M O L E D E T . U S

WE MUST OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE:
Breaking the Transfer Taboo
By M.K. Binyamin Elon

Today, more than ever, people want to hear what Israel's political Right has to say. We cannot merely condemn the Oslo process; we must offer an alternative. And we cannot ignore the demographic problem as raised by the Left. The idea of population exchange is one that has been promoted over the years, often scoffed at, or at least disregarded as unfeasible. But it is this very tool that is the key to peace in the Middle East.

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Is transfer moral? This solution is moral for both Jews, who have no other homeland, and for the Palestinian refugees whose cultural homeland is in Arab countries, specifically Jordan. The world has now reached the understanding the there is no peace in bi-national countries, and that there is a need for separation.

Is transfer acceptable? It seems that the region, in fact the world, is not prepared to help the refugees or to resettle them in their lands. It is also a fact that there are no Arab leaders who have agreed to any Zionist solution. Has any Arab leader agreed to the Peres plan, which leaves Jerusalem in Jewish hands and the Israel Defense Forces on the Jordanian Border? The State of Israel must demand the relocation of the refugees as a precondition for peace within any future negotiations. We cannot relinquish these lands, and we cannot live peacefully with the Arab population currently living in them. We also cannot succumb to the current, politically – correct 'solution' – the creation of an Arab terrorist state, within the borders of our own country, bent on our ultimate destruction and willing to sacrifice its women and children towards this end. Our very existence is at stake.

Is transfer practical? Population transfer is as practical as the entire Zionist enterprise – the very establishment of a Jewish entity in the midst of a sea of hostility, seemed impossible. The war of Independence in 1948, with Israel surrounded by enemy troops, seemed a sure loss for the fledgling State. We were victorious then and continue to be so throughout our short existence.

Our faith, coupled with our lack of alternative, has kept us here standing strong, and we will continue to thrive. Transfer is practical, as long as we search for a true partner in the Arab world, someone who realizes that there is no choice and this must be the way to peace.

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The Moledet Party platform includes three types of transfer:

1. Voluntary transfer – we will encourage the Arabs of Judea, Samaria & Gaza to desire transfer, through financial means and other incentives.

2. Transfer during war - The War of Independence created geographic and demographic changes, after Arab leaders told their people to flee, expecting to return after crushing the Jews. The Arab leadership must realize that if they can not live here together with us in peace, they will not live here together with us at all.

3. Transfer through international agreement – occurs when two countries sign an agreement stating that for peace, citizens must be moved from place to place. This was the case for Jews in the Sinai within the framework of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, and this has been the model for countries around the world. We can implement this here too, under international auspices, agreeing to two states for two people on two sides of the Jordan River.

The two sides of the Jordan River, comprising the Biblical Land of Israel and Balfour's Palestine, are both rightfully ours. Regrettably, the eastern bank already contains an Arab – Palestinian state. It was Churchill who made the critical mistake of creating the Hashemite Kingdom in eastern Palestine, applying the name 'Jordan'. The truth is that even today; over 70% of Jordan's citizens are Palestinians. The king of Jordan is well aware of the fact that Arafat is only waiting for the right moment; that after he receives a small state west of the Jordan River, he will do all he can to connect it, under his rule, to the Palestinian state called Jordan.

Now, when Arafat's true intentions have been uncovered, we must turn to the Jordanian option for peace in this region. If and when we have a partner for diplomatic negations, we can establish two parliaments, one in Amman and one in Jerusalem; two states for two peoples who can live in peace on two sides of the Jordan River.

TRANSFER OF RIGHTS
Jordan is Palestine. The Arab residents of Judea and Samaria can be transferred, without removing them from their homes. They will be granted citizenship in the Palestinian Arab state with Amman as their capital. This is conditional to the dismantling of the refugee camps, and the relocation of the refugees to housing within Jordan, the Arab League or other states. Israeli Arabs, who choose not to declare their loyalty to the Jewish state, can also vote for the Palestinian parliament in Amman – without being removed from their homes. This is the transfer of rights, not people. Should the Arab population of Judea, Samaria & Gaza declare war on us, they will be expelled to their state, on the other side of the Jordan River.

We must realize that the quest for peace in the Middle East is a regional challenge, and it goes hand in hand with the need to eradicate terrorism from all corners of the world.

As we are told: "And I will give peace in the Land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will remove evil beasts from the land and the sword shall not go through your land…"
(LEVITICUS, 26:6)

RECHAVAM ZEEVI
Moledet founder
Assassinated in 2001

"The solution to the Arab- Israeli conflict and the peace between them will be achieved by the parting of the two nations. The Jews – in the Land of Israel, and the Arabs – in the Arab countries. This will be the next stage of the population exchange that began with the transfer of Jews from Arab – Islamic countries to Israel. Now we must act to transfer the Arab population of Judea, Samaria and Gaza to Arab countries."