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PALESTINE-ISRAEL Journal of Politics, Economics and Culture 25. 1&2 1 PALESTINE-ISRAEL Journal of Politics, Economics and Culture The Palestine-Israel Journal is an independent quarterly founded in 1994 by Victor Cygielman and Ziad AbuZayyad. It aims to shed light on, and analyze freely and critically, complex issues in the core of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Journal’s purpose is to promote rapprochement and better understanding between the Palestinian and Israeli peoples, and to discuss all issues related to the conflict without prejudice or taboos, and contribute to the efforts to end the Israeli occupation and achieve fair and just durable peace. * Reproduction of material is allowed by permission only. Co-Editors Ziad AbuZayyad Hillel Schenker Managing Editors Susie Becher Nisreen AbuZayyad Copy Editor Kyoko Uchida Cultural Editor Galit Hasan-Rokem Production & Circulation Najat Hirbawi Editorial Board Adnan Abdelrazek, Ali Abu Shahla, Alon Liel, Ata Qaymari, Benjamin Pogrund, Dan Jacobson, Daniel Bar-Tal, Danny Rubinstein, Edy Kaufman, Frances Raday, Galia Golan, Gershon Baskin, Hanna Siniora, Hind Khoury, Huda Abuarqoub, Ilan Baruch, Izhak Schnell, Jumana Jaouni, Khuloud Khayyat Dajani, Lamis Alami, Lucy Nusseibah, Meir Margalit, Menachem Klein, Moshe Maoz, Mossi Raz, Nivine Sandouka, Sam'an Khoury, Suhair Freitekh, Yehudit Oppenheimer Board of Sponsors Anat Cygielman (Tel Aviv), Alice Shalvi (Jerusalem), David Grossman (Jerusalem), Ghassan Khatib (Ramallah), Hanan Ashrawi (Ramallah), John Ashley (Ramallah), Mahdi Abdul- Hadi (Jerusalem), Manuel Hassassian (Copenhagen), Nadia Naser-Najjab (Exeter), Naomi Chazan (Jerusalem), Peter Weiss (New York), Rashid Khalidi (New York), Samir Hulileh (Ramallah), Sari Nusseibeh (Jerusalem), Simone Susskind (Brussels), Tony Klug (London), Yael Dayan (Tel Aviv) This issue has been produced in cooperation with of the Friedrich-Ebert- Stiftung (FES). The views expressed in the articles are the responsibility of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Palestine-Israel Journal or the FES. Printed by Al Amal Press Cover Design: Victor Carpentier (c) 2020 Palestine-Israel Journal / Middle East Publications Palestine-Israel Journal, P.O. Box 19839, Jerusalem 91197 Tel 972-2-6282115/59 Fax 972-2-6273388 E-mail [email protected], http://www.pij.org 2 PALESTINE-ISRAEL JOURNAL Contents Editorial: The Steal of the Century....................................................................................5 Focus: The Trump Vision/Plan Daniel Kurtzer Looking Beyond Trump: How to Reset U.S. Policy ..........................................................7 What is needed is a categorical rejection of the Trump “vision” by the international community and the articulation of a serious peace proposal by the PLO. Ziad AbuZayyad A Recipe for Permanent, Perpetual Conflict ..................................................................14 The Trump plan has given Israel the green light to turn the temporary occupation into permanent annexation, thereby achieving its true goal of changing the paradigm of the two-state solution and leave us with an apartheid state. Shaul Arieli Trump Plan Sets the Conflict Back 100 Years ................................................................22 The Trump proposal first and foremost deals a mortal blow to everything achieved to date in efforts to reach a resolution, reviving the Israeli illusion of an agreement without any concession on the West Bank. Yousef Younis Deal of the Century: Challenges, Implications and Future Prospects ............................28 The “Deal of the Century” does not present just solutions and, therefore, is not a plan to resolve the conflict but rather a plan to perpetuate it. Tony Klug Should Trump’s “Vision” for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Be Taken Seriously? ................37 There is an urgent need for a practical alternative plan, such as a rejuvenated Arab Peace Initiative, around which most of the international community can unite. Raif Hussein The Great Challenge: The Palestinian Minority in Israel and the “Deal of the Century” Now that it has become almost impossible to realize the two-state solution, the Palestinian minority in Israel must work with the Palestinian leadership to draft a new vision for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...........................................................44 Nimrod Goren Beyond the Trump Plan: How Can the International Community Advance Israeli- Palestinian Peacemaking? ............................................................................................53 The international community's primary goal in responding to the Trump plan should be to prevent Israeli annexation of territories in the West Bank by voicing clear opposition. Mae Elise Cannon In Their Own Right: Evangelical Rejection of Palestinian Human Rights and Dignity 25. 