The Honorable Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel:

The Middle East Political Forum finds itself in accord with you while we recognize the tremendous effort on your part to maintain security in Eretz Israel. The Middle East Political Forum is a young, growing organization which reaches out to Jews and Gentiles who express a deep-rooted love for Israel and her people. We are an information project and work in cooperation with the National Unity Coalition, an organization consisting of more than 10 Million
Christian Zionists. We also back the efforts of Professor Paul Eidelberg, striving to implement a Constitution for Israel.

We, however have several concerns that must be considered:

a. We have noticed that when Arab prisoners are released from Israeli prisons, they are automatically let out the front gate and inflicted again on the Israeli population… In our estimation…, no Arab/Moslem prisoners that haveserved time for crimes against the Jewish people, be given another opportunity to propagate another offense. Instead, Arab/Moslem prisoners should be taken out of Israel to any Arab/Moslem country or other countries of their choice. [At a certain stage in past History, British criminals were taken out of England to populate Australia].

b. We have Mr. Prime Minister more than 850,000 Jordanian citizens living in Israel. These people are remnants from the time when Jordan was in control of Judea and Samaria for nineteen years. They opted for Jordanian citizenship then, and are holders of both Jordanian passports and ID's after swearing allegiance to Jordan. Mr. Prime Minister, these are Jordanians in every sense of the word…! When the Jordanians were pushed back in 1967 to their own borders, their own citizenry should have followed or made to follow… Jordan
should have asked for them before the signing of the Peace agreement with Israel. Israel on the other hand should have insisted they take them back home, long before the ceremonial signing process took place… Israel Mr. Prime Minister should not be responsible for Jordanians…! These people should be REPATRIATED to their own country!

Steps must be taken to REPATRIATE the 850,000 Jordanian citizens lingering in Eretz Israel. What are they doing there…? They are propagating hate against the Jews and undermining the infrastructure of the state of Israel. These 850,000 are peppered with Hamas followers, sympathizers, and (Shahidin=martyrs), that are willing to forgo their lives at the snap of a
finger.

At this stage Mr. Prime Minister, you have an historic duty to correct the present situation and deflate the ominous, deleterious, and pernicious atmosphere that is being inflicted daily on the Jewish people... Israelis are not free to breathe freely, to travel without fear, unmolested, to any
destination in their homeland, the way they used to do before Oslo... The daring between them are carrying sidearm for their protection. Most get involved in stoning by Arabs and are forced to retaliate. Is this what Israel augurs for its people?

An Israeli Government decree should be declared this instant stating that: All persons that are in Israel NOT for the purpose of "ALIYAH" and have OVERSTAYED their three months "Legal Stay" should apply under penalty for a LEGAL EXTENSION. The others that are in Israel without authorization [no matter from what countries they are from Jordan or any other country] should leave forthwith or be forced to leave after their arrest.

We cannot suggest another alternative to our above statement…, Israel is recognized in the World as a Jewish State and it has been so RECONSTITUTED…! Israel has dedicated itself for the ingathering of Jewish exiles and not the ingathering of who wants to undermine it and erase it off the map.

The 850,000 Jordanians in Israel are Illegal Residents, they should be REPATRIATED next door to their own Country. If some of them would be willing to forego their Jordanian citizenship and revert once again to the Palestinian Arab identity, they should be absorbed in Gaza and Jericho. If Arafat intervenes and considers these people his own subjects…, then, in all
probability he considers all Jordanian less the Bedouins his own subjects also… [is this hilarious or what?]

If the REPATRIATION phase of the 850,000 Jordanians is quickly implemented, this will tend to deflate the present Palestinian Arab problem and cut its threatening objectives towards Israel in half. It would put also the "Israeli Arab" allegiance to Israel on notice and under scrutiny. This would lessen the opportunity of some Knesset Arab members/leaders to be tempted to play a
double game with the Syrian Dictator…, like they did not so long ago.

