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Turning, triumphing and sacrifice

2020-01-29T23:01:17.540Z


Limor Smimian-demanded


The Century Plan heralds a makeover. Since the days of President Johnson and the drafting of Resolution 242, through the first Rodgers program in Nixon times, the definition of "the Palestinian problem" by Carter, the Madrid conference and the crisis in George Bush's time, the Oslo Accords and Clinton's outline, the roadmap and the disengagement plan in the days George W. Bush, and finally the Obama administration's demands to freeze any settlement and veto construction on UN Resolution 2334 - in all of these events, the American concept was similar: Israel must first withdraw to the pre-1967 borders, and only after Then there is a chance to move forward.

Israeli prime ministers, most often, not only adopted the equation of territories for peace, but even embraced the White House on the left. Rabin surprised Americans with advanced-stage Oslo talks, when the PLO was even more defined as a terrorist organization. Ehud Barak was so eager to reach an agreement that he forcibly pushed Arafat to a room at Camp David and surprised Clinton with his "generosity." Sharon sent Dobby Weissglass to convince The Bush administration to support the disengagement (when it feared, and rightly so, the unilateral outline), and above all, it was Olmert who offered the Palestinians the most concessional outline, to the extent that Condoleezza Rice did not believe he went beyond Barak's concessions.

And now we are witnessing a president breaking the '67 concept, and a prime minister eager to advance the national-Zionist narrative. And the two of them together speak about the return of the Jewish people to its historic homeland. A makeover, have we already said?

This dramatic turnaround is exciting, but it has a price. No, this is not just the future agreement to open negotiations with the Palestinians for an autonomous political entity, because it is clear that if the Palestinians agree to all seven conditions in the outline, that will in itself be a vision of the end. Nor is it about the Palestinians' threat of canceling the Oslo Accords, as they have already reduced wonders. Commitment to peace terminology in the face of sacrifices.

On the day the details of the plan became known, Netanyahu waived his right to request immunity. And that is the parable for the whole story. Netanyahu could easily extricate himself from the persecution campaign. He could retire at the time of the investigation, and the files would probably be closed some time later. He could retire after the suspicion, invented only to put extra pressure on him to go his own way. He could have agreed to the pardon offer without trial. But he stayed. Even at this price that was eventually indicted. He did not surrender for three election campaigns. Agreed even for a six-month rotation.

All the vanity we were told in the past year has dissipated this week. Netanyahu did not "stick to a chair" for immunity; Just the opposite. He gave up his rights, paid his respects, saw his family become the national boxing bag - and stayed. Remains only to bring the century plan. A plan that would not have been embroiled had it not been for the special constellation he created, and the significant collaboration with the Trump administration. It is indeed a historic moment, a moment of triumph and a close, with great sacrifice on its side.

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Source: israelhayom

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