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(B) The quartet will initiate an international observer force, which will examine Israeli-Palestinian progress. Here again it is worth noting that Ariel Sharon did not take major military actions against the PA for a year and a half, in order to prevent implementation of an international observer force in Yesha.
(C) The Quartet will guarantee that both sides implement all obligations simultaneously. This directly contradicts Sharon's plan, by which any Israeli implementation happens only after full implementation by the Palestinians.
For example, the Palestinian obligation to eradicate terror will be equivalent to Israeli obligations concerning settlement activity.
(D) The Quartet will be directly involved in all negotiations between the two sides, totally negating a cardinal Israeli rule insisting upon direct negotiations between the parties involved.
(E) The Quartet will be involved in all facets of a Palestinian transition, including, financial, administrative, legal, and security issues. This involvement has already begun.
(F) The Quartet will be involved in decisions and negotiation concerning the 'permanent agreement,' including Jerusalem, refugees, and settlements. Concerning settlements, Israel will be obligated to:
1. Uproot all settlements formed since March, 2001. Implementation is not dependent on Palestinian cessation of terror or incitement. Rather, the obligations must be fulfilled simultaneously.
2. Israel must freeze all settlement activity, including any "natural growth" of Yesha communities. Implementation priority must be given to areas which threaten contiguously populated Palestinian regions, including areas around Jerusalem.
3. Towards declaration of a Palestinian state with temporary borders, Israel must allow maximum geographic contiguity, including further measures concerning settlements, i.e., uprooting of settlements that interrupt Palestinian territorial contiguity.
Concerning Jerusalem, Israel must agree to reopen all Palestinian offices and institutions dealing with commerce, business and economy, which were closed in East Jerusalem, including, of course, the Orient House.
The goals of discussions concerning a permanent solution will seek to achieve a realistic and just solution to the problems of the refugees and the status of Jerusalem, which will take into account the political and religious stands of the two sides. In other words, the Palestinians enter into negotiations on an equal footing with Israel.
Three other interesting points:
(A) Concerning security, the United States, Egypt and Jordan will be involved in revitalizing security guarantees between Israel and the Palestinians.
(B) The solutions reached will take into account the program initiated by the Saudi Arabians. This program calls for a total withdrawal of Israel to the 1967, pre-Six Day War borders.
(C) The road map demands an international conference to attain peace on all fronts, including the Israeli-Syria-Lebanese disputes. In other words, not only is Yesha on the chopping block. The Golan Heights is also in jeopardy.
These are some of the elements of the Road Map -- delegating responsibility for almost everything that occurs in Yesha to the European Union and the United Nations. The Quartet is nothing less than a death council whose job is to speed up a step-by-step annihilation of the State of Israel.
The road map, with Quartet participation, cannot come into being without full Israeli approval. If Israel says no, it doesn't happen.
In other words, the Road Map is an assisted suicide pact that could have been designed by Jack Kevorkian.
David Wilder is spokesman for the Jewish community of Hebron.
(Editor's note: This was submitted to us anonymously from someone entitling himself "Another Apoplectic Friend.")
A brief overview of the situation is always valuable, so as a service to all Americans who still don't get it, I now offer you the story of the Middle East in just a few paragraphs, which is all you really need. Don't thank me. I'm a giver. Here we go:
The Palestinians want their own country. There's just one thing about that: There are no Palestinians. It's a made up word. Israel was called Palestine for two thousand years. Like "Wiccan," "Palestinian" sounds ancient but is really a modern invention.
Before the Israelis won the land in war, Gaza was owned by Egypt, and there were no "Palestinians" then, and the West Bank was owned by Jordan, and there were no "Palestinians" then. As soon as the Jews took over and started growing oranges as big as basketballs, what do you know, say hello to the "Palestinians," weeping for their deep bond with their lost "land" and "nation."
So for the sake of honesty, let's not use the word "Palestinian" any more to describe these delightful folks, who dance for joy at our deaths until someone points out they're being taped. Instead, let's call them what they are: "Other Arabs From The Same General Area Who Are In Deep Denial About Never Being Able To Accomplish Anything In Life And Would Rather Wrap Themselves In The Seductive Melodrama Of Eternal Struggle And Death." I know that's a bit unwieldy to expect to see
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