The followers of Arafat (now reduced to a non-impressive number) should be ensconced in Gaza and Jericho…, the other Arab town Ramallah, Hebron, Jenin, etc., should be declared <open towns>, demilitarized in the REAL SENSE of the word and under the watchful eyes of Israel's IDF from the outside for security purposes only.

c. Some countries in addition to the Muslim world, consider Israel an "OCCUPIER." This is the biggest blasphemy thrown at Jews in general. Your non-reaction to this statement is fueling the "Big Lie" propagated by these countries. Are you giving credence to this? Israel has been RECONSTITUTED for the Jewish people and not the Arab people...! It is high time to stand
proud and tall and show the world that Israel is daring enough to take action. Please do not be intimidated by American or European threats for these countries will not be forthcoming when push comes to shove, and would rather see Israel sacrificed on the Altar of selfishness and "OIL Benefits." Mr. Prime Minister, the Arab Countries are many and Israel is only <ONE>, so the tendency to sacrifice it for Peace and quiet in the Middle East and the flow of oil is very REAL!

d. Mr. Prime Minister, Israel has to find a solution to the Israeli menial labor problem and refrain from giving work to Arab workers. This is not Israel's responsibility! Give the Arab Countries an opportunity to take care of their brethren…, the more Israel gets involved in the <upkeep> of Arabs, the more you are giving them an opportunity to encroach on the "Land of" Israel". Ben Gurion used to emphasize the slogan "AVODAH IVRIT", so the sooner this is taken into consideration, the quicker Israel will grow roots in their land. It is amazing how a people who have sworn to destroy the Jewish Patrimony, have been given Carte Blanche by the victimized Israelis to carry on with the systematic destruction of the Jewish State.

It needs to be emphasized, however, that Islam itself…, specifically…, its love of violent death as the key to paradise and the promise of virgin brides, incites suicide-bombers and thus fosters the indiscriminate slaughter of innocent men, women, and children. As already indicated…, Jihad, or the Holy War against infidels, is a basic religious obligation for Muslims. The Qur'an, which is the only mortar that motivates and unifies all Muslims, teaches them:
"Believers, take neither Jews nor Christians for your friends" [Sura 5:50]. "Allah ... forbids you to make friends with those who have fought against you .... or abetted others to do so" [Sura 60:9]. From this passage comes the necessity on the part of Arabs to describe Jews as "aggressors." The Qur'an imperative on dealing with "aggressors"? "Kill them wherever you find them" [Sura 2:190]. Consistent therewith, the seemingly innocuous King Hussein of Jordan (who welcomes arch-terrorists in Amman) once urged Arabs to "kill Jews wherever you find them, kill them with your hands, with your nails and teeth." In 1994, during an event closed to the media at a mosque in South Africa, Arafat proclaimed: "The jihad will continue...You have to understand our main battle is Jerusalem...You have to come to fight a jihad to liberate Jerusalem, your precious shrine... No, it is not their capital. It is our capital."

Shortly after the violence committed by PA police in September 1996, Arafat announced again: "We will be willing to die as martyrs until our flag flies over Jerusalem. No one should believe they can frighten us with weapons. We have much stronger weapons, the weapon of sacrifice, the weapon of jihad."

The Arabs have a great advantage over the Israelis. The Arabs know that they want to destroy Israel. They are not ashamed or bashful about their agenda. Therefore, they can carefully plan and develop engines to do the job. Please note the following things as stated by Arafat and his staff:

On the Peace Process:

"It is only a cease-fire until the next stage." -- Abbas Zaki, a member of the PLO Executive Committee and the nominee to head the Palestinian police force in the territories (The Jerusalem Post, 16 March 1994) "I am convinced that our people are now on the way to establishing a Palestinian state. The agreement signed in Cairo is the first step in establishing the state, and therefore it should be implemented."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO, in an interview immediately after the signing ceremony in Cairo on 4 May 1994 (Radio Monte Carlo, 4 May 1994)

