December 19, 2014 --

On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution calling for an Arab State and a Jewish State in Palestine. What happened was that the Arab states went to war to prevent the establishment of the Jewish State, which ,nevertheless, got established, May 14, 1948 and called itself Israel.

A New York Times news report, December 9, said that "Israelis from across the political spectrum and leaders of the Jewish diaspora have denounced" proposed legislation to make it clear that Israel is "a Jewish state." Joel H. Golovensky, one of the proponents of the "Jewish state" legislation, writing in The Wall Street Journal, December 16, noted that there is a move to transform Israel from becing "the Jewish state" to being "ethnically neutral."

If indeed, as The New York Times article suggests, Israelis "across the political spectrum" object to a law defining Israel as Jewish. LPR suggests:

1) change Israel's name to Canaan;

2) change the (Jewish) Magen David symbol on the country's flag to a rainbow field with a black corner in the upper left, bearing a white crescent.

3) replace references to Jerusalem in the Jewish liturgy with Tel Aviv -- as in: "If I forget thee O Tel Aviv [in place of Jerusalem], let my right hand forget its cunning.

LPR understands that however much these changes meet the approval of those seeking an end to Israel's Jewish identity, they would, themselves likely be undone were Hamas to succeed in establishing the Islamic State of Palestine where Israel once stood.

LPR is confident, however, that no one would oppose an Islamic identity for Palestine.

By the way -- in mid-December, there were reports of a diplomatic push for a UN Security Council resolution calling for recognizing a State of Palestine by November 2016.

LPR wonders if this push will include rescinding that part of the UN's 1947 Palestine Partition Plan including a call for a Jewish state.