Jerusalem – Israel’s new opposition leader says the biggest danger facing the country is that it will be replaced by a binational Jewish-Arab state if it fails to separate from the Palestinians.
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Former military chief Shaul Mofaz won leadership of the centrist Kadima Party last month. He told Israel Radio Tuesday, “The threat of us losing the Jewish majority and Israel becoming a binational state is the biggest threat to Israel, and time is working against us.”
He said, “The threat of a binational state that we are bequeathing to our children really keeps me awake at night.”
Mofaz said Israel must resume talks for a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza.
On Monday, a prominent Palestinian told The Associated Press a binational state could result if peace talks fail.
I ask that you please put your personal feelings aside and think if a binational state is realy that bad. Why should israel be different than the rest of the world, and be tied to a religion? Why can jews and mslims lve side by side in brooklyn and elsewhere except in israel?
In other words, he’s telling the palis, any deal you want, I’ll make with you, and in essence you, the palis have the bargaining power advantage since we need to make a deal with you yesterday. Pretty dumb, for someone of his caliber to shout out like that.
A binational state would be the best thing for Eretz Yisroel before Moshiach. If the Palestinians have their own state, they will fight a constant war against Israel. If there is a binational state, there will be control. Also, more Haredim will vote and participate in the country, because it will not fall under the issurim of zionism.
Never happen…HaShem will stop it.
‘Ad teedag, ‘Am Yisroel.’
‘Poel Yeshuas.’
He who can create a world, split a sea…etc. Can do
ANYTHING even save the ‘Yidden’ from themselves.
A bi-national state wouldn’t be bad, but that’s not what the Arabs want. They want an Arab state, preferably Islamic, where Jews whose ancestors were not present in the land in 1890 would be forced to leave. That’s what the Palestinian national covenant states, and that’s what the Arabs have always wanted.
i am simply flabergasted that frum people can advocate for a binational state.as if that would satisfy the arabs.who are any of you to to in effect give half of Hashem’s land away?
There are some good arguments for putting all the religious sites that have significance to both yidden and muslims under some kind of joint control as part of a binational state. Even some elements of the Chareidi kehillah would support such a power-sharing arrangement over the kosel, maaras hamachpelah, the many kevorim of the avos and imahos, etc. which have kedushah to us and the Arabs.