Some time ago, I suggested the naive approach of unilateral disengagement for Israel. Which is to say: why can’t Israel pull out of the West Bank in the same way that it left the Gaza strip? Not unexpectedly, I got some flak for being uneducated and a Jew-hating bastard.
Today, I was surprised to read about former Prime Minister Barak advocating exactly the same policy.
Israel should pull out of the West Bank unilaterally, the same way it withdrew from the Gaza Strip, because talks with the Palestinians are bound to fail, former Prime Minister Ehud Barak said.
Israel should give up as much as 93 percent of the territory for a Palestinian state, Barak said. Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat rejected a similar offer in 2000 and Barak said Israel should now dictate the terms and leave. The withdrawal would take three years and follow completion of the West Bank security barrier, he said.
“We should take destiny in our hands and realize that, for the time being, we don’t have partners,'’ Barak, 63, said in an interview in his Tel Aviv office yesterday. “Let’s act unilaterally.” [link]
Somebody needs to be educated.
