Oslo B

OSLO B

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PALESTINIAN STATE
BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL

A Summary of Practical Consequences for the Benefit of the Concerned Citizen and the Responsible Political Leader

Preface
Introduction
The Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
Final Remarks
Do you care?

"You have a complaint against Oslo? I have a thousand. But we must wait to gather our forces anew, thanks to the Peace Treaty."

- Yasser Arafat

"The main enemy of the Palestinians is the State of Israel and this will remain so. There is no sense to deny it."

- Freih Abu Medien, Palestine Minister of Justice at a Seminar in Gaza

"Insh'allah, El Auda (the return to the cities and villages in pre-1948 Israel) is soon."

- Abu Allah, the main architect of Oslo, speaking in Dahaishe refugee camp on the day of the IDF retreat from Bethlehem.

"... Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaketh falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lying..."

- Psalms, 144, 11

"... And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city..."

- Isaiah, 1, 8

PREFACE

Not a Bitter Pill - A Deadly Poison

The Oslo B agreement is being put into effect before our eyes. One tragic picture follows the other: The biblical cities Shechem, Bethlehem, and Hevron are being delivered to the armies of Yasser Arafat. And yet, in spite of the shocking sights, voices are now heard from inside our camp, calling for acceptance of the agreement as a fact - to try to accommodate with it. Some of these attitudes are motivated by political opportunism, but most of them are the fruit of ignorance and lack of understanding. Very few actually bothered to read the small print of the agreement; only a handful comprehend the depth of the abyss which was dug under our feet. Only after penetrating the paragraphs, sub-paragraphs, and the convoluted texts, does it dawn upon the reader that this is not some "lesser evil" or an evil with which one can live.

This is a deadly poison.

To facilitate the perusal of the document, attention is drawn to a number of central provisions, translated into simple English and commentated.

INTRODUCTION

The Oslo Agreements do not apply to "the Settlements" or to the military installations. There is no definition as to the bounds of "the Settlements." It is the responsibility of the settlers at this time to gain de-facto control over the areas that they require. This will then determine the extent of their future territorial imperatives. The necessity of this development is mandated by the gradual expansion into the "White" area of the Palestinian Authority's rule (hereafter referred to as the "Terrorist Authority," in order to convey the true nature of this body). The Settlements are intended to be left as isolated islands in a sea of total Arab sovereignty.
The Oslo Agreement applies to the entire territory of Judea, Samaria and Gaza. This includes the "White" area (C), which differs from the "Brown" areas (A - the cities) and the "Yellow" areas (B - the villages) only in the following respect: That in the "White" area Israel reserves for itself the full responsibility, temporarily, in matters of security and almost total control of the land. However, these spheres too will be transferred to the Terrorist Authority in three stages, every six months, beginning in the summer of 1996.
The "Brown" and "Yellow" areas, which were handed over to complete or almost complete Terrorist Authority control, cover most of the central mountain plateau in Judea and Samaria. The official figure, according to which Israel transferred only 30% of this area, is misleading. Most of the "White" area, where for the time being the terrorists do not yet have full control, is in the Jordan Valley, in the Judean and Binyamin Deserts and a stretch bordering on the Green Line along the coastal Plain of Sharon.
Formally, the wording of the "Agreement" is always mutual, providing for parallel undertakings on the part of the Israel and the Terrorist Authority. But as a matter of fact, Israeli pledges, concessions, and withdrawals are invariably one-sided, with the Terrorist Authority consistently violating all of their commitments. Therefore, we shall stress here only the stipulated Israeli obligations because these will be scrupulously implemented, well beyond the normal standards of truthfulness that this Government exercises in carrying out responsibilities toward its own citizens.
The Oslo B Agreement is a complicated document, often difficult to understand and sometimes ambiguous. It is unfathomable to comprehend how ministers and Knesset members could possibly have Studied and understood such a document within a few hours in order to intelligently vote on it. Considering the far-reaching consequences of Oslo B, namely, the establishment of a foreign and no doubt hostile state in the very heart of Eretz Yisrael by a Jewish Government, that vote will surely go down in the annals of history as one of the most disgraceful and ignominious moments of the Jewish People.
The political parties of the national opposition should ask themselves whether the provisions of Oslo B will be binding upon them when they return to power. Could it be that the national opposition parties will be willing or even capable of putting the finishing touches on a national disaster with their own hands?
Every individual should ask him or herself whether their conscience allows them to take part in the implementation of Oslo B in commerce, in industry, in building activity, in communications, in public service, etc.
Opposition politicians who showed willingness to support the Peres government, taking Oslo B as a "fait accompli" with which one can live, are invited to reread the document. It is imperative that they awaken to their personal and public responsibility, not to accept an historic catastrophe in the making as irrevocable.

The ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN INTERIM AGREEMENT for the WEST BANK and the GAZA STRIP

(Washington, D.C. - September 28, 1995)

Text of the agreement
Annexes: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
Simple Map of the Oslo B agreement (1st redeployment)
Official maps:

1) A State but for the Name

In the Oslo B Agreement Yassir Arafat is accorded, for the first time, the title "Ra'is", which in Arabic means "President." The structure of the Terrorist Authority Government is as follows:

President
Legislative Council of 82 members, that is, a Parliament.
Executive Authority which is a government. The President will appoint the members of the Executive, at the head of which he will function.
Under a different name, diplomatic representatives have been established in territories which are under the Terrorist Authority. Similarly, over 100 PLO embassies all over tworld have been converted to embassies on behalf of the Terrorist Authority. According to Arafat, Israel has given her assent to this. In this case, his claim sounds credible.
A "Palestinian Monetary Authority," which is a Central Bank.
A Judiciary.

The result is the full-fledged constitutional structure of a State.

- (Interim Agreement, Chapter I.)

2) The Jordan Valley - An Illusion

The Jordan Valley is to be divided into two parts: The Jiftlik area is handed over immediately to the Terrorist Authority, except for the matter of land. But even this is to be considered at the next stage of retreat which is scheduled to take place in July-August 1996.

If this is added to the loss of the enlarged Jericho area, this means the dismemberment of the Jordan Valley as one unit. With regards to Israel's authority, "the Jordan Valley" as such no longer exists. All government declarations concerning the Final Stage speak of a "Security Zone" only.

- (Interim Agreement, Chapter 5, Article 31, paragraph 14)

3) The End of Israel's Authority over all Arabs in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza

All Arabs in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, without exception, including those living in the "White" area (C), are from now on subject only to the Terrorist Authority rule. This includes those Arabs who assisted Israel whose numbers, together with their families, amount to tens of thousands.

In area "C", too, armed Arab "policemen" will be allowed to move freely, but "with the approval" of Israel.

(Protocol concerning Redeployment and Security Arrangements,

- (Annex I, Article V, paragraph 6)

4) A Trojan Horse Inside Israel

The Terrorist Authority army in the Gaza Strip is to reach 18,000 "policemen." Thus Oslo B retroactively validates a serious breach of Oslo A which had permitted only 9,000 "policemen." The number actually grew to 20,000.

The total number of "police" in the Terrorist Authority army has now been set at 30,000, including those for Judea and Samaria. However, in light of the Gaza experience, one may confidently expect the number to exceed 50,000. This is in effect a regular army with an infantry force that FAR EXCEEDS THE TOTAL ACTIVE INFANTRY IN THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES.

The Terrorist Authority army is permitted to be equipped with tens of thousands of Kalatchnikov assault rifles, 240 machine guns of 30 and 50 caliber, and 60 armored vehicles. One may safely assume that the Terrorist Authority forces are in the process of arming themselves far beyond these limitations. It reminds one of the supposed limitations placed on the German Army after World War I: 100,000 troops, when in effect the Reichwehr was successfully preparing for World War II.

For decades Israel did not allow the Kingdom of Jordan to permit foreign forces into its own country. Now a Terrorist Authority army is welcomed into the heartland of Eretz Yisrael.

- (Protocol concerning Redeployment and Security Arrangements, Annex I, Article IV)

5) Another Retreat in Gush Katif

In the Katif Block in the Gaza Strip, Israel undertook to refrain from any further building on a stretch of 5 km of beach (out of 13 km belonging to the Gush). In these 5 km (with an option for enlargement), the rights of the Arabs were extended. They are now permitted to build facilities for tourism, fishing, sports, wharves, and a hotel.

- (Protocol, Annex I, Article VI)

6) Israelis may be Stopped by the Terrorist Authority "Police"

In "Yellow" area (B) roads, where Israel retains a larger measure of authority in security matters, Arab "policemen" are permitted to stop Israelis for "identification checks", in all those locations where there are Terrorist Authority "police" stations or posts.
Terrorist Authority "police" may "detain in place" any Israeli if suspected of having committed an offense.
Israeli pedestrians may be required to produce identity documentation.

- (Protocol concerning Redeployment and Security Arrangements, Annex I, Article XI, paragraph 4 + Appendix III)

7) The Illusion of the Bypass Roads

Adjacent to the bypass roads in Judea and Samaria, Arab building is restricted to within only 50 meters from the center of the road. In the Gaza Strip the distance is 75 meters.

