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eumelia*Claps Enthusiastically*
Look! See here!
There's a New US Plan calling for a Palestinian State.
A demilitarised state.
Oh, bravo! Well done! That's the ticket, because nothing says autonomy like a double standard (no, Israel will not be giving up it's planes, tanks, M-16's, cluster bombs or any other bomb).
I'm feeling the fair play here. The impression of justice and political self-actualisation.
Oh, did I not mention that this was the Egyptian government presuming to speak for the Palestinian Authority.
Ostensibly reiterating Israeli policy.
Yeah.
This is going to end well.
Look! See here!
There's a New US Plan calling for a Palestinian State.
A demilitarised state.
Oh, bravo! Well done! That's the ticket, because nothing says autonomy like a double standard (no, Israel will not be giving up it's planes, tanks, M-16's, cluster bombs or any other bomb).
I'm feeling the fair play here. The impression of justice and political self-actualisation.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss on Tuesday a new initiative which would see a demilitarized Palestinian state set within amended 1967 borders and Jerusalem as its shared capital with Israel, according to the London-based Al-Quds al-Arabi.
The initiative, which was reportedly raised by past U.S. president Jimmy Carter, former secretary of state James Baker and former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft, would also have Palestinians concede on their demand for the right of return, in exchange for compensation.
Oh, did I not mention that this was the Egyptian government presuming to speak for the Palestinian Authority.
Ostensibly reiterating Israeli policy.
Yeah.
This is going to end well.
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Re: What, seriously?
Date: 2009-08-18 04:35 pm (UTC)Perhaps we should make up our minds whether that part is ours or not... if it isn't ours, then it's theirs and there's no giving or taking. If it's ours then the Palestinians living there should have been given the same rights and duties as any other Palestinian living in Israel.
This is, as you know, not the case.
The right of return paranoia is played up because of the demography panic that we're incapable of escaping. Our doors are open to every Jew (who can prove they're a Jew) if they want... not that many want. I can only assume the same about the Palestinian diaspora.
As for the idea of a demilitarised zone; #1 check out the comment below and #2 frankly, in our neighbourhood a country without an army is suicidal. Either Palestine is to be an independent state in the Middle East, or we (and the US) continue to call the shots and continue the Occupation in some form.