Oslo Logic

By Moshe Feiglin

Tamuz, 5767
June, 2007

Translated from Moshe Feiglin's article on the NRG website.

Many were surprised last week to hear press reports of Binyamin Netanyahu's proposal to dispatch Jordan's Palestinian Badr Brigade to Judea and Samaria. Silvan Shalom hurried to outflank Netanyahu on the right and to attack the proposal with various claims. "They are too old," Silvan explained, "and furthermore, they will not protect the Jews, but rather, attack them." I happen to agree with Shalom, even though his claims are a bit shallow.

The logic behind Bibi's proposal is to roll the problem of the Arabs of Judea and Samaria to Jordan's doorstep. Netanyahu is not stupid. He understands that King Hussein is feeling the heat of the events in Lebanon and Iraq, on his northern border. Hussein clearly understands that if an Islamic revolution makes its way from Gaza to Judea and Samaria -- on his eastern border -- he will be left in an Islamic pincer that will quickly close in on him. His last hope is Israel. According to Netanyahu, Israel must take advantage of this timely opportunity.

The problem is that Netanyahu's "solution" is trapped on the plane of Oslo logic. Many people have already forgotten how, fourteen years ago, Yossi Beilin confidently explained that "we must take advantage of the window of opportunity" that had presented itself. Arafat was collapsing in Tunis, and according to Beilin's Oslo logic, that was the perfect time to initiate a daring plan to bring him to Israel. Bibi's current plan follows the same logic.

An Opposition is supposed to present an alternative. In Israel, though, the Right has surrendered its own dream and has adopted the leftist, Oslo dream. Since Netanyahu's warm handshake with Arafat, all of Israel's political paths lead to Oslo and its logic. Every Israeli already knows that if he votes Left, he will get Left, and if he votes Right, he will get double Left. That is the source of the general despondence prevailing in Israel. It is the feeling of a dead end and reality turned on its head.

The "creative" ideas that Netanyahu and his fellow politicians propose will continue to blow up in our faces. If the Badr Brigade idea does materialize, G-d forbid, its soldiers will ultimately fight against Israel under the flag of the Hamas. They will also be the bridgehead for the Islamic revolution in the Jordanian army.

It is urgent that we get off the Oslo logic stage set and begin to deal with reality. The reality is that the Land of Israel belongs to the Nation of Israel. Those people -- from both Left and Right -- who have exchanged simple Jewish logic for Oslo logic are no longer connected to reality. They are stuck on the "creative" Oslo solutions and will never be able to deal with the challenge of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel.

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