- (Protocol concerning Redeployment and Security Arrangements, Annex I, Article XII)

8) Terrorist Authority Aviation Facilities

2 helicopters for VIPs.
3 helicopters for transportation.
3 airplanes capable of transporting 35 passengers, each.
Construction of appropriate airstrips and heli-pads.

- (Protocol concerning Redeployment and Security Arrangements, Annex I, Article XIII)

9) Under Oslo C the IDF will be Locked Up

Six months after the establishment of the Terrorist Authority Council, that is, as early as the summer of 1996, the IDF is to retreat and position its forces only to "specified military locations". This includes the "White" area.

- (Protocol concerning Redeployment and Security Arrangements, Annex I, Article I, paragraph 9)

10) Jerusalem, the Capital of Palestine

Voting for the Terrorist Authority took place within the capital of Israel. The ballot boxes were placed in the post offices.
Electioneering for the Terrorist Authority entity took place within sovereign Jerusalem.
Foreign observers were stationed in sovereign Jerusalem to supervise the elections.
A population census on behalf of the Terrorist Authority took place in sovereign Jerusalem, for election purposes.
The Terrorist Authority issued Electoral Registration Cards inside sovereign Jerusalem.
There are elected representatives of Jerusalem in the Palestinian Council. Oslo B is silent on this, but the Terrorist Authority made it public without any overt objection on Israel's part.
Each side pledged to safeguard the election process against incitement and hostile propaganda. Israel has broken this undertaking by allowing the Arab candidates in Jerusalem to demand in their election propaganda the expulsion of all Jews from East Jerusalem, and to define the policy of the Jerusalem Municipality as "racist," etc.

- (Protocol concerning Elections, Annex II, Articles IV, VI)

11) The Dowry

Israel will transfer to the Terrorist Authority the following:

Equipment
Registers
Files
Computer Programs
Reports
Archives
Records
Maps
Scientific Data
Installations
Registrations (including land registration)
Other movable and immovable property necessary for its functioning.

- (Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Article III)

12) Dissipation of Illusions Regarding the White Area (C)

All powers of the Civil Administration, save only for matters concerning land, are handed over forthwith also in this area.
Israel undertakes to transfer in the next stages of its retreat (3 stages, each stage of up to 6 months duration, with the first stage taking place 6 months after the establishment of the Terrorist Authority Council) control over lands and wide military powers as well.
Even today the Terrorist Authority is allowed to close areas and to restrict the movement of people and goods in this area, with Israeli approval.
Civil "inspectors" of the Terrorist Authority will operate inside the White area (C) without authorization to arrest people or seize property. However, Terrorist Authority "police", with or without uniform, may move into this area also, confirmed by the "District Coordinating Office" (DCO).
Israeli activities in the sphere of forestry, nature reserves, and national parks, which could "change the status quo," will no longer be possible without the prior "coordination" with the Terrorist Authority.
Businesses of Israelis outside the settlements and army installations will be registered in Israel. However, taxes will be paid in accordance with the Terrorist Authority's legislation. Taxes and V.A.T. will be transferred by Israel to the Terrorist Authority.
Powers and responsibilities to attract tourists and to encourage development of tourist services will immediately be transferred, "in coordination" with Israel.

- (Protocol, AnnexIII, Concerning Civil Affairs, Article IV; Same Annex, Appendix I, Article 37; Annex I, Protocol concerning Redeployment and Security Arrangements, Article V, paragraph 6)

13) Relinquishing the Treasures of our Past

All Jewish religious and archeological sites are to be subject to the control of the Terrorist Authority.
New excavation licenses will be issued only by the Terrorist Authority.
Inter alia, the Terrorist Authority will control:
- Joseph's Tomb in Shechem.
- Elazar's Tomb, Itamar's Tomb, and the Tomb of the 70 Elders in Awarta (Samaria).
- The Cave of Otniel ben Kenaz in Hebron.
- Nun's Tomb and Caleb's Tomb in Kifel-Hares (near Ariel).
- The Tombs of Natan the Prophet and Gad the Seer in Halhul.
- The Na'aran Synagogue at Ein Duk in Jericho.
- The Eshtemoa Synagogue in Samoa (southern Hebron mountains).
- The Ma'on Synagogue (southern Hebron mountains).
- The Yata Synagogue (Biblical Yuta, Hebron mountains).
- Tomb of Yishai and Ruth in biblical Hebron.
- Betar (Batir in Arabic, near Jerusalem. Bar Kochba's last stronghold).
- The Hasmonean palaces (near Jericho).
- The ruins of Sebastia (Samaria, last capital of the Kingdom
- Elonei Mamre (near Hevron, site where the angels visited Abraham).
- The Jewish Cemetery in Tel Sammarat.
- The "Shalom al Israel" Synagogue in Jericho.
- The Synagogue in Gaza.
The agreement states that these sites "are of archeological and historical importance to the Israeli side."
All holy places and archaeological sites in the White area (C) will eventually be added to this list, as the Terrorist Authority gradually takes over the entire area.
Israel will provide the Terrorist Authority forthwith with "All Archaeological records, including, inter alia, a list of all excavated sites and a detailed list and description of archaeological artifacts found since 1967".
Also the following: "With due consideration to the Palestinian demand that Israel shall return all archaeological artifacts found in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip since 1967, this issue shall be dealt with in the negotiations on the final status".

