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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.

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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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