Letters to the Editor
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A third pair of hands...
Here is what might be a helpful idea. What if
Israel were to de-link Settlements and Occupation
by..dismantling and depopulating each and every
Settlement and closing each and every one of its
waterwells in the West Bank?
Then the Occupation could be downgraded to a
temporary security occupation with no sign that
Israel wanted any more material wealth or presence
in the West Bank. Then the Palestinians would
have a serious reason to believe that Israel was
prepared to de-occupy the West Bank if Palestine
was prepared to leave Israel Proper rigidly and
strictly alone.
Where does a Third pair of hands come in?
What if America were to freeze its aid to Israel
in mid-pipline till America was satisfied that
every Settlement and Settler had been removed,
and every Settler waterwell shut down? When that
condition had been verifiably inspectably met,
the aid could be unfrozen. The resulting low-grade temporary security occupation would end when
Israel and Palestine achieved final treaty peace.