In other words, the sarcophagi bearing the bones of our forefathers, the Judean shekels from the days of the destruction of the Temple and Bar Kochba, the oil lamps with the Temple Menorah engraved on them; all this will be "returned" to a foreign people.

The use of the term "return" is not fortuitous or due to sloppy drafting. Here, Israel gave in to the Terrorist Authority doctrine (expressly formulated in the "Palestinian Charter"), according to which Jews are not a nation but merely a religion, while the offspring of the ancient Jews and their rightful heirs are the Arabs.

- (Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Appendix I, Article 2)

14) Electric Grid - to International Arbitration: The End

With regards to the electric grid, in which Israel invested hundreds of millions of dollars, the users of which include 150,000 Jews, the parties could not reach an agreement. At the last minute there was a turning point which reads as follows:

"In light of the proposal that was submitted by President Arafat in the last round of negotiations, which was later confirmed by Israeli Foreign Minister Perez [sic.], both sides shall agree on an international arbitration company[sic.] to deal with the transfer of the electrical grid in the West Bank."

The following demands of the Terrorist Authority will be submitted to International arbitration:

Transfer of the entire electrical grid, including that in the White area (C).
Transfer of all lines, cables, transformers, substations, metering equipment for all different voltages and existing property.
Unlimited rights to build stations, transmission lines, distribution lines, including in the White area (C).
The supply of electricity to the Jewish settlements and to the IDF installations is to fall under the "full responsibility" of the Terrorist Authorities. Only operation and maintenance inside the settlements and military locations will remain in Jewish hands.

The judgment of the foreign arbitrators in favor of the Arab side is a foregone conclusion, based upon the verbal reading of the text, "To deal with the transfer of the electric grid".

In plain talk the give away of the whole grid is no longer contested by Israel. Left for the arbitrators is only to deal with modes of execution. For other reasons too, upon which we need not elaborate, the outcome of the arbitration is beyond doubt. Consider the precedent of Taba.

Moreover, since the entire area, except for Jewish islands, is being handed over to the Terrorist Authority, it would be difficult for an arbitrator to rule in Israel's favor. Being that Oslo B considers the Terrorist Authority entity as almost an independent government, the electrical system will surely be an integral part of its infrastructure.

In essence, Israel has relinquished a complete electric utility system, which she almost totally constructed. Even the supply of this vital commodity to the Jewish settlements and to the IDF will most probably be left to the tender mercies of the Terrorist Authority.

- (Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Appendix I, Article 10)

15) Terrorist Authority Stranglehold on Labor

The mechanism of sending and enabling Arab labor to work in Israel and the Jewish settlements was transferred to the Terrorist Authority. Israel retains the option to either approve or refuse to issue the necessary permits. Thus the Terrorist Authority will have an effective stranglehold on every Arab, through his daily bread.

- (Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Appendix I, Article 11)

16) The Terrorist Authority and the Environment

All powers for the protection of the environment and the utilization of natural resources are vested in the Terrorist Authority, including sewage, solid waste, water resources, pest control, hazardous substance disposal, planning and zoning, noise control, air pollution, public health, mining and quarrying, landscape preservation, and food production.

- (Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Appendix I, Article 12)

17) The Nature Reserves, the National Parks, and the Forests of "Palestine"

All forests, nature reserves, and national parks come under the Terrorist Authority, including control over afforestation.

