The
British Royal Committee in 1937 (Peel Committee) and the Anglo-American
Committee in 1947 both advised to divide Mandatory Western Palestine
into two states, Jewish and Arab. The plenary session of the UN opted
for this solution on November 29, 1947. The world accepted the
Jordanian occupation of the so called "West Bank" as the equivalent of a
Palestinian state. Ever since Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967,
the United States has put heavy pressure on Israel to withdraw from the
West Bank. The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) was
established in 1964 by Abdul Nasser in Egypt and taken over by Yassir
Arafat in 1969. By becoming an international terror organization it
forced the Arab League to recognize it as the authentic representatives
of the Palestinian people. After Jordan waived its interest in the West
Bank, the PLO was openly recognized by the European Union. The United
States promised Israel in writing in 1975 not to talk to the PLO, but
conducted secret talks with them all the time. Since 1989 the dialogue
is official.
Israel
was a strategic ally of the USA during the Cold War. After the
disintegration of the Soviet Union, the USA reverted to the attitude of
the State Department during the Fifties, and is jeopardizing the
manifold advantages of the alliance with Israel for shortsighted
appeasement of despots in the Arab world. The ISA forced Israel to
agree first to the so called "legitimate rights" of the Palestinians and
then to negotiate with the PLO in Madrid. The dwarfing of Israel and
the now almost open support for a full fledged Palestinian state is a
heavy blow to Israel. It is being inflicted by the USA on its faithful
and only ally in the Middle East, thereby endangering its very
existence.