"This is the first step towards a Palestinian state."
-- Feisal Husseini, leading P.L.O. figure in Israel (Yediot Aharonot, 4 May 1994)

On Palestinian displeasure with the agreement:

"I hope that the anger about the agreement will not carry over to the territories, but will instead be turned against the Zionist enemy, who raped our land."
-- Farouk Qaddumi, head of the PLO Political Department (Radio Monte Carlo, 5 May 1994)

The Israel - PLO agreement "will not be binding on the Palestinian people.."
-- Dr. Haidar Abdel-Shafi, former head of the Palestinian delegation to the peace
talks with Israel, at a press conference in Jerusalem (The Jerusalem Post
International Edition, 7 May 1994)

"Show me who is pleased with it."
-- Hanan Ashrawi, former spokesman for the Palestinian delegation to the peace talks with Israel, when asked if she was pleased with the agreement (Ha'aretz, 5 May 1994)

On Israel:

"We will not lay down our weapons until complete liberation... Sooner or later we will throw the Zionists into the sea."
-- Lt. Col. Munir Maqdah, Commander of PLO forces in Lebanon (Reuters, October 8, 1993)

"We have to accept the deal and wait for a change in the circumstances that could lead to the elimination of Israel."
-- Abu el-Aynayn, PLO Chief of Rashidieh refugee camp in Lebanon (U.S. News and World Report, September 27, 1993)

On Jerusalem:

"Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the P.L.O. (The Jerusalem Post, 2 January 1994)

"Yasser Arafat stressed the continuation of struggle until the Palestinian flag is hoisted
over Jerusalem's walls."
-- Voice of Palestine, Algiers, 24 October 1993

"Jerusalem is the capital of our Palestinian state. It is our Jerusalem. And as brother Yasser Arafat said... Jerusalem is not only a Palestinian cause. It is a Palestinian, Arab, Islamic and Christian cause. It is the central issue. And the central axis in all of the realms of our activities."
-- Falastin al-Thawra, the PLO's official magazine, in an editorial on 15 August 1993

"Anyone who relinquishes a single inch of Jerusalem is neither an Arab nor a Muslim."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO (Voice of Palestine, Algiers, 2 September 1993)

On the PLO office currently operating in Jerusalem:

"The fact that we sit here is politically significant. It is proof that East Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Palestine."
-- Fahim Kilani, public relations officer for the PLO in Jerusalem (The Jerusalem Report, 24 April 1994 issue)

On statehood:

"I believe that today's return is the beginning of a journey toward an independent Palestinian state."
-- Hanan Deek, daughter of the late PLO military chief Abu Jihad, as she was preparing to travel to Judea and Samaria (Associated Press, 5 April 1994)

"I am not Mr. Chairman. I am His Excellency, the President of Palestine."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO, in response to a greeting by Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt (Jerusalem Post, 17 December 1993)

"The Israelis can say whatever they want. We want a Palestinian state, and after it is established it will have a confederative relationship with Jordan. That is our preference; that is our goal; and we will achieve it in time."
-- Abu Mazen, PLO official who signed the agreement in Washington with Shimon Peres (Al-Hayat, cited in the Jerusalem Post International Edition, 13 November 1993)

The agreement "will be a basis for an independent Palestinian state in accordance with the Palestine National Council resolution issued in 1974... The PNC resolution issued in 1974 calls for the establishment of a national authority on any part of Palestinian soil from which Israel withdraws or which is liberated."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO (Radio Monte Carlo, 1 September 1993. The resolution referred to is the "Phased Plan", which calls for the creation of a Palestinian state as the first in a series of stages culminating in the destruction of Israel.)

