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Rescuing Israeli-Palestinian Peace the Fathom Essays 2016-2020 Rescuing Israeli-Palestinian Peace The Fathom Essays 2016-2020 DENNIS ROSS DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN HUSAM ZOMLOT SARAI AHARONI HUDA ABU ARQOUB TIZRA KELMAN HUSSEIN AGHA ALI ABU AWAD KHALED ELGINDY AMOS GILEAD YAIR HIRSCHFELD JOEL SINGER EINAT WILF YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI ZIAD DARWISH YOSSI KUPERWASSER ORNA MIZRAHI TOBY GREENE KOBY HUBERMAN SETH ANZISKA LAUREN MELLINGER SARA HIRSCHHORN ALEX RYVCHIN GRANT RUMLEY MOHAMMED DAJANI MICHAEL HERZOG AMIR TIBON DORE GOLD TONY KLUG ILAN GOLDENBERG JOHN LYNDON AZIZ ABU SARAH MEIR KRAUSS AYMAN ODEH MICAH GOODMAN SHANY MOR CALEV BEN-DOR SHALOM LIPNER DAVID MAKOVSKY ASHER SUSSER GILEAD SHER NED LAZARUS MICHAEL KOPLOW MICHAEL MELCHIOR ORNI PETRUSHKA NAFTALI BENNETT KRIS BAUMAN ODED HAKLAI JACK OMER-JACKAMAN DORON MATZA GERSHON HACOHEN SHAUL JUDELMAN NAVA SONNENSCHEIN NOAM SCHUSTER-ELIASSI Edited by Alan Johnson, Calev Ben-Dor and Samuel Nurding 1 ENDORSEMENTS For those convinced of the continuing relevance to global peace and security of a resolution to the issues between the Palestinian people and Israel, Fathom provides an invaluable and widely drawn set of essays at just the right time. With a focus and interest recently enhanced by dramatic and significant events, these differing points of view and suggestions for progress make a great and thoughtful contribution. Rt Hon Alistair Burt, UK Minister for the Middle East and North Africa 2010-13, and 2017-19; Distinguished Fellow, RUSI Israelis and Palestinians are not going anywhere and neither can wish the other away. That, alone, makes a powerful argument for a two states for two peoples outcome to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In Rescuing Israeli-Palestinian Peace 2016-2020, one can read 60 essays looking at every aspect of two states and how they might be achieved. The recent breakthrough between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain are very significant, particularly as they show how the region is changing and that wider peace between Israel and the Arabs is possible. Even if Palestinians should be mindful of the risk of being left behind, Israelis should also be mindful that these agreements can’t substitute for an understanding with the Palestinians. Ultimately, a two state outcome is the only answer to satisfy the national aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians. Ambassador Dennis Ross is counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. If you are a stubborn two-stater, like me, here is everything you need to know--and everything you need to worry about. This is a remarkably inclusive collection put ogether by remarkably fair-minded editors. Michael Walzer, Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and editorial board member of Dissent magazine. BICOM and Fathom facilitate meetings between the two sides, scrutinise what went right and what went wrong in the process of negotiations over the past two decades. Only by understanding the other and accepting the others existence can the Arab-Israeli conflict be solved. BICOM and Fathom are leading both of us closer along that route. BICOM and Fathom have leverage that many lack and serve as one of the major catalysts that can remove obstacles on the road to peace. Elias Zananiri is Vice-Chairman of the PLO Committee for Interaction with the Israeli Society. He is a former journalist and spokesperson for the PA’s Ministry of Interior and Internal Security. Fathom is a beacon of light in difficult times. ‘Two states for two peoples’ remains a vital interest for the State of Israel and Fathom promotes a creative, yet practical discourse that contributes towards that goal.’ Prof. Jonathan Rynhold, Director, Argov Center for the Study of Israel and the Jewish People, Deputy Head, Dept. of Political Studies, Bar-Ilan University. 2 CONTENTS FATHOM EDITORS Introduction 8 Part 1: The Trump plan, Annexation and Regional normalisation KOBY HUBERMAN The Israel-UAE normalisation agreement 14 YOSSI KUPERWASSER ‘The unilateral application of Israeli sovereignty is necessary to move the peace process forward’: An Open Letter to Boris Johnson 20 DORE GOLD The Case for the Trump Peace Plan 31 AMOS GILEAD The Dangers of Annexation 33 CALEV BEN-DOR Israel’s Annexation Policy – Why Now and What Next? 35 ALEX RYVCHIN Palestinians choose ‘the cause’ over statehood 49 JACK OMER-JACKAMAN Trump’s plan is mad, bad and dangerous to all 52 JOHN LYNDON A deal that drains the two-state solution and the very idea of peace of all meaning 64 MICHAEL KOPLOW Building a better Trump Plan 68 Part 2: Rethinking the Structure, Rethinking the Process TOBY GREENE The Wisdom of Resolution 242 73 YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI This is a conflict over narratives. Israel needs to tell ours to Palestinians 79 3 ORNA MIZRAHI Why are Negotiations still stuck? 