- (Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Appendix I, Articles 14, 25, 26)

18) The Land of our Ancestors Crumbles under our Feet

All land, including Government and absentee land, come under the jurisdiction of the Terrorist Authority. Gradually this will include the entire White area (C).
All land registration (Tabu) is handed over to the Terrorist Authority.
All land disputes will be dealt with only by the Terrorist Authority courts, INCLUDING THOSE INVOLVING AN ISRAELI. There is only one stipulation to this, that enforcement of such a decision, also land registration, may be appealed by the concerned party to a "Professional Joint Committee" (Israeli and Arab).
This brings up a question. Suppose an Arab squats on the land of a Jew. The Terrorist Authority court may drag the proceeding on for years. Where is the wronged party's remedy? Suppose an Israeli Jew bought land, and paid for it dearly. But before the Palestinian court, the Arab defendant pleads a total denial (if only to save his own life, having sold land to a Jew). Suppose the Terrorist Authority court rules in favor of the Arab and the Joint Committee is split and, therefore, cannot decide. Where does that leave the victim?

- (Interim Agreement, Chapter 2, Article XI; Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Appendix I, Articles 16, 22)

19) The "Right of Return" a Growing Reality

"To reflect the spirit of the peace process" the Terrorist Authority has the right (with prior approval of Israel) to grant PERMANENT RESIDENCY to the following:
- Investors.
- Spouses and children of residents.
- Others, "to promote and upgrade family unification."
The Terrorist Authority will issue "vispermits" for three months, which can be extended for an additional four months. Further extensions may be approved by Israel. One must be naive to believe that Israel will be able or even desirous of enforcing these provisions.
The Terrorist Authority will issue "visitors permits" for the purpose of study or work for a period of one year, extension with Israel's consent (as for enforcement by Israel, see the previous paragraph).

All this in addition to the deliberations (held with Jordanian and Egyptian participation), concerning Arabs who left after 1967. The Arabs estimate that there are over one million in this category, to whose return Israel has already agreed in principle.

Further negotiations are to be held in the framework of the "Final Stage" which will deal with the 1948-49 Arab refugees. It should be noted that almost all members of the Terrorist Authority establishment that returned from Tunis, plus the Terrorist Authority army, are 1948 refugees. All told, this number, together with their families, amounts to an influx already of ten of thousands of additional Arabs.

- (Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Appendix I, Article 28)

20) Hostile Post

The Terrorist Authority will issue postage stamps. The designs, symbols, wording, and subjects are to be "in the spirit of peace". However, one should not be surprised to find on these stamps the portraits of the Mufti, Haj Amin el Husseini and of Az-a-Din el Kassam; the victory of the Intifada, personified by the stone-throwing boy; also sites and treasures of the past, which until now have been attributed to Jews, but from now on (and with Israel's consent), became part of the tradition and history of the "Palestinian People."

Only nine days after Israel's retreat from Ramallah, a letter sent from there bore a stamp issued by the Terrorist Authority with the inscription "Palestine," in flagrant violation of the Oslo agreement.

- (Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Appendix I, Article 29)

21) Whose Roads?

The maintenance of the roads, including the by-pass roads, has been entrusted to the Terrorist Authority. This provision also gradually includes the roads in the White area (C). Israel is no longer allowed to repair a road or a culvert, or even to remove a physical obstacle, without prior "full coordination" with the Terrorist Authorities. To this end a professional joint committee will be set up.
It seems that if this committee is deadlocked, deterioration will go on. Israel has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the road network. Together with the water, electrical, telephone, and sewage systems, Israel will be handing the Terrorist Authority gratis a huge infrastructure gift. Israel's financial contribution to the establishment of Palestine probably exceeds by far the combined contributions of all donor nations in the world. Israel will not be able to build new roads, if only because it lost sovereignty over the land required for that purpose.
Signalization, traffic arrangements, road markings - are all passed over to the Terrorist Authority.
Location of bus stations will be determined by the Terrorist Authority. Bus stops at the main junctions, leading to settlements or IDF installations or Arab villages will be determined in cooperation between the traffic controllers on both sides. By stages these conditions will spread into the White area (C).

- (Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Appendix I, Articles 30, 38)

22) Israeli Quarries - Out!

Israeli quarries and mines which are not operative will not be allowed to renew activity. The owners will be encouraged to sell their rights to Arabs.
The "issue" of Israeli quarries and mines which are in operation will be "discussed" by a joint committee. Its recommendations will be "respected" by the two sides. In other words, a negative "recommendation" will divest the Jewish owner of his property.

- (Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Appendix I, Article 31)

23) In Tel Aviv - Will They Drink "Peace"?

"Israel recognizes the Palestinian water rights in the West Bank". The first "the" in this sentence does not bode well for the future. Israel pledges not to exceed existing water quantity utilization.

Israel is unable, from now on, to license the drilling of, or to drill by herself new wells without the prior approval of a "Joint Water Committee". Such an approval can only be given by "consensus" which means with the consent of the Terrorist Authority.

