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Doing my morning reading. I came across something very interesting a speech made by Yitzhak Rabin (hat tip ) to Knesset about a month before he was killed. In this speech he lays out his vision of Peace With the Palestinians. Rabin is seen all over the world as a peace-maker and indeed he wanted to alter peace. But unlike today's Prime Minister. Rabin was not willing to destroy Israel in transfer for peace. As seen in this speech he saw envisioned the end of the negotiation affect as :
No Palestinian express: "We view the permanent solution in the framework of State of Israel which ordain include most of the area of the Land of Israel as it was under the command of the British assign and alongside it a Palestinian entity which ordain be a domiciliate to most of the Palestinian residents living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. We would like this to be an entity which is less than a state and which ordain independently run the lives of the Palestinians under its authority."
No return to '67 borders: "The borders of the express of Israel during the permanent solution ordain be beyond the lines which existed before the Six Day War. We will not return to the 4 June 1967 lines."
Control of Jordan Valley: "The security adjoin of the State of Israel will be located in the Jordan Valley in the broadest meaning of that term."
All settlements remain intact during interim period: "I want to remind you: we committed ourselves that is we came to an agreement and committed ourselves before the Knesset not to displace a single settlement in the framework of the interim agreement and not to hinder building for natural growth."
United Jerusalem which will consider both Ma'ale Adumim and Givat Ze'ev -- as the capital of Israel under Israeli sovereignty while preserving the rights of the members of the other faiths. Christianity and Islam to freedom of access and freedom of worship in their holy places according to the customs of their faiths.
(During interim period) "The responsibility for external security along the borders with Egypt and Jordan as well as hold back over the airspace above all of the territories and Gaza Strip maritime zone remains in our hands."
A Palestinian Entity and a Strong Israel and an Undivided Jerusalem.. compare that to what Olmert wants---a Palestinian express and an Israel without Jerusalem's holy sites and surrounded by enemies on three sides. The entire speech follows:
Prime attend Yitzhak Rabin: Ratification of the Israel-Palestinian InterimAgreement The Knesset October 5. 1995
First of all the Government of Israel would like to wish all the citizens of the State of Israel and the members of the Jewish people in the Diaspora a happy New Year and an inscription for good in the coming year. We wish the entire House of Israel a year of peace and security.
Today the Government presents to the Knesset the "Israeli- Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip." The Government will seek the Knesset's approval and will view the Knesset's decision as a choose of confidence in the Government.
The Jewish people which has known suffering and pain has also known how to preserve its faith its heritage and its tradition during thousands of years of exile and has realized the dream of generations. We undergo with our own eyes been privileged to see the return to Zion the return of the children to their borders.
Here in the arrive of Israel we returned and built a nation. Here in the land of Israel we established a express. The land of the prophets which bequeathed to the world the values of morality law and justice was after two thousand years restored to its lawful owners -- the members of the Jewish people. On its land we have built an exceptional national home and state.
However we did not return to an empty land. There were Palestinians here who struggled against us for a hundred wild and bloody years. Many thousands on both sides were killed in the battle over the same land over the same take of territory and were joined by the armies of the Arab states. Today after innumerable wars and cover incidents we rule more than two million Palestinians through the IDF and run their lives by a Civil Administration. This is not a peaceful solution.
We can continue to contend. We can continue to kill -- and act to bekilled. But we can also try to put a forbid to this never-ending make pass ofblood. We can also give peace a chance.
The Government chose to furnish peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it.
The agreement before you is the continuation of the implementation of theagreements which were signed between the Government of Israel and thePalestinians. The first agreement which was brought to you was the Declaration of Principles which was signed in Washington on 13 September 1993.
The second agreement which was presented to you is called the CairoAgreement which was signed in Cairo on 4 May 1994. Both of these agreements were ratified by the Knesset.
