Although Jews made up just one third of the population of Palestine, the UN partition plan allotted them 55% of the country, and the Arabs' views were not considered, even though self-determination is a UN principle. Zionists cynically accepted the partition but their plan to expand farther and ethnically cleanse out Palestinians was well known. Using Jewish terror groups, Ben Gurion started ethnic cleansing in 1947 and in 6 months there were 750,000 refugees. Arab armies tried to come to the rescue but were no match for the Western-armed Israelis. The UN realized the partition was a mistake and sent UN mediator Count Bernadotte to devise a new plan, but a Jewish terror group assassinated him. Then in 1967 Israel started the land-grabbing Six Day War and murdered our sailors on our intel ship the USS Liberty who were watching in international waters.
Palestine has been historically defined as the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. In 1948 the King of Jordan made a sleazy deal with Israel to split Palestine between them. He was later assassinated.
The propagandists today deny Palestine and lump all Arabs together to try to make the case that since Israel is so small and Arab lands so vast, they have the right to keep the occupied land. They try to shift the blame to neighboring countries for not permanently absorbing refugees. Imagine if Syrian refugees were told they could never go home and that neighbors would just have to cope.
We hear a lot about Holocaust-deniers, but what about Palestine-deniers, occupation-deniers, ethnic cleansing-deniers, apartheid-deniers, etc.?
Actually, that is what I meant: Kerry, by appointing Indyk, showed that this is an Israel lobby charade. Abbas and Olmert were very close to a peace deal requiring only US bridging proposals. Abbas said there could be peace in a month. Where is our peace proposal?
After Clinton's Camp David, the parties were close to an agreement, and Arafat wanted talks to continue but Dennis Ross said no and went off on his annual family vacation to Israel. Of course Arafat was unfairly blamed for the failure even though there was no offer made in compliance with international law and UN Security Council resolutions. This was because our team was biased pro-Israel. Kerry's choice of Martin Indyk, a member of previous failed attempts and a former AIPAC official, showed us that he is not serious about peace.
Although Jews made up just one third of the population of Palestine, the UN partition plan allotted them 55% of the country, and the Arabs' views were not considered, even though self-determination is a UN principle. Zionists cynically accepted the partition but their plan to expand farther and ethnically cleanse out Palestinians was well known. Using Jewish terror groups, Ben Gurion started ethnic cleansing in 1947 and in 6 months there were 750,000 refugees. Arab armies tried to come to the rescue but were no match for the Western-armed Israelis. The UN realized the partition was a mistake and sent UN mediator Count Bernadotte to devise a new plan, but a Jewish terror group assassinated him. Then in 1967 Israel started the land-grabbing Six Day War and murdered our sailors on our intel ship the USS Liberty who were watching in international waters.
Palestine has been historically defined as the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. In 1948 the King of Jordan made a sleazy deal with Israel to split Palestine between them. He was later assassinated.
The propagandists today deny Palestine and lump all Arabs together to try to make the case that since Israel is so small and Arab lands so vast, they have the right to keep the occupied land. They try to shift the blame to neighboring countries for not permanently absorbing refugees. Imagine if Syrian refugees were told they could never go home and that neighbors would just have to cope.
We hear a lot about Holocaust-deniers, but what about Palestine-deniers, occupation-deniers, ethnic cleansing-deniers, apartheid-deniers, etc.?
Actually, that is what I meant: Kerry, by appointing Indyk, showed that this is an Israel lobby charade. Abbas and Olmert were very close to a peace deal requiring only US bridging proposals. Abbas said there could be peace in a month. Where is our peace proposal?
Exactly. Obama was wrong to let the Israel lobby neocons force him to oppose Palestinian statehood at the UN.
There will always be some election coming up. Obama will never be running again, so this is his big chance to push for peace.
After Clinton's Camp David, the parties were close to an agreement, and Arafat wanted talks to continue but Dennis Ross said no and went off on his annual family vacation to Israel. Of course Arafat was unfairly blamed for the failure even though there was no offer made in compliance with international law and UN Security Council resolutions. This was because our team was biased pro-Israel. Kerry's choice of Martin Indyk, a member of previous failed attempts and a former AIPAC official, showed us that he is not serious about peace.