Similarly, Israel cannot develop any more water resources and systems without prior approval as above. The net result is a total freeze on further exploitation of water by Israel in Judea and Samaria.

Note: The formulation of all the undertakings in matters of water, as in most other subjects, is neutral. On paper, the Terrorist Authority, too, is committed to the same freeze (save only for additional quantities which have been expressly stipulated). But in the Gaza Strip, where the Terrorist Authority pledged themselves to similar limitations, tens of new wells were drilled with catastrophic results.

Also: A short time after the pull back from Jenin, when the ink was barely dry on the Oslo B Agreement, drilling for water already began. Nothing on earth will prevent the depleting of the 340 million cubic meters of water in the "western aquifer" - which means the drying out of Tel Aviv.

There has not been one important provision of the Oslo Agreements which the Terrorist Authority has not breached and to which Israel did not acquiesce. The following are but a few examples:

The strength of the "police" force; prior identification and personal screening of those "policemen"; confiscation of unlicensed weapons; the extradition of criminals, including murderers; incitement and hostile propaganda, even threats of "Jihad"; Jerusalem; the one sided cancellation of the Military Government's legislation in its entirety.

Another typical incident that took place at the first stage (Jenin)of Oslo B implementation: The Terrorist Authority boastfully began to issue civilians permits to carry Kalatchnikov assault rifles in flagrant violation of their commitment to allow civilians to possess only hand guns. Minister Yossi Sarid in an interview with Independent Media Review and Analysis reacted to this news irresponsibly: "That's good to hear." (2/11/95)

A part of the Shechem archeological site has been plowed and planted, and also a road has been paved through it, all this just days after Israel's retreat. This counters the undertaking to prevent damage to archeological sites.

In this situation only the undertakings, restrictions, concessions, and withdrawals on Israel's part are meaningful. The counter-promises that have been written into the Agreements are mere verbiage. It seems as if this were almost by mutual consent. Their real object is a "face saving" for Israel, a sort of camouflage to cover up a one-sided giving, devoid of any serious consideration. The only real quid pro quo by the lights of the Israel Government's logic is ridding themselves of the onerous burden of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, and in the not too distant future of historical Jerusalem as well. Only thus is it possible to understand the essence and raison d'etre of the Oslo Agreements.

- (Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Appendix I, Article 40 and Schedule 8)

24) Criminal Jurisdiction of the Terrorist Authority

All criminal jurisdiction is now vested in the Terrorist Authority over:
- Palestinians
- Non-Israelis
This means that persons (Jews or Gentiles) staying in Israel on transit visas (for 5 days) or visitors' visas (for three months) will be subject to the criminal "law" of the Terrorist Authority upon crossing the Green Line. "Tourists to Israel, entering the West Bank and Gaza shall be subject to Palestinian law..."
Furthermore, "A tourist to or from Israel is subject to legal proceedings ...taken by the Palestine Council." What will be the lot of temporary residents in Israel (up to 3 years) or even permanent residents who are not citizens? Are they including the term "Israelis" and exempt from Terrorist Authority jurisdiction? Probably they are not. Therefore, they too are in danger of getting caught by the Terrorist Authority, to be arrested and tried by them, and to languish in their dungeons. The number of such residents in Israel and in the settlements runs into the tens of thousands, if not more. This situation too will spread by stages and ultimately include the whole White area (C).
In the Yellow area (B), Israel has powers only in the spheres of protecting Israelis and fighting terror. But for this too, full criminal jurisdiction is in the hands of the Terrorist Authority and its "police".
As to crimes, including murder, committed against Israelis in areas under the control of the Terrorist Authority (Brown - A and Yellow - B), Israel retains criminal jurisdiction, but the Terrorist Authority is entitled to try the offender by itself, thus shielding the Arab criminal from Israel's justice system. This is in accord with the principle of "Double Jeopardy" - that no person can be tried twice for the same offense.
Thus Israel acquiesced to the Jericho precedent, where the Terrorist Authority staged a hurried bogus trial for the murderers of two young Jewish lads in Wadi Kelt, to prevent their extradition to Israel. The status of all areas under the Terrorist Authority control as safe havens for murderers and other criminals now has its legal underpinnings.
A tourist going to or from Israel (including of course one who is Jewish), while on a road or inside of a Jewish holy place, may be detained by the Terrorist Authority "police". Then the Israeli military is allowed to arrest and to question him to determine if he violated a "prevailing (Palestinian) law". If the individual is deemed a violator, he is subject to the proceedings of the Terrorist Authority Council. Littering would be sufficient to be delivered to the latter.
If the tourist is caught outside the roads and holy places, he is totally at the mercy of the Terrorist Authority. All they have to do is to notify the Israelis, enable them to meet the detainee and "provide any necessary assistance".
An Israeli, too, suspected or purportedly suspected by the Terrorist Authority "police" of having committed offenses while staying even in the Yellow area (B) can be detained by them and even preliminarily questioned "until the arrival of the IDF."
Even in the Yellow area (B) Israel is not able to arrest, search and detain an Israeli except "in coordination" with the Terrorist Authority "police" in its presence and "with its assistance."
A non-Israeli present in Israel, suspected or purportedly suspected to have committed a grave offense, will be detained by Israel and extradited to the Terrorist Authority.

