be viewed at: http://www.herzliya- The achievement of true coexistence must be carried out, conference.org. first and foremost, by the replacement of the Palestinian lead- ership. The U.S. administration—with the world following in From the first days of the establishment of the State of its footsteps—has already accepted our unequivocal position Israel, our bond with the United States has been a supreme that no progress will be possible with Arafat as the chairman strategic asset. My government has further consolidated our of the Palestinian Authority. This man is not—and never will relations with the United States be —a partner to peace. and formed a special closeness with The two sides will advance to the U.S. administration and Con- President Bush’s sequence the next phase of President Bush’s gress.
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