"When we say the Palestinian state is coming, it will undoubtedly come..."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO (Jordanian TV, 13 September 1993)

"I know [declaring a Palestinian state] is a problem for the Israelis. So we'll declare our national authority, which is really a state..."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO (U.S. News and World Report, 8 November 1993)

"Palestine is only a stone's throw away for a small Palestinian boy or girl."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO (Jordanian TV, 13 September 1993)

On Jerusalem and statehood:

"Gradually, stage by stage, we will reach an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as the capital."
-- Feisal Husseini, senior PLO figure in Israel (Beirut Times, 16 September 1993)

"This phase prompts us to maintain the PLO as an expression of our independent Palestinian identity... until our Palestinian state is established on our national soil, G-d willing, with Jerusalem as its capital."
-- Farouk Qaddumi, head of the PLO Political Department (Al-Dustur, Amman, Jordan, 16 October 1993)

"Mahmoud Abbas, member of the PLO Executive Committee... added that he understood withdrawal to extend to the whole of the territories of the West Bank, East Jerusalem included, and the Gaza Strip."
-- Voice of Palestine, Algiers, 15 October 1993

The Palestinian flag "will fly over the walls of Jerusalem, the churches of Jerusalem and the mosques of Jerusalem."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO (Jordanian TV, 13 September 1993)

"The Palestinian state is within our grasp. Soon the Palestinian flag will fly on the walls, the minarets and the cathedrals of Jerusalem."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO (The New York Times, Sept. 3, 1993)

"If anyone believes we Palestinians can do without east Jerusalem, he is completely mistaken." -- Faisal Husseini, leading PLO figure in Israel (The Guardian of London, Sept 1, 1993)

"Not exceeding the beginning of the third year, we'll discuss the final status which will lead to an independent Palestinian state with its capital in what we call holy Jerusalem. It is a matter of time."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO (Associated Press, September 26, 1993)

"We are awaiting completion of the plan to establish the state whose capital must be Jerusalem."
-- Husayn Far'un, PLO Security Chief in Lebanon (Al-Hayat, September 28, 1993)

On Arabs and Jews living together:

"It is clear we do not want them here... We want independence."
-- Hisham Abd al-Razek, a senior PLO official in Gaza (Yediot Aharonot, 8 April 1994)

"Rabin has to remove all the settlers from the West Bank and Gaza and transfer them to hell."
-- Jibril Rajoub, senior adviser to Yasser Arafat (Yediot Aharonot, 4 March 1994)

"There will be no peace without the expulsion of all settlers from the West Bank and Gaza."
-- from a leaflet distributed in Hebron by the PLO's Fatah Hawks (Ha'aretz, 27 December 1993)

"The settlers are not welcome and the Israelis know that. They must leave."
-- Nabil Sha'ath, head of the PLO delegation to the talks with Israel in Taba (Jerusalem Post International Edition, 23 October 1993)

"The army must withdraw and the settlements and settlers along with it."
-- Feisal Husseini, leading PLO figure in Israel (Reuters, 8 November 1993)

On the security of Jews living under Palestinian autonomy:

"They shouldn't have anybody outside the settlements... They should have no military presence on the roads."
-- Nabil Sha'ath, head of the PLO delegation to the talks with Israel in Taba (Dow Jones News Service, 11 November 1993)

"The security of the settlers lies only in their  departure, and not in any other measures."
-- Yahya Rabah, PLO ambassador to Yemen (Voice of Palestine, San'a, Yemen, 1 November 1993)

"I believe even those points which have been accepted in the Declaration of principles about leaving security in the hands of the Israelis will not work."
-- Feisal Husseini, leading PLO figure in Israel (The Jerusalem Post, 9 November 1993)

On the right of Jews to visit holy places in Judea, Samaria and Gaza:

"We expect the Israelis to give us back these holy places... We believe in freedom of religion. But Jews won't have rights there because these are our places."
-- Hasan Tahboub, head of the P.L.O.-backed Supreme Muslim Council (The Jerusalem Report, 16 December 1993)

On continuation of the struggle against Israel:

The peace process will "not prevent the continued struggle of our people against the illegal actions of the Israeli occupier."
-- from a petition signed by Dr. Haidar Abdel-Shafi, former head of the Palestinian delegation to the peace talks with Israel, and other PLO leaders (The New York Times, 26 April 1994)

