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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Byword for New Year: Sovereign Temporary State Permanent and Dangerous

Weekly Commentary: Byword for New Year: Sovereign Temporary State Permanent
and Dangerous

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 4 September 2013

A sovereign Palestinian state in temporary borders is still a sovereign
state.

And once such a sovereign Palestinian state comes into existence, it
continues to exist as a sovereign Palestinian state even if it opts to
violate or ignore whatever term, conditions and understandings were tied to
the creation of that sovereign Palestinian state.

Yes, Mahmoud Abbas has repeatedly proclaimed that the Palestinians would not
accept a sovereign Palestinian state in temporary boundaries, but keep in
mind that in apparent sharp contrast to Israelis, the Arabs haggle at the
negotiating table with the same skills and determination that Israelis seem
to set aside when engaged in diplomacy instead of business. So it could very
well turn out that Mahmoud Abbas might be willing to make the “tremendous
sacrifice” of agreeing to the formation of a sovereign Palestinian state in
temporary borders and without reaching a final agreement on various issues
in return for a flood of Israeli concessions.

That sovereign Palestinian state would be potentially the worst case
scenario for the Jewish State: a sovereign launching pad for an ongoing
assault against Israel with much of the world readily accepting their
explanation that that "struggle" continues since final status issues remain
unresolved.

I am prompted to write this note about the dangers of a sovereign
Palestinian state in temporary borders by both the frequency of references
to the possibility that the talks will "default" to such an arrangement and
the absence of vocal opposition to such an outcome.

It is as if Israelis are assuming that a sovereign Palestinian state in
temporary borders is nothing more than a variant of the autonomous
arrangement that's already been in place for close to two decades.

And it isn't.

Such a move would not even require a national referendum. If it did not
require removing Jewish communities it could be accepted and implemented
with tremendous speed.

There is no time to lose to make it clear that a sovereign Palestinian state
in temporary borders would represent a potentially existential threat to the
Jewish State.

Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(Mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-7255730
INTERNET ADDRESS: imra@netvision.net.il Website: http://www.imra.org.il

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