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Автор: Paul Eidelberg
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Категория: Емин Исраэль
Many, many years ago there was an American radio program designed
especially for children. It was called "Let's Pretend."
This program has
been resurrected in Israel. In fact, Israel now boasts several
versions of
this program. Their producers vie with each other to see which can
attract
the largest number of children. Their common theme is peace,
and they only
differ as to how to make peace between Jews and Arabs. Let's
call their
producers the "Let's Pretenders."
The latest Let's Pretenders consist of various Likud Knesset members
and
settlement leaders. Unlike other Let's Pretenders - for example,
the
Beilin Pretenders, the Ayalon Pretenders, and the Sharon Pretenders,
all of
which imagine a peace-loving Palestinian state - these latest Let's
Pretenders offer children the delightful fiction of a bi-national
state.
They prompt these children to imagine a "West Bank" and Gaza divided
into
ten cantons or districts. Each canton, they say, will receive
parliamentary representation according to factors other than population
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as in the United States Senate. And they would have children
- Jewish and
Arab children - to pretend that this cuddly arrangement will ensure
a
permanent Jewish majority west of the Jordan River.
The President of this projected bi-national state would be Jewish
while its
Vice-President would be an Arab. How cozy, how charming - a
plot bound to
delight a childish audience. Of course, this plot may
not go over very
well among Arab children. Especially those whose parents harbor
the goal
of a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan to the Mediterranean
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yes, and who have instilled in their children the desire to kill and
die
for such a state.
It seems that the programs of all these Let's Pretenders lack
verisimilitude - are so far removed from reality that only infants
would be
amused by them. But perhaps we are wrong. Perhaps Israel
has become an
Infantocracy! Perhaps the programs of these the Let's Pretenders
are
indicative of a progressive disintegration of the Jewish State - of
intellectual - moral decay and political anarchy. Perhaps this
is why the
Sharon Pretenders, having no realistic plan or no Jewish goal - can
only
imagine another hudna.
Well, Let's Pretend. Let's offer an alternative to a bi-national
state,
namely, a tri-national state based on the Let's Pretend mentality
of Shimon
Peres. Let this tri-national state consist of three autonomous
groups:
Jews, Israelis, and Arabs. It must therefore have a trilateral
Executive
consisting of a representative from each group. It must also
have a
tri-cameral legislature consisting of a Jewish branch, an Israeli
branch,
and an Arab branch. Should jurisdictional disputes and
legislative
grid-lock occur, these will be referred to a trinitarian Supreme Court
consisting of three Rabbis (one Orthodox, one Conservative, and one
Reform), three Atheists (one heterosexual, one homosexual, and one
transvestite), and three Muslims (one Sunni, one Shi'ite, and one
Sufi).
Let's name this tri-national state "Pluriland." Come to think
of it, the
name pretty much describes the present State of Israel.
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