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Israel's Great Sovereignty Debate AUSTRALIA/ISRAEL REVIEW VOLUME 45 No. 7 JULY 2020 AUSTRALIA/ISRAEL & JEWISH AFFAIRS COUNCIL ISRAEL’S GREAT SOVEREIGNTY DEBATE Is the Jewish state about to extend its civilian law to parts of the West Bank? BLM AND THE JEWS THE PRECISION OUT OF THE TREATING A SICK MISSILE THREAT SHADOWS ECONOMY Problematic elements associated with Israel confronts a Israel-UAE relations How Israel might the Black Lives Matter movement revolutionary change make some major bounce back from create significant dilemmas ......... PAGE 30 in warfare .......PAGE 20 strides ...........PAGE 25 the coronavirus pandemic ...... PAGE 23 WITH COMPLIMENTS NAME OF SECTION L1 26 BEATTY AVENUE ARMADALE VIC 3143 TEL: (03) 9661 8250 FAX: (03) 9661 8257 WITH COMPLIMENTS AND BEST WISHES FROM GANDEL GROUP CHADSTONE SHOPPING CENTRE 1341 DANDENONG ROAD CHADSTONE VIC 3148 TEL: (03) 8564 1222 FAX: (03) 8564 1333 2 AIR – July 2020 AUSTRALIA/ISRAEL VOLUME 45 No. 7 REVIEW JULY 2020 EDITOR’S NOTE NAME OF SECTION his AIR edition’s cover story offers insights and context on the possibility that, from ON THE COVER TJuly 1, Israel could make a controversial decision to extend its sovereignty to certain Israeli Prime Minster Binyamin parts of the West Bank, as outlined in the US Trump Administration’s Israeli-Palestinian Netanyahu speaks of his plan peace plan. to apply Israeli sovereignty to A detailed BICOM backgrounder looks at the circumstances, permutations, legalities the Jordan Valley on Septem- and possible consequences, as well as the main arguments for and against such a move. ber 10, 2019 in Ramat Gan, Meanwhile, Palestinian Affairs reporter Khaled Abu Toameh analyses the reasons why Israel. (Photo: Amir Levy/Getty there has been a limited reaction from the Palestinian street, so far, to these plans. Images) Also featured this month is top Israeli missile defence expert Uzi Rubin looking at how cheap precision-guided missiles are transforming warfare, and what Israel must do to meet this new threat. Plus, Ahron Shapiro provides some valuable historical context for the current debate in the Jewish world about the Black Lives Matter movement, with many supporting its goals, but also worried about anti-Israel and antisemitic elements associated with it. And don’t miss Amotz Asa-El on Israel’s coronavirus-related economic challenges, Sharyn Mittelman on the UAE-Israel relation- ship coming in out of the cold, and David Harris on why, 53 years after the 1967 Six Day War, the story of that conflict still matters. Please give us your comments about any aspect of this edition at [email protected]. Tzvi Fleischer CONTENTS FEATURE STORIES REGULAR COLUMNS ISRAEL’S FROM THE EDITORIAL CHAIRMAN SOVEREIGNTY COLIN RUBENSTEIN ....................................................................... PAGE 4 DEBATE WORD FOR WORD ................................................. PAGE 5 BY BICOM SCRIBBLINGS The Trump plan could mean TZVI FLEISCHER ............................................................................ PAGE 6 that “approximately 97 per cent of Israelis in the West Bank DECONSTRUCTION ZONE will be incorporated into contiguous Israeli territory ... the DAVID HARRIS ............................................................................... PAGE 7 Jordan Valley, which is critical for Israel’s national security, ASIA WATCH will be under Israeli sovereignty,” whilst no population centre MICHAEL SHANNON ...................................................................... PAGE 8 ............. PAGE 12 would move from Palestinian to Israeli control AIR NEW ZEALAND THE APATHY OF THE PALESTINIAN STREET MIRIAM BELL ................................................................................ PAGE 9 BY KHALED ABU TOAMEH ............................................................ PAGE 17 BEHIND THE NEWS .............................................. PAGE 10 MISSILES CAN WIN WARS STRANGER THAN FICTION ........................ PAGE 11 Israel and the precision-guided missile threat BY UZI RUBIN ............................................................................... PAGE 20 NOTED AND QUOTED ..................................... PAGE 35 TREATING A SICK ECONOMY IN PARLIAMENT ...................................................... PAGE 36 BY AMOTZ ASA-EL ....................................................................... PAGE 23 MEDIA MICROSCOPE ALLON LEE ................................................................................... PAGE 39 A SECRET AFFAIR GOES PUBLIC BY SHARYN MITTELMAN ............................................................. PAGE 25 THE LAST WORD JEREMY JONES ........................................................................... PAGE 40 SANCTIONS PUT HEZBOLLAH UNDER PRESSURE BY HANIN GHADDAR .................................................................... PAGE 27 HOW TO USE OUR INTERACTIVE EDITION AIJAC IN WEBINAR LAND • Tap/click to return to the Contents page BY JAMIE HYAMS ........................................................................ PAGE 28 • All listed articles link to their page. ESSAY: RACIAL TENSIONS • Best viewed in your desktop browser or the Books (iOS) or Jewish dilemmas over Black Lives Matter equivalent e-book reader app in portrait mode. 3 BY AHRON SHAPIRO ................................................................... PAGE 30 AIR – July 2020 Australia/Israel Review A journal of analysis and opinion published by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) Editorial Chairman EDITORIAL Dr COLIN RUBENSTEIN AM Editor-in-Chief Dr TZVI FLEISCHER Senior Contributing Editor AN IAEA WAKE-UP CALL JEREMY JONES AM Staff Writers ALLON LEE, JAMIE HYAMS, AHRON eports about the ongoing Iranian violations of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan SHAPIRO, SHARYN MITTELMAN, NAOMI LEVIN, OVED LOBEL, JUDY MAYNARD Rof Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal surface so often they have become almost routine. Publishing Manager Each of these violations reduces the time it would take for Iran to produce a nuclear MICHAEL SHANNON Correspondents weapon and increases the urgency to pressure Teheran back to the table to renegotiate a ISRAEL: AMOTZ ASA-EL better nuclear deal. Yet other important global issues, such as the coronavirus pandemic EUROPE: DOUGLAS DAVIS NEW ZEALAND: MIRIAM BELL and the international Black Lives Matter protests, have pushed the Iranian nuclear issue National Editorial Board to the backburner. KEITH BEVILLE, RABBI RALPH GENENDE OAM, GARY HERZ, MIRIAM However, the latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert reports (June 5 and LASKY, STEVE LIEBLICH, RABBI JOHN 6) and the June 19 Board of Governors’ resolution on Iran are in a whole different category. LEVI AM, Hon. HOWARD NATHAN AM, IAN WALLER SC They ought to break through the current international complacency on Iran’s nuclear program. This is because this IAEA resolution, tabled by the European powers and passed by a landslide of 25-2 (with Russia and China the sole opponents) criticises Iran for violating AIJAC the Additional Protocol of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), not the JCPOA, National Chairman MARK LEIBLER AC by refusing to allow the agency’s inspectors access to two suspected former nuclear re- NSW Chairman search and development sites. PAUL RUBENSTEIN Executive Director The resolution marks the first time that Teheran has been accused of obstructing in- Dr COLIN RUBENSTEIN AM spections since February 2012. Director of International & Community Affairs As US Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation JEREMY JONES AM Senior Policy Analysts Christopher Ford told reporters in a briefing, “It is the first time ever, by any country, any- AHRON SHAPIRO, JAMIE HYAMS, where, that a government has rejected and refused to comply with its obligations under ALLON LEE, NAOMI LEVIN, SHARYN MITTELMAN the IAEA’s Additional Protocol.” Policy Analysts The vote may also be seen as a minor diplomatic watershed event for the US, as it OVED LOBEL, JUDY MAYNARD Associate Director of Public Affairs marks the first time the UK, France and Germany have fully backed Washington on a ma- JOEL BURNIE jor policy regarding Iran’s nuclear program since May 2018. That’s when the US withdrew National Media & Public Affairs Officer from the JCPOA, which it saw as “defective at its core”, and reimposed sanctions in order ARIEL ZOHAR to pressure Iran to renegotiate a better, enforceable deal that would permanently block it Events Coordinator HELEN BRUSTMAN OAM from building nuclear weapons. Administration Some have, wrongly and dangerously, been willing to excuse Iran’s open violation of MELBOURNE: ROSEMARY SANDLER, RENA LANGBERG the JCPOA as a response to the US withdrawal. These excuses should now be abandoned SYDNEY: LOUISE DE MESQUITA in the face of Iran’s violations of the NPT – obviously illegal regardless of how one feels Israel Liaison PETER ADLER about the JCPOA. Founding Chairmen In any case, five years on, the dangerous vulnerabilities in the JCPOA should be evi- ISADOR MAGID AM (OBM) ROBERT ZABLUD (OBM) dent to all: the sunset provisions mean that Iran is only five years from having all restric- HEAD OFFICE tions on its uranium enrichment lifted; apropos of the latest IAEA finding – the deal’s Level 1, 22 Albert Road, South Melbourne, VIC 3205, Australia inspection regime is inadequate and slow in dealing with Iranian stonewalling; the deal Telephone: (03) 9681 6660 allowed Iran to continue to develop much faster centrifuges – designed, perfected and Fax: (03) 9681 6650 Email: [email protected] currently under
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