- (Interim Agreement, Chapter I, Article 12,2 (c); Protocol concerning Redeployment and Security Arrangements, Annex I, Article 9; Protocol concerning Legal Matters, Annex IV, Articles 1, 2)

25) Israel's Legal Authorities in the Service of the Terrorist Authority

Israel will execute search warrants and seizure orders on behalf of the Terrorist Authority's courts and also produce information, records, and fingerprints for them.
The Israeli police will execute the summons and subpoenas of the Terrorist Authority courts and will force Israeli witnesses to appear before such courts "at an agreed venue". As to the issue of reciprocity, see the above note.
Whereas all disputes concerning land belonging to Israelis in areas (A) and (B) are subject to the jurisdiction of the Terrorist Authority courts, orders by these courts will be carried out by them together with the Israeli police "which undertakes to respect the said orders."
An Israeli who does business in the (A) and (B) areas [at a later stage also in (C)] is subject to the civil law of the Terrorist Authority and its courts. A judgment passed against an Israeli in such a court will be executed by Israel. In every other case, an Israeli may be party to litigation before a Terrorist Authority Court only by willingly accepting that jurisdiction.
Nevertheless, the result concerning any transaction made with an Palestinian in now problematic: The Israeli will face the choice of appearing before their courts or having no legal recourse at all. The Israeli courts, including courts in the settlements, have no power over Palestinians. Beyond this, while the decisions of the Terrorist Authority courts will be carried out by Israel, it is not realistic to expect similar treatment by the Terrorist Authority.

- (Protocol concerning Legal Matters, Annex IV, Articles 1,2,3,4)

26) They Will Have a Currency

The absence of a Terrorist Authority currency is only temporary: "Both sides will continue to discuss... the possibility of introducing mutually agreed Palestinian currency..."

- (Protocol on Economic Relations, Annex V, Article 4, paragraph 10b)

27) Israelis Pay Taxes to the Terrorist Authority

All income accrued by Israelis outside of the settlements and IDF locations, including the White area (C) will be taxed "according to the Palestinian tax code." Taxes collected by the Israeli authorities in the White area (C) will be remitted to the Terrorist Authority.
Israeli businesses outside the settlements and IDF installations will pay VAT to the Terrorist Authority.
- (Protocol concerning Civil Affairs, Annex III, Appendix I, Articles 8, 18)
An Israeli who employs a Palestinian inside a settlement must collect the full income tax and have the money transferred by Israel to the Terrorist Authority.
75% of income tax, collected from Palestinians employed in Israel, will be remitted as above.

- (Protocol on Economic Relations - Annex V, Article V(4))

Note: 100% of Income Tax deductions from Israelis, working in areas under Terrorist Authority control, are to remain with the Terrorist Authority. Here there is no reciprocity even on paper.

28) The Ruin of Jewish Agriculture

"There will be free movement of agricultural produce, free of customs and import taxes between the two sides..." The inequality within this "equality" is obvious. The Arab peasant does not pay taxes, is paid low wages, the entire family works in the field, often uses sewage water for irrigation, and uses cheap, forbidden chemicals. The Jewish counterpart cannot stand this competition. The Israeli Labor Movement, which rightly boasts a glorious tradition of reviving Jewish agriculture, now severs the Jewish farmer from the land. Cultivation reverts back to the Arab fellah.

The massive, decisive emigration of Jews from the Land of Israel took place under the Arab conqueror's rule as a result of economic pressure, dispossessing the Jewish peasants from their land. History returns, but this time, the Jews dispossess themselves.

Only until 1998 will there be a gradually diminishing restriction on the marketing of Arab produce. This too is largely illusory, taking into account massive smuggling, against which Israeli authorities do nothing.

- (Protocol on Economic Relations, Annex V, Article VIII)

The agreement provides for "free movement... between the two sides" of industrial goods also. Here reciprocity seems to favor Israel, but a proviso is added: "Subject to each side's legislation." This nebulous language is open to the interpretation of the Terrorist Authority which may elect to restrict the importation of goods from Israel. Not so, as regards agricultural products. Here, no restricting legislation is allowed. Israel's obligation is clear and final.