"We call for Fatah Hawks... to escalate the military operations against Israeli soldiers. Every Zionist in the [Gaza] Strip is considered a target for our military apparatus."
-- from a leaflet issued by the PLO's Fatah Hawks in Gaza (The Jerusalem Post, 31 March 1994)

"We warn our leaders to stop the negotiations with Israel."
-- a gunman from Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the PLO at a rally in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza (Associated Press, 3 April 1994)

"The Fatah movement threatened to step up clashes with the Israeli occupation authorities." -- Voice of Palestine, Sanaa, Yemen, 29 March 1994 occupation."
-- Abbas Zaki, a member of the PLO Executive Committee and the nominee to head the Palestinian police force in the territories (The Jerusalem Post, 16 March 1994)

"The intifada will continue until Israel removes the last soldier."
-- Farouq Kaddumi, head of the PLO Political Department (Maariv, 21 March 1994)

"I think it is time to go back to clandestine resistance."
 -- Sheikh Ismail, a member of the PLO's Fatah Hawks in Gaza (Christian Science Monitor, 21 March 1994)

"We shall distribute weapons to the Palestinian residents and return to the armed struggle."
-- Jibril Rajoub, senior adviser to Yasser Arafat (Yediot Aharonot, 4 March 1994)

"We will burn the ground under the feet of the Nazi occupiers."
-- from a leaflet issued by the Unified National Leadership of the Intifada (Yediot Aharonot, 1 March 1994)

"We are all ready to renew attacks against Israeli soldiers and settlers."
 -- a leader of the PLO's Fatah Hawks in Gaza (The New York Times, 5 March 1994)

"In Gaza, we demand to go back to the struggle that existed before the September agreement." -- Salim al-Zreii, a leader of Yasir Arafat's Fatah faction of the PLO in Gaza (The New York Times, 6 March 1994)

"We will return to the armed struggle."
-- a senior leader of the PLO's Fatah Hawks in Gaza (Yediot Aharonot, 28 January 1994)

"It is a revolution until victory, until victory, until victory."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO (Voice of Palestine, Algiers, 31 December 1993)

"The heroic intifada, which has entered its seventh year, is an extension of the 29-year-old Palestinian revolution and will go on relentlessly... It is continuing, continuing, continuing."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO (Associated Press, 7 January 1994)

"Re-teach the enemy the lesson of the intifada."
-- from a leaflet distributed in Ramallah by Fatah, Yasser Arafat's faction of the PLO (Iton Yerushalayim, 10 December 1993)

"We tell everyone who is for the agreement to go to Jericho and Gaza. We will continue our military struggle."
-- Lt. Col. Munir Maqdah, Commander of PLO forces in Lebanon (The Jerusalem Report, 18 November 1993 issue)

"Palestine cannot contain the two of us. It is either us or the Zionists."
-- Abu Imad, PLO military commander of the Bourj al-Barajneh refugee camp in Lebanon (The Jerusalem Report, 18 November 1993)

"We still have some effort to make and struggle to wage in confronting and expelling occupation from all the areas which have been occupied since 1967 and from other areas, in implementation of the U.N. Security Council resolution - the partition resolution."
-- Voice of Palestine, Algiers, 23 October 1993 (note the reference to "other areas" - namely pre-1967 Israel)

"Our intifada has not ended and will not stop... We will continue the revolution until we expel the last of the soldiers and the settlers and liberate every grain of our dear homeland. Yes to the continuation of the revolution."
-- from a leaflet distributed in Ramallah on 17 November 1993 by Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the PLO (Yediot Aharonot, 19 November 1993)

On altering the PLO covenant, which calls for Israel's destruction:

"Consequently, the PLO undertakes to submit to the Palestinian National Council for formal approval the necessary changes in regard to the Palestinian covenant."
-- Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO (in the exchange of letters with Israel on 9 September 1993)

six weeks later...