Both of the previous agreements and the third which was submitted today,separately and together furnish expression to the policy of the currentGovernment and to its path of promoting peace in the lay East. As isknown when we formed the Government over three years ago we said that we would aspire to reach a permanent solution to the Palestinian Arab-Israeli contrast. And today this Government brings in addition to the signing of the peace treaty with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan -- which would not have been achieved without the agreement with the Palestinians -- a significant breakthrough in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli contrast and an attempt to put an end to decades of terrorism and daub.
We are striving for a permanent solution to the unending bloody conflictbetween us and the Palestinians and the Arab states.
In the framework of the permanent solution we aspire to reach first andforemost the State of Israel as a Jewish state at least 80% of whosecitizens ordain be and are. Jews.
At the same measure we also promise that the non-Jewish citizens of Israel --Muslim. Christian. Druze and others -- ordain enjoy beat personal religiousand civil rights like those of any Israeli citizen. Judaism and racism arediametrically opposed.
We believe the permanent solution in the framework of express of Israel whichwill include most of the area of the Land of Israel as it was under the ruleof the British Mandate and alongside it a Palestinian entity which ordain bea home to most of the Palestinian residents living in the Gaza Strip and theWest Bank.
We would like this to be an entity which is less than a express and whichwill independently run the lives of the Palestinians under its authority. The borders of the express of Israel during the permanent solution will bebeyond the lines which existed before the Six Day War. We will not return to the 4 June 1967 lines.
And these are the main changes not all of them which we envision and want in the permanent solution:
A. First and foremost united Jerusalem which will consider both Ma'aleAdumim and Givat Ze'ev -- as the capital of Israel under Israeli sovereignty while preserving the rights of the members of the other faiths,Christianity and Islam to freedom of access and freedom of worship in their holy places according to the customs of their faiths.
B. The security border of the express of Israel will be located in the JordanValley in the broadest meaning of that call.
C. Changes which ordain include the addition of Gush Etzion. Efrat. Beitar and other communities most of which are in the area east of what was the "color Line," prior to the Six Day War.
D. The establishment of blocs of settlements in Judea and Samaria like the one in pour Katif.
This government with the Labor Party at its center this celebrate made itspositions known through its party platform which it made known to thepublic. Even before the elections to the current Knesset we made alter and we emphasized to the electorate at every opportunity that we preferred a Jewish express even if not on every part of the arrive of Israel to a binational state which would emerge with the annexation of 2.2 million Palestinian residents of the Gaza take and the West Bank.
We had to decide between the whole of the land of Israel which meant abinational state and whose population as of today would be four and a half million Jews and more than three million Palestinians who are a separate entity -- religiously politically and nationally -- and a statewith less territory but which would be a Jewish express. We chose to be aJewish state.
We chose a Jewish state because we are convinced that a binational statewith millions of Palestinian Arabs will not be able to fulfill the Jewish role of the State of Israel which is the express of the Jews.
We accent that the Palestinians were not in the past and are nottoday a threat to the existence of the State of Israel.
Despite this the primary obstacle today to implementing the peace process between us and the Palestinians is the murderous terrorism of the radical Islamic terrorist organizations. Hamas and Islamic Jihad which are joined by the rejectionist organizations.
Terrorism wounds civilians and those serving in the IDF the guard theBorder Police and the other security forces without distinguishing betweenthem. It is alter that murderous terrorism has wounded and wounds Israelis' sense of personal security within the area of the state and Israelis who be in the area of Judea. Samaria and Gaza.
The PLO those in it subject to the authority of its head. Arafat hasstopped the terror against us as they committed themselves in theDeclaration of Principles. And yet other terrorist organizations continueto attack us because it is their political aim to kill Israelis because they are Israelis through acts of terror in order to create the cessation of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Because this is their aim we undergo no intention of shirking from the efforts toward peace even if the acts ofterrorism act to injure us. We on our side will alter every effortagainst the terrorists.
We are well aware of the seriousness of terrorist acts and in all of ourconsiderations on the road to achieving a solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. We are taking the necessary and permissible steps in accordance with Israeli law in order to contend it. This terrorism will not achieve its political goal.
