The Roots of the Problems of the Land of Israel and its Solution

By Tsvi Misinai

Abstract

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict represents two contradicting stands in the struggle for the Land of Israel, where each side has its own rights and justifications. This situation hurts the residents of the area and creates a major confusion for them and for the rest of the world. Of late, world terrorism partially justifies its horrible acts with the existence of the conflict and as such, increases the severity of the problem.

Israel’s stand regarding the Palestinian dilemma has always been defensive, except for the issue of handling terror. With the legitimization of the terrorists in the auspices of the Oslo agreements and the continued support of Arafat by the European community even now, the objection to terrorism is not as effective as in the past.

The peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Camp David failed as a result of the Palestinians raising the issue of the Right of Return. This right stems from the historical rights of the Palestinian refugees. In light of the Palestinians basing their rights on history, Israel must properly answer in this direction as well. Israel must deviate from its conventional way of thinking and use an old-new premise regarding the just solution to the problem. It must use argumentation which stems from a proper vision of the historical facts as will be explained further on, and deploy effective public relations campaign regarding the problem. In conjunction with smart military activities, this approach could extricate Israel and the Palestinians from the current complex situation as well as from the dispute entirely.

The basis for this premise is the perception of the historical facts in the Land of Israel over the last two thousand years, which were raised firstly by David Ben Gurion and Yitzchak Ben Zvi, which as of today it is accepted to ignore their existence. This perception will present the history in a very different light than currently accepted, with strong implications for the present and future.

The current historical perspective assumes that the Jews who remained in the Land of Israel after the destruction of the Second Temple, were driven out of the country in several circumstances through the generations, and in that way enabled the Palestinians to become the majority in the country until the establishment of the State of Israel. However, this perspective is incorrect. An absolute majority of the Palestinians in the Land are descendants of the nation of Israel who over the years remained faithful to the Land, but were forced to convert their religion and over the years became the bitterest enemy of the Jews.

The above old-new perspective received serious backing by two genetic research studies that were recently published and which show that Jews are very close genetically to the Palestinians, much more than to Arabs and other nations.

The implications of this correct historical perspective can go very far regarding the future of the region. First and foremost, it must be used to reduce the hatred by showing the blood connection. In addition, it shall be used to show that Jews, and not Arabs, have the right to the country.

However, most importantly – even if it requires tremendous change in today’s accepted way of thinking, it would be a grave mistake to avoid the historic truth when dealing with the dispute and its solution. This is especially so when the Palestinians present historical rights as a stumbling block to the solution of the dispute and when for so many years no one has succeeded in suggesting a solution acceptable to both sides. All that has been agreed upon, following major efforts of many talented people, was the path towards worsening the dispute with potential serious implications for regional and world peace.

Highlights of the findings and conclusions

Following is a brief summary for the benefit of those readers that cannot dedicate the time to read the entire paper, or would like to know more of what it is about before investing the time in reading it in full.

Facts:

1. The Palestinians, by raising the issue of the Right of Return, dragged the negotiations and attention to historical issues.
2. When we look on the past – the vast majority of the Palestinians in the Land of Israel (about 2/3) are descendants of Jews that were forced to convert.
3. This is being supported by evidences from multiple directions: Historical-Behavioral, Historical-Geographic, Genetic, Customs and National-Geographic.
4. The Arab settlers to the Land of Israel in the period 1831-1948 are the settlers that really prevent a solution. They are the main party behind terror and extreme Islam.
5. Yasser Arafat, the leader of Palestinian terror, is himself an Arab settler, falsely calling himself a Palestinian.
6.  The Palestinian refugees are almost exclusively composed of these settlers and their descendants.
7. The Arabs as well as other imperialists, and not the Jews, are the real occupiers and oppressors in the Land of Israel. Today this oppression continues through terror. 
8. In the 1948 war the Arabs invaded the land of Israel with the intent to throw the Jews to the sea.
9. In 1948 the Arab countries called the Palestinians to flee from the areas where hostilities took place.
10. As a result of the war an exchange of population took place.
11. There were more Jewish refugees from Arab countries than Arab refugees.
12. The property lost by Arab refugees is by far less then by these Jewish refugees.
13. The suffering of the Arab refugees is continuing only because the Arabs want to perpetuate the problem and use it against Israel, including as a tool to eliminate Jewish majority in Israel.
14. UN resolution 194 was issued before Jews were expelled form Arab countries.
15. The UN resolution, that is not a binding one, was anyhow replaced by Security Council resolutions 242 and 338 that are binding and also relate to the refugees issue.
16. Islam, according to the Koran, recognizes the rights of the people of Israel on the land of Israel, and their right of return to the country.

Conclusions:

17. The aggressors of 1948 have no right to ask for the reversal of the results of their aggression.
18. The only Right of Return to the Palestinian refugees is to return to their original countries or, for a very small minority - to their original people (the Jews).
19. Any financial compensation to refugees shall be higher to Jews from Arab countries than to Arab refugees.
20. For the sake of solving the conflict, the Palestinians have to select between historical justice and practical justice.
21. The practical justice demands negotiations by honest Palestinians without raising the issue of Right of Return.
22. The historical justice requires the Palestinians in the land of Israel not to kill and commit suicide but to rejoin their original Jewish nation.
23. The Palestinians have no right to hate Israel and use aggression and terror that happen to be the source of their troubles.
24. Neither any Israeli nor anybody else has the right to compromise with terror, let alone support it.
25. A Palestinian state at this period will be a major risk to the security of Israel and of Jordan, as well as to the stability of the region. It may further prevent a future comprehensive and just solution.

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