"Israel must not demand that the PLO alter its covenant, just as the PLO does not demand that the Jewish nation cancel the Bible."
-- Ziad Abu Ziad, senior PLO official (in a speech to the American Jewish Federation, 23 October 1993)

On the "right of return" of Palestinian refugees:

"800,000 Palestinians among those who left after 1967 will come back in the transitional period, which is five years. Those who left in 1948 will come back after the declaration of the Palestinian independent state."
-- Nabil Sha'ath, head of the PLO delegation to the talks with Israel in Taba (Al-Hayat, 28 September 1993)

On the Palestinian police force:

"As a Palestinian police officer, I will not hesitate to give my gun to anyone who approaches me and tells me he is going to commit an attack against the army or the settlers. I will even kiss the gun before and after the operation."
-- a PLO recruit from Ramallah for the Palestinian police

On Iraqi missile attacks against Israel during the Gulf War:

"The Scuds fired by Iraq against Israel pleased us."
-- a local leader of Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the PLO in Gaza (International Herald Tribune, 27 December 1993)

On Palestinian support for the PLO:

"People have turned against not just Chairman Arafat, but anyone associated with the peace process."
-- Saeb Erakat, one of the chief Palestinian delegates to the talks with Israel (The New York Times, 5 March 1994)

"They're a leadership without credibility and without moral authority, and I don't know any Palestinian today who considers the PLO in its current form anything but an organization of losers and has-beens."
-- Edward Said, former member of the PLO's Palestine National Council (The New York Times, 4 March 1994)

On Yasser Arafat:

"Arafat doesn't think he is accountable. Important posts aren't filled because he can't find people he thinks are loyal enough, not because we lack the experts."
-- a PLO military commander (The Jerusalem Report, 5 May 1994 issue)

Arafat "wants to control the Palestinians and to put all the strings in his hand."
-- a leader of Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the PLO in Ramallah (Associated Press, 1 April 1994)

Arafat is "a mixture between Nelson Mandela's charisma and Idi Amin's or even Saddam Hussein's methods of governing."
-- Yasser Abd Rabbo, senior PLO official (U.S. News and World Report, 27 December 1993)

"Since September 13, Arafat has reached a new level of megalomania no one had ever imagined."
-- a member of the PLO Executive Committee (U.S. News and World Report, 27 December 1993)

Arafat "is beyond hope of reform. He has taken decisions alone for so long that he is fossilized in his ways."
-- Haidar Abdel Shafi, former head of the Palestinian delegation to the peace talks with Israel (Washington Post, 16 January 1994)

Yasser Arafat through the years:

The 1970's:

"The goal of our struggle is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromise."
-- Yasser Arafat (Washington Post, 29 March 1970)

"You are the generation that will reach the sea and hoist the flag of Palestine over Tel Aviv."
-- Yasser Arafat (ANSA, Cairo, 25 July 1974)

"Even if only one guerrilla cub survives the prolonged struggle, I am confident that he will raise the flag of Palestine over Jerusalem... Jerusalem is destined to be the eternal capital of our sovereign, independent Palestinian state under the PLO leadership."
-- Yasser Arafat (Associated Press, 8 May 1979)

The 1980's:

"Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations."
-- Yasser Arafat (El Mundo, Caracas, Venezuela, 11 February 1980)

"The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine - from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea and from Rosh Hanikra to Eilat."
-- Yasser Arafat, in a speech at the University of Beirut (Sawt Falastin, 7 December 1980)

"The war of attrition against the Zionist enemy will never cease."
-- Yasser Arafat (Al Destour, 26 December 1983)

The 1990's:

"Soon we will raise the flag of Palestine over the liberated Palestinian land."
-- Yasser Arafat (Voice of Palestine, Algiers, 17 November 1993)

"We will remain together until we reach Jerusalem, with God's help." Yasser Arafat, is coordinator at regional offices.

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