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Ron Nachman: Arabs Occupied by PA
The Palestinian Authority is the only entity that could truly be termed an occupier in the land of
Israel, argues Ron Nachman, Mayor of Ariel.
AAFont SizeBy Maayana Miskin
First Publish: 5/6/2011, 1:23 PM / Last Update: 5/6/2011, 3:30 PM
Ron Nachman Arabs Occupied by PA
Israel news photo:Yoni Kempinski
Israel is not an occupier in Judea and Samaria, according to Mayor Ron Nachman of Ariel, who spoke
this week withArutz Sheva's Hebrew-language news service. If Arabs living in the region are under aform of occupation, the occupier is the Palestinian Authority, he added.
Nachman recently joined several other Israeli leaders in Judea and Samaria in sending a strongly-
worded letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon arguing on behalf of Jewish and
Israeli rights in Judea and Samaria, and against the establishment of a PA state in the region.
International law clearly shows that Israel is not an occupier, Nachman said. He noted that several
leading figures in the field of international law have reached the same conclusion.
Israel is not an occupier because Judea and Samaria were never an independent political entity, he
explained. Historically this was understood, he said, pointing out that Egypt and Jordan were neverreferred to as occupying Judea, Samaria or Gaza when they controlled those territories between 1949and 1967. During that time local Arabs did not accuse them of occupation or seek to establish an
independent state.
The real occupying power is the Palestinian Authority, which oppresses Arabs in Judea, Samaria and
Gaza, denies them rights such as freedom of speech, and steals theirmoney and worsens their lives
through corruption, Nachman accused. They should ask the Palestinian leaders how they got to bemulti-millionaires. I remember when they came from Beirut... They took control of everything here,
he said.
The PA itself is proof that Israel is not an occupier, he noted, as the PA operates entirely independentlyof Israel, with complete freedom to appoint its own leaders, make its own laws, and enforce those laws
on residents of areas under its control.
He expressed concern over the PA's plan to unilaterally declare a state in the entire region of Judea and
Samaria, as well as in Gaza and eastern, northern and southern Jerusalem. The instant they establish a
state, they will immediately accuse Jews in Judea and Samaria of invading their state, and it won'tmatter that the state was created that day and we were there the day before, he said.
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Israeli politicians must speak strongly on behalf of Israel's rights, and must openly state that Israel is
not an occupying power and has national rights in Judea and Samaria, Nachman said. He called on Ban
Ki-Moon and on European leaders to recognize that fact as well.
The truth must come to light. The truth is that Israel is the state least guilty of occupation. It does not
occupy, but is here by right, we have a right to this land, and that is what we must explain. You cannot
be the owner and an occupier at the same time, he declared.
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