1&2 3 Evangelicals would do well to support and respond to the needs of both Jewish and Palestinian suffering and not ignore the day-to-day effects of the occupation of the Palestinian people that has been in effect since 1967. ....................................................59 Fahima Kattani-Ghanayem The Jewish Fundamentalist Roots of Trump's “Peace Deal” .........................................66 The Trump plan's recognition of Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel and legitimization of Israel's annexation of settlement lands are in line with the Jewish fundamentalism that emerged following Israel's victory in the 1967 war and the emergence of the Gush Emunim movement in 1974. Alon Liel Trump’s “Deal of the Century” Is Modeled on South African Apartheid ..........................73 Trump's "Deal of the Century" is a new Bantustan plan modeled after the plan advanced by South Africa's apartheid regime 40 years ago, and the international community must once again make its voice heard loud and clear in opposition. Noa Balf Rejecting the “Deal of the Century”– A Reflection of Millennial Attitudes ......................77 Jewish-American millennials reject unconditional support of Israeli policy, the Trump plan is antithetical to their political attitudes, and the divergence between younger Jewish-Americans and Jewish-Israelis will have long-term implications. Hind Khoury and Susie Becher The Trump Plan: Personal Views from Palestine and Israel ..........................................84 With its vested interest in the preservation of international law, the world will not accept the plan's legitimization of Israel’s annexation of Palestinian lands. Walid Salem No Missed Opportunity in Rejection of Trump Plan ......................................................87 The Trump plan legitimizes the Israeli vision of “Greater Jerusalem,” pushing Palestinians out of and keeping complete control over the city, and preventing the establishment of a viable, sovereign and contiguous Palestinian state. Galia Golan Trump Plan Ignores the Past and Offers a Bleak Future ................................................94 The Trump administration's plan excludes the Palestinians, ignores all past negotiations, core issues, and possible solutions and, instead of ending the conflict, perpetuates it. Randall Balmer Pro-Israel and Anti-Semitic: Understanding Evangelical Support for Israel ...............100 Premillennialist evangelicals look for the return of Jews to Palestine and believe that Israel can do no wrong, but they also expect Jews to convert to Christianity. Dalal Iriqat The “Deal of the Century” from a Palestinian Perspective .........................................104 The Trump plan is a wake-up call for the Palestinian people and the sleeping international community, which must take action against the plan's racist vision instead of issuing statements and passing resolutions. 4 PALESTINE-ISRAEL JOURNAL Gershon Baskin The “Deal of the Century” Dies in Jerusalem ..............................................................109 The Trump plan's most substantive flaw is in placing Jerusalem under Israeli control and sovereignty, when in fact a shared and open Jerusalem is a central core issue that should be the first issue on the agenda for a new proposal. Adnan Abdelrazek The Trump Plan: A Realization of the Original Zionist Colonial Scheme Which Disregards the Palestinians .........................................................................................114 It is clear that Israel’s anti-Palestinian drive — from “a land without a people for a people without a land” to “no Palestinian partner for peace” — remains the primary force behind the Israel-Zionist nation-building project. Paul Scham American Reaction to Trump's “Deal of the Century”: Can U.S. Policy Change? .......121 A President Biden would undoubtedly revoke the “Deal of the Century” and withdraw support for annexation, while were Trump to be re-elected and continue to maintain the plan there is little that anyone could do to stop him. Ofer Zalzberg The Trump Plan Threatens the Status Quo at the Temple Mount/al-Haram al-Sharif ....................................................................................................................127 The Trump plan empowers forces working to shatter the ban on non-Muslim worship on the site and increases the possibility of another episode of nationally or religiously motivated violence in Jerusalem, further deepening the intractability of the broader conflict. Daniel Bar-Tal Israeli Democracy Will Not Survive the Occupation ...................................................132 Those working to strengthen the continued occupation, or “occupartheid,” are undermining
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