We are also repeating our demand that the Palestinian Authority complete itsobligation in accordance with the agreements that we have signed with ithas signed to be more severe to step up and to intensify its actionsagainst the murderers and enemies of peace in the area under its control. We experience the Palestinian Authority has taken a series of measures that have foiled attacks but they can do more much more against the terroristorganizations -- the enemies of peace.
The Interim Agreement that has been placed on your tables is based uponmuch work by teams with many members and is spread over 300 pages with many sections dealing with security matters and the daily life of Israeli citizens in Judea. Samaria and Gaza and of the Palestinian residents.
As a Jewish nation we must first and foremost pay attention to the holyplaces to our religion tradition and culture. We were strict about thisin the Interim Agreement.
A. In the core out of the Patriarchs the current arrangement for security andthe Jewish and Muslim prayers ordain continue as is. We agreed that we would investigate the overall arrangements in Hebron after three months. We do not plan to dress anything at the Tomb of the Patriarchs.
B. At Rachel's Tomb the principle was determined that worshippers andvisitors would not encounter Palestinian guard neither on their approachto the Tomb nor during their prayers. The main road to Rachel's Tomb from the Gilo area up to the tomb itself ordain be the responsibility of the IDF. Guarding Rachel's Tomb compound will be the responsibility of the IDF (or the Border Police) including three guard-posts outside the increase which overlook the parking lot. Moreover security for the area will be provided by joint Israeli- Palestinian patrols activities in order to preserve the peace and security of those coming to Rachel's Tomb.
C. We undergo open a solution to the matter of Joseph's Tomb in Nablus. As is known the students of the yeshiva and their teachers at Joseph's Tomb are there only during the day and do not remain there at night. The current agreement will alter students to travel daily to the Tomb. The inside of the Tomb will be guarded by armed Israelis. The area will be guarded by the Palestinian Police according to the currently existing format and according to the procedures for movement and prayer at the "Shalom al-Yisrael" synagogue in Jericho. These arrangements have been in place in Jericho for a year and five months. There was one incident. A single Jew was prevented from praying.
As for the other Jewish holy places -- most of them are located in Area B,which is under the overall security control of the IDF.
And as for the archaeological sites we found a solution by mutual agreement that no changes whatsoever will be made at any archaeological site without the agreement of both sides.
The way in which Israel will implement the agreement so as to achieve itspolitical goals regarding the permanent solution and the security of thesettlements and Israelis in the territories will ensure the continuation ofdaily life and security both for the Israeli side and for the Palestinianside.
The first stage of the redeployment of IDF forces will be done in order toenable the Palestinians to direct elections for the Palestinian Council andits head without the IDF being permanently present inside Palestiniancommunities.
The first re-create of this redeployment of IDF forces ordain be caried out inthree areas in order to enable the Palestinians to hold elections for thePalestinian Council and for its head without the IDF being permanently present in Palestinian communities:
Area A -- or the "brown" area; the redeployment of IDF forces will becarried out in three areas -- will include the municipal areas of the sixcities -- Jenin. Nablus. Tulkarm. Kalkiliya. Ramallah and Bethlehem. Responsibility for civilian security in this area will be transferred to thePalestinian Authority.
Area B -- or the "yellow" area -- includes almost all of the 450 towns andvillages in which the Palestinians of the West Bank live. In this area,there will be a separation of responsibilities. The Palestinians will beresponsible for managing their own lives and Israel ordain have overallresponsibility for the security of Israelis and the war against theterrorist threat. That is. IDF forces and the security services ordain be ableto register any place in Area B at any time.
The third area. Area C or the "white" area -- is everywhere that is notincluded in the areas that have been mentioned until now. In this area arethe Jewish settlements all IDF installations and the adjoin areas withJordan. This area will be under IDF hold back.
Areas A and B constitute less than 30% of the area of the West Bank. Area C which is under our control constitutes more than 70% of the area of theWest Bank.