85 TOBY GREENE Two-state solution 2.0: Israeli thinking on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 90 EINAT WILF Constructive ambiguity has not worked. Peace needs constructive specificity 100 RABBI MICHAEL MELCHIOR ‘Doing God’, or the importance of religious peacemaking 105 KOBY HUBERMAN Seize the Moment – Build a New Regional Paradigm 113 ASHER SUSSER The Peace Process is Stuck. Israel Must Take the Unilateral Option 118 NAFTALI BENNETT ‘My Stability Plan offers only partial self-determination but will allow the Palestinians to thrive’ 123 DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN The Case for Conferderalism 128 BICOM The BICOM Israeli-Palestinian Discussions: Towards a Hybrid Approach to Peace 133 SHANY MOR Peter Beinart’s Grotesque Utopia 147 DENNIS ROSS How to keep the window open for the two-state solution 164 MICHAEL HERZOG The Israeli-Palestinian Arena – what could be done short of an agreement 167 MICAH GOODMAN We are paralysed by the failed search for a final peace. For now, let’s reduce the experience of occupation without reducing security 173 SHALOM LIPNER Forget ‘the ultimate deal’. For now, the status quo is the best option available 179 4 TONY KLUG Two states may be the only plausible solution but is it still feasible? 184 Part 3: The future of the Palestinian National Movement 184 HUSAM ZOMLOT After Oslo’s failure, the two-state solution is now an international responsibility 196 LAUREN MELLINGER The Palestinian National Movement after Abbas 201 HUSSEIN AGHA ‘We must liberate our thinking from the Oslo straitjacket’ 214 AYMAN ODEH The Zionist Left needs to understand that change is impossible without us 235 KHALED ELGINDY The US has always had a blind spot about the Palestinians. Now it is worse 241 ZIAD DARWISH Palestinians are raising the alarm – the time to rescue the two-state solution is running out 249 AZIZ ABU SARAH For peace, we need vision, hope and bridge-building 253 ALI ABU AWAD We are weak because there is no Palestinian non-violent movement 259 MOHAMMED DAJANI DAOUDI Al-Wasatia: Reviving the Palestinian Peace Camp 264 DORON MATZA ‘Cooperation between rivals’: a new paradigm for understanding the Israeli-Palestinian system (2006-2016) 272 GRANT RUMLEY & AMIR TIBON The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas 280 Part 4: The Final Status Issues KRIS BAUMAN & ILAN GOLDENBERG A security system for the two-state solution 291 5 MICHAEL HERZOG Israel’s core security requirements in permanent-status negotiations 298 GERSHON HACOHEN Separation is not the answer 303 EINAT WILF Why UNRWA is an obstacle to two states for two peoples 308 MEIR KRAUSS Jerusalem: the contours of a possible agreement 313 DAVID MAKOVSKY ‘The door won’t always remain open’: the ‘Settlements and Solutions’ project 325 ORNI PETRUSHKA & GILEAD SHER Don’t believe the hype: the settlers have not made the two-state solution unachievable 330 SARA HIRSCHHORN ‘City on a Hilltop’: The clash between liberal values and settler realities 336 ODED HAKLAI Why more and more Israeli Jews think the settlements are in Israel 345 Part 5: People-to-People Peacemaking JOHN LYNDON One More Dunam, One More Goat: Re-learning How Real Change Happens in Israel and Palestine 352 NOAM SCHUSTER-ELIASSI Rebuilding the Israeli peace camp 362 NAVA SONNENSCHEIN Schooling for Peace 369 SHAUL JUDELMAN We must not be afraid to talk about the roots of the conflict 376 NED LAZARUS A Future for Israeli-Palestinian Peacebuilding 381 6 Part 6: Feminist Perspectives on Peace SARAI AHARONI Feminism and Israeli-Palestinian Peace 387 HUDA ABU ARQOUB Palestinian, Feminist, Peacebuilder 396 TIZRA KELMAN Perhaps peace comes dropping slow 403 Part 7: Remembering and Debating the Oslo Process JOEL SINGER Twenty five years since Oslo: an insider’s account 408 YAIR HIRSCHFELD Learning the Lessons of the Oslo Peace Process 421 GILEAD SHER Just don’t do it: The ramifications of a termination of the Oslo Accords 429 JOEL SINGER Anziska’s ‘Preventing Palestine’: An Exchange (1) Joel Singer’s Review 440 SETH ANZISKA Anziska’s ‘Preventing Palestine’: An Exchange (2) Seth Anziska Replies to Singer 450 YAIR HIRSCHFELD Ten ways the Palestinians failed to move toward a state during Oslo: A critique of Seth Anziska’s ‘Preventing Palestine’ 453 7 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION FATHOM EDITORS Welcome to Rescuing Israeli-Palestinian Peace: The Fathom Essays 2016-2020. Fathom is the journal of the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM). We publish this collection of over 60 articles and interviews at a significant time in the region, following the recent normalisation deals between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain. Whether they constitute a ‘pivot of history’ and a ‘new dawn of peace’ as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed remains to be seen. But in any event, the agreements represent an important milestone, seemingly changing ‘accepted wisdom’ for how Israeli-Palestinian peace could be forged. The Palestinians’ veto on regional normalisation has collapsed – the road to Abu Dhabi (and potentially Riyadh) no longer pass through Ramallah. But while some argue the Palestinian issue has now become peripheral, we at Fathom believe that finding a way to fulfil Israelis and Palestinians legitimate rights for self-determination in their historic homeland remains crucial.
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