The following text was excerpted from a video posted by Aryeh Weinstein, titled 40 Years Ago! Young Netanyahu makes Prophetic Statements about Israeli Palestinian conflict This video incorporates commentary by Aryeh Weinstein and video clips extracted from a video titled, Benjamin Netanyahu – Fouad Ajami 1978, featuring Benjamin Netanyahu and Fouad Ajami.
[0:20] “Let me quote you what the PLO information office said in a Dutch paper in… May 5th, 1977. Yes, the statement was very simple: “Our objective remains the destruction of the State of Israel.”
[0:38] So, let’s keep in mind that what we’re talking about here is not the attempt to build a state but to destroy one.
[1:34] No one is denying that there are Palestinian Arabs. There’s a very distinguished Palestinian Arab [Fouad Ajami] sitting right next to me.
[1:40] But the Palestinians themselves, in the Palestinian National Covenant, the very first article, say that the people of Palestine, quote, “are part of the Arab Nation.” Well, let’s look at the Arab Nation. It has 21 states, an area roughly the size of the United States and one-sixth of the entire world’s wealth.
[1:59] Now add to that fact that there already exists a Palestinian State and that is Jordan, 60% of whose population is Palestinian. I think it’s quite interesting that Yassar Arafat and King Hussein, who are bitter enemies, agree on one thing: Jordan is a Palestinian State. So, what we’re talking about is a demand for a 22nd Arab State, and a second Palestinian State.
[3:43] Well I think that the Palestinians in the West Bank are going to be offered the full human rights, the full civil rights, as there are no Arabs are offered in the Middle East. No Arabs whatsoever have any full human rights or the right to vote for their own government. Those Arabs who lived in Israel in the pre-67 boundaries are the only Arabs in the Middle East who offer that right. And, I’m all in favor of having the same Arabs living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip being offered such a right in the final peace agreement.
[5:01] Yes, I sincerely hope so. Look, I’m 28 years old. I’ve had to defend my country in two Wars and in many battles. Nobody wants peace more than Israel. But the stumbling block to the road for peace is this demand for a PLO state, which will mean more war, which will mean more violence in the Middle East. And, I think, I sincerely believe if this demand is abandoned, we can have real and genuine peace.
Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you!“
John White
Rockwall, Texas
John N. White 