Rejecting HKOPS sees world unleash a monster
I am writing this article in total despair as the Simchat Torah War – started when a large number of bloodthirsty armed Gazan-Arab Jew-haters crossed from Gaza unchallenged into Israel on a Jewish Sabbath and special joyous Festival Day – slaughtering hundreds of innocent Israeli civilians in an orgy of murder and destruction.
For the last 17 months, I have been the only person on this planet promoting the implementation of the Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) – published on 8 June 2022 – to end 100 years of conflict between Arabs and Jews.
Not one media outlet – anywhere in the world – considered HKOPS newsworthy enough to tell their readers about – other than my publishers – J Wire and On Line Opinion (Australia), Canada Free Press (Canada) and Israel National News (Israel).
I was especially critical of the New York Times.
The United Nations and the European Union didn’t even acknowledge my requests to consider the adoption of HKOPS to replace the solution they had been pushing unsuccessfully for decades – the creation of an independent Arab State between Israel and Jordan for the first time in recorded history.
HKOPS offered a new approach – the merger of Jordan, Gaza and part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) into one territorial entity to be governed by the Hashemites – with its capital in Amman – not Jerusalem.
50 consecutive weekly articles on HKOPS had little impact in obtaining any kind of public response other than abuse heaped on me personally for supporting HKOPS – accompanied by entreaties to my publishers to stop printing my articles.
Scores of attempts to inform readers of news sites worldwide of HKOPS existence by posting comments referring to this game-changing and circuit-breaking proposal – led to some discussions of HKOPS – but mainly with those who totally opposed HKOPS proposal that would involve Israel giving up claims to any part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank).
My Facebook site – Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine supporters – attracted only 169 members.
I outed this worldwide blanket of silence on 14 April:
10 months have passed since the Saudi-based Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution was published in Al-Arabiya News on 8 June 2022 (Saudi Solution) – yet not one word has appeared in the major international or any other news services – my publishers excepted – scarcely subjected to any analysis by the multiple think tanks, non-Government organisations [NGOs] and analysts around the world or been mentioned at the United Nations even once.
However, I could still write optimistically on 3 October:
“Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) and Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu have given their clearest indication to date that current talks between them to normalise relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel could include their reaching agreement on the terms to successfully implement the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS).
Jordan, the PLO and Hamas could accept this agreed Israel-Saudi position or choose to maintain the current status quo until amendments acceptable to them are reached.
Importantly – the normalisation of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia would not be contingent on HKOPS or any other agreed Israel-Saudi position first being implemented.”
I further observed:
MBS’s interview with Bret Baier on Fox News has seen analyst Bilal Saab astutely making the following observations:
“What is a bit curious about the crown prince’s words on the Palestinian issue is that he did not specifically tie normalisation with Israel to a two-state solution or to an outcome that gives the Palestinians a state of their own.”
The Simchat Torah War has opened up the gates of hell – leading Israel and the world down a horrific path that could have been avoided.
Author’s note: The cartoon — commissioned exclusively for this article — is by Yaakov Kirschen aka “Dry Bones”- one of Israel’s foremost political and social commentators — whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades.
David Singer is a Sydney lawyer and a foundation member of the International Analysts Network
well I like the dry bones cartoons and news events. You don’t see it nowhere else but here on j-wire, where I live.
i commend you .i think your solution wrong .BUT at least you are trying for a peace
ben
Care to share why this solution is wrong?
Clearly it will not now include Gaza – but it can still be used as a basis to merge part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) with Jordan. This will make it far easier to implement – now that Gaza is out of the picture.