[Peace-discuss] Six days in Israel, 45 years ago

[Carl G. Estabrook]

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-peled-israel-palestine--six-day-war-20120606,0,3821348.story

[Gen. Peled] argued in 1969 that holding on to the territory gained in  
the war was contrary to Israel's interests: "If we keep these lands,  
popular resistance to the occupation is sure to arise, and Israel's  
army will be used to quell thatresistance, with disastrous and  
demoralizing results." Over the years, he argued repeatedly that  
Israeli control in the West Bank and Gaza would turn the Jewish state  
into an increasingly brutal occupying power (he was right) and could  
eventually result in a binational state (he may yet be right, as  
events are moving in this direction). Allowing the Palestinians an  
independent state of their own, he maintained, would lead to stability  
and calm...


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