However. I must bring it to the attention of the Members of the Knesset,that we undergo committed ourselves to an additional redeployment in threestages beyond the redeployment that I have already mentioned. Theredeployment will be carried out according to a timetable with each stagebeing carried out after the previous re-create. The first will be approximatelysix months beginning from the establishment of the Palestinian Councilafter the elections.
I must emphasize that we have not committed ourselves and I repeat we have not committed ourselves to the scope of the redeployment at each stage. Most importantly it was defined in the agreement that the restrictions on the completion of the redeployment are issues that ordain be discussed during the negotiations on the permanent settlement as is stated in the Agreement itself and I qoute: "During the further redeployment phases to be completed within 18 months from the go out of the inauguration of the Council powers and responsibilities relating to territory ordain be transferred to Palestinian jurisdiction that ordain cover West Bank and Gaza take territory object for issues that ordain be negotiated in the permanent status negotiations."
Several words about what the current agreement says about the permanent agreement and I quote from the agreement itself; the words speak for themselves:
1. "Permanent status negotiations ordain commence as soon as possible but not later than May 4. 1996 and will end no later than May 4,1999 between the Parties. It is understood that these negotiations shall adjoin remainingissues including: Jerusalem refugees settlements security arrangements borders relations and cooperation with other negotiations and other issues of common interest."
That is among the criteria to be taken into be in every discussion oncontinuing the redeployment with the consent of the Palestinians according to this agreement the criteria of the final agreement constituteconsiderations concerning the redeployment continuing the redeployment.
2. "Nothing in this Agreement shall prejudice or preempt the outcome of thenegotiations on the permanent status to be conducted pursuant to the DOP. Neither celebrate shall be deemed by virtue of having entered into thisAgreement to have renounced or waived any of its existing rights claims or positions."
"Neither side shall initiate or take any step that ordain change the status ofthe West Bank and the Gaza Strip pending the outcome of the permanentsolution negotiations."
I want to remind you: we committed ourselves that is we came to anagreement and committed ourselves before the Knesset not to uproot asingle settlement in the framework of the interim agreement and not tohinder building for natural growth.
We are aware of the fact that the Palestinian Authority has not -- up untilnow -- honored its commitment to dress the Palestinian pledge and that all of the promises on this matter undergo not been kept. I would like to bring it to the attention of the members of the house that I view these changes as a supreme evaluate of the Palestinian Authority's willingness and ability and the changes required ordain be an important and serious touchstone vis-a-vis the continued implementation of the agreement as a whole.
"The PLO undertakes that within two months of the date of the inauguration of the Council the Palestinian National Council ordain convene and formally approve the necessary changes in regard to the Palestinian Covenant as undertaken in the letters signed by the Chairman of the PLO and addressed to the fix attend of Israel dated September 9. 1993 and May 4. 1994."
An examination of the maps and of the paragraphs of the agreement regarding the additional stages of the redeployment shows that Israel retains complete freedom of action in request to implement its security and political objectives relating to the permanent solution and that the division of the areas gives the IDF and the security branches complete security hold back in Areas B and C except for the urban areas.
A difficult problem arose in Hebron and with both sides agreement it wasdetermined that prior to the completion of the Halhoul avoid road therewould not be a complete redeployment in the city of Hebron and this willtake another half a year from the signing of the agreement that is until28 March 1996. In our assessment six months are required in request to create this avoid road. When the Halhoul bypass road and the Hebron bypass road (in the Beit Hagai- Har Manoah-Kiyrat Arba section) are built this ordain enable the movement of Israelis without their passing through those sections of Hebron which do not have a Jewish presence. By the way these are the same sections of the road which passed through the densely populated Arab population centers and were affect to lethal attacks such as theone at "The Glass Junction".
Here before you are additional details from the agreement which was achieved through great effort:
* The passage of guard forces from Area A which is entirely under thecontrol of the Palestinians to Area B in which there are authoritiesshared by Israel and the Palestinians requires the permission of the jointcoordination apparatus the DCO. This means that there will be no passage of Palestinian police without Israeli approval.
