Whereas the Arab league denies the right of the Jewish people to live in the land of Israel as part of its multipronged war; by boycott, by support of the terror network, and by diplomatic activity aimed against Israel,
and whereas the League of Nations' Palestine Mandate included in it's
preamble "recognition has thereby been given to the historical
connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds
for reconstituting their national home in that country; "
and
in Art 2. " the establishment of the Jewish national home,"
and
Article 4. " the establishment of the Jewish national home. "
and Article 60 of the UN charter carried this forward ,
and whereas the Camp David Accords of September 17, 1978 in it's
preamble states in part, Israel's "right to live in peace within
secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force."
therefore
we, the Movement for the Pledge for Peace, promote the Pledge for Peace
and call upon the Kenneset to enact the Pledge for Peace into the Basic
Laws of the State of Israel as a requirement for anyone to vote, hold
office, or retain any job in the government of Israel.
The Pledge for Peace as listed above comes from the major documents of Peace relating to Israel in the Twentieth Century. The pledge can be used as a tool to let us see who is friend or foe.
The first question seems to be: whom can we trust when they say they are for Peace? The question of War and Peace has been about the issue of whether the Jewish People would be allowed to live in the land of Israel. The European Community, functioning through the Versailles Treaty and the League of Nations, created The Mandate for Palestine after the First World War.
Arabs made war against this settlement of the Land. Later they formed the Arab League to organize the efforts against the Jews.
After many unsuccessful wars, the Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat decided to make peace with Israel. His meeting with the Israeli leader Menachim Began and US President Jimmy Carter lead to the Camp David accords.
The Pledge for Peace is a scalable solution. We can ask agreement at all levels; the citizen, the dweller on our Land, and foreign entities, friend or foe. We are not talking just about citizens living in Israel for this solution is scalable. That is it can be used at the lowest level of peace making in speaking to an Arab. And we can ask it at the highest diplomatic levels such as when speaking to Egyptian President Mubarak or US President Bush.
All countries set requirements for voting or holding office that are greater than the actual requirements of citizenship. Being at peace with the state and it's inhabitants is a legitimate requirement. Each citizen has the right to make their own personal decision if they will make this pledge.
Therefore the need is to create the Movement for the Pledge for Peace, to promote the Pledge for Peace and to call upon the Kenneset to enact the Pledge for Peace into the Basic Laws of the State of Israel as a requirement for anyone to vote, hold
office, or retain any job in the government of Israel.
Not all Arabs are enemies of the Jewish people. We need to sort out enemy from just Arab resident.
We would not want to bring an Arab into the conflict if he/she wanted to stay out of it and act peacefully. The first level of peace making is reducing and eliminating local violence.
But we should not be confused that this is a local issue. The whole system is defined and supported by the War of the Arab League against the Jewish settlement of the Land.
It is this level that the Arab refugees have been told that there is no other solution to them but Palestine as their home and place of settlement.
After the military challenges to Israel have all lost, the choice of the Arab League has been to engage in low level warfare, using the refugees as proxies.
The problem in this level of warfare is that it defies modern concepts of state, borders, and military forces. Each of these have normal definitions. But non-state groups using armed forces over an undefined domain ducking back into the civilian background are hard to deal with. Are they military attacks requiring a military response, or are they criminal actions to be dealt with by police and courts?
Historically there has been a number responses used to deal with these types of situations.
Many possibilities for Peace and Security come from policies that can be adopted when it is known who in a local population will accept the Pledge for Peace.
To join or assist in the Movement for the Pledge for Peace,
contact us at pledge@israelfeatures.com
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8:34 PM 5/22/2023.