Posted on 09/14/2010 8:41:10 AM PDT by ventanax5
Prime Minister Netanyahu has called upon Palestinian leaders to recognize the right of the Jewish people to national self-determination "two states for two nations." But are Palestinian Arabs a nation, or a people? What is "Palestinian national identity" based on? Although taken for granted today, Palestinianism has neither a long, nor distinguished history, which may explain why the peace process between Israel and the Arabs has failed and will continue to fail.
Palestinianism, inherently meant only one thing: the rejection of a Jewish state in any form. A few elite Arab intellectuals did talk about Palestinianism, but it was not widely accepted. As Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi shows in his book on the subject, not until Zionists began settlements did local Arabs seek an alternative.
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Ever see those old Westerns when someone is made to dance/jump as bullets are fired at his feet?
A PM of Israel can be made to believe anything (dance/jump) when a President of the US has a loaded gun pointed at him and his Nation.
That will continue as long as the gun is just aimed at the feet, what Israel will do when that gun is pointed at her heart is yet to be known.
If youd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Thanks ventanax5.
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