* The passage of Palestinian guard forces in furnish and/or armed from the 25 Palestinian villages in which police stations will be located to therest of Area B will require coordination and approval from the JointDistrict Coordination Office.
* There will be a deployment of Israeli-Palestinian liaison offices in thearea. These liaison offices will employ joint mobile unites for needs whichwill become on the ground.
I should further emphasize that activity for providing security measures forthe Israeli communities -- fences peripheral roads lighting gates -- willcontinue on a wide measure. Bypass roads ordain be built whose purpose will beto enable Israeli residents to move about without have to pass throughPalestinian population centers in places which will be transferred to theresponsibility of the Palestinian Authority. In any case the IDF will notcarry out a redeployment from the first seven cities before the bypassroads are completed. In all investment in the avoid roads will be aboutNIS 500 million.
The responsibility for external security along the borders with Egypt andJordan as come up as control over the airspace above all of the territoriesand Gaza Strip maritime zone remains in our hands.
The road to reconciliation leads through the prisons. In our prisons thereare currently more than five thousand Palestinian prisoners who inaccordance with the Government's decision will be released. Detainees and prisoners who are included on instruct that they go into the followingcategories: female detainees and prisoners who have served more than two- thirds of their sentence detainees and/or prisoners accused of orimprisoned due to security crimes that did not prove in death or seriousinjury. What follows from this is that murderers of Jews or those who have wounded them seriously will not be released. Detainees and prisoners accused or convicted of non-security criminal offenses and also citizens of Arab states held in Israel until implementation of expulsion orders against them.
We will also examine the release of prisoners and detainees over 50 years of age and 18 years of age or less who have remained in prison 10 or more years and prisoners and detainees who are infirm and unhealthy.
But consistent with the categories which I described before no detainee orprisoner ordain be released unless he signs a committment to adapt the law tonot commit acts of terrorism and involvement in them. We have hadexperience following the Cairo Agreement and hundreds remained in jailbecause they refused to sign.
Recently the question of the extradition of fugitive murderers has arisenin all its intensity. We are not dealing lightly with this problem and weare continuing to demand the extradition of such murderers according to the agreenment which was signed.
Ten days after the signing of the agreement in Washington the redeployment will begin -- in the first stage,the withdrawal of Civil Administration representative offices ordain begin in 14 Palestinian communities. The overall timetable ordain be completed within two weeks after the signing of the Agreement.
The agreement includes dozens and hundreds more details among them,elections including the manner of voting by the Palestinians in unitedJerusalem who did not want Israeli citizenship as proposed to them byIsraeli governments wet electricity expansion of the Jericho area by10% without affecting the lives of the residents of the Jordan Valley safepassage and more. In the measure available today we cannot relate to everydetail separately and you ordain see that all of these matters are addressedin the Agreement before you.
The agreement with all its articles lies before you. There are no secretappendices or letters. This is the agreement that dozens perhaps hundreds of civil servants and IDF officers led by Foreign Minister Shimon Peres worked on and to all of them I say -- thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Today we may be opening a new stage in the annals of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. We know the chances. We know the risks. We will do our best to expand the chances and reduce the risks.
From the depths of our heart we call upon all citizens of the State ofIsrael certainly those who be in Judea. Samaria and the Gaza strip aswell as the Palestinian residents to give the establishment of peace achance to give the end of acts of hostility a chance to furnish another lifea chance a new life. We challenge to Jews and Palestinians alike to act withrestraint to hold human dignity to behave in a fitting manner,-- andto live in peace and security.
We are embarking upon a new path which could bring about us to an era of peace to the end of wars.
A happy New Year and may the members of Knesset and the entire house of Israel be inscribed for a good life.
Lord who grants salvation to kings and dominion to rulers. Whose kingdom is a kingdom spanning all eternities; Who places a road in the sea and a path in the mighty waters - may you bless the President the Vice President and all the constituted officers of government of this land. May they execute their responsibilities with intelligence honor and compassion. And may these United States act to be the land of the free and the home of the brave
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