To: the Israeli Government
Petition for an Alternative to Another Unilateral Withdrawal
It has become evident to the Israeli public that there is not, and will not be,a partner for peace. Thus, the question has arisen what to do with the Arab population of Judea, Samaria(aka the West Bank) and eastern Jerusalem. Reconquering and annexation have been ruled out for demographic reasons. The primary solution being proposed, even though it is apparently opposed by a significant majority of Israelis, is another unilateral withdrawal, namely the forced expulsion from their homes of 80,000 Jewish residents of the West Bank. Various plans for the transfer of the Arab population have been rejected because they would fail due to lack of willingness of any third country to negotiate a population transfer treaty with Israeland accept the Palestinian Arabs, and lack of support for forced transfer among the Israeli Jewish population.
However, there is a practical alternative to both these. Numbers quoted in the media as justifying the need for a quick demographic solution are based on falsified data provided by the Palestinian Authority. In reality,there is a relatively stable 67\% Jewish majority in pre-67 Israel plus Judeaand Samaria (aka West Bank).
In polls of Palestinian Arabs, "70\% identified some form of material measure, translatable into monetary terms (such as accommodation,education,financial compensation and so on), that could bring them to emigrate permanently. ...Furthermore, only 15\% stated that that there was no inducement that could prompt them to leave their present place of residence permanently." In addition to this 59\% of Israeli Jews support the government encouraging Arabs to emigrate.
We call for the establishment of an Israeli government funded Agency to provide the above mentioned incentives with the addition of legal and logistical aid which would provide a practical long term solution to the demographic threat by encouraging the voluntary emigration of individual Arabs and immediate family units to third countries through normal immigration channels,thus bypassing the need to gain official agreement of any third party government.
This policy could result in an over 75\% Jewish majority in Israel and the West Bank by 2025. The direct cost of this plan at 32 billion shekels spread over 20 years would have significantly less of an economic impact than that of a unilateral withdrawal from the West Bank at 100 billion shekels spread over 3 - 4 years.
We call on the government of Israel to implement this solution as an alternative to further unilateral withdrawals.
A detailed and documented article on which the claims in this plan are based can be read at:
http://www.landofisrael.info/Other/Alternative.html
If you head or represent an organization and would like to be added as a sponsor please contact me directly.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