- (Protocol on Economic Relations, Annex V, Article 9)

29) "Blood on Their Hands"?

The popular Israeli criterion not to release convicted criminals "with blood on their hands" (applied in a racist manner to Jewish blood only) has been violated. According to the Agreement, Arab prisoners will be released in three stages:

All women, including those who committed murder.
Those who completed two thirds of their prison term, apparently including murderers.
Every criminal who committed a non-security offense, including murderers.

Towards the third wave of release, further categories may be "explored". Apparently this will include all murderers.

- (Release of Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees, Annex VII)

30) Amnesty for Terror and Murder Committed Before Oslo

Palestinians from abroad will be able to return to Judea, Samaria, and Gaza without fear of punishment for acts of terrorism, including mass-murder, committed abroad or in this country. They "will not be prosecuted for offenses committed prior to September 13, 1993."

The agreement contains a reciprocal undertaking on the part of the Terrorist Authority, according to which "Palestinians who have maintained contact with Israeli authorities will not be subject to acts of harassment, violence, retribution or prosecution. Appropriate ongoing measures will be taken, in coordination with Israel, in order to insure their protection".

The Oslo A Agreement also had such an obligation. However, Arabs who assisted Israel are being chased like animals, subject to murder, imprisonment, torture and dismissals. Their lives have been turned into a nightmare. Most of those barbaric deeds, including murder, are being committed by the Terrorist Authority itself in the person of the Terrorist Authority Secret Service Chief for Judea and Samaria, Jibril Rajoub.

The Israeli authorities do not interfere. They treat Rajoub as a full, respected partner in safeguarding "public order" and even the well-being of the Jewish settlers. Israel even issued him a VIP card. Here too the principle of reciprocity is on paper only, by the silent consent of both parties.

- (Interim Agreement, Chapter 2, Article 16, paragraph 3)

FINAL REMARKS

For generations to come, universities in the world will demonstrate and teach the Oslo model as a genial prototype, how to erect a state "ex nihilo". From an army to treasury and banking, from a constitution to water and electricity, from land to broadcast frequencies, from education and welfare to satellite telecommunication. Surveying and statistics, a flag and postage stamps, public works, population registry, taxation, agriculture and industry, tourism and public health. From land, mines, and quarries, up to the electromagnetic sphere, to an international area code.

This effort will not remain restricted to the field of lawyers and politicians only. The planting of the lethal explosive charge called "sovereign Palestine" at Israel's side is meant by Oslo to become a national, even international Jewish enterprise. Participating in it will be hordes of officials from all administrative spheres, also Israeli youth in the army and police (uniformed or ununiformed secret agents and detectives) and then economists, surveyors, operators of heavy equipment, experts from all fields, engineers, donors from all over the world, industrial entrepreneurs (in industrial parks to be set up on the borders to supply employment for the citizens of the Terrorist Authority outside of Israel, lest they blow their benefactors into smithereens or knife them to death). All in all, hundreds of thousands of Jewish Israelis will participate in the establishment of the State of Palestine.

This peace has much in common with modern, total warfare that has the entire population mobilized and harnessed to the war effort. By a similar process this "peace" of national suicide will sweep broad masses into the whirlpool.

The outcome is predictable: Regimes that bring historic disasters upon their peoples eventually fall. In their heyday, the masses, blind and brain-washed, support them. Only a few manage not to be swept into the whirlpool. They are the ones who discern at the moment of truth that the merry dance is in fact a danse macabre. There are still those who have the courage to swim against the current of political correctness. It is those that will appear, one by one, on the ruins of the fallen establishment, having paid the full personal price and yet survived. On them the nation will build its future. Their sacrifice and personal example will serve to educate future generations. In the values which guided them, the nation will rediscover its identity.

- Elyakim Ha'Etzni

Do you care?

In the wretched Israel at the end of 1995, "the moment of truth" is now. Every individual must decide whether he is ready to lend his hand, he by himself, personally, to the establishment of the Palestine Arab State in Eretz Yisrael, which by its definition and very nature is meant and programmed to inherit the Jewish State.

Therefore, dear readers, be mustered now and answer the two questions attached herewith.

(PLEASE SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS TO THE ADDRESS BELOW)

1) Will you take part, in any capacity, private or public, in the implementation of the Oslo Agreement?

Yes/No

2) In your opinion should the opposition declare its refusal to proceed with the implementation of the Oslo Agreements once it attains power?