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To: carton253
If the Palestinians get their state, what becomes of the settlements? Of the Israelis who have built their lives there?

I guess my question is, why do the Arabs insist on a "Jew free" Palestine while at the same time they demand a "right of return" for 3 million Arabs to swamp and overwhelm Israel. There are 1.2 Arab citizens of Israel but the Palestinians want their state to be entirely Judenrein. If the two states are going to live together in mutual coexistence then there should be Jewish Palestinians the same way that there are Israeli Arabs.

Hebron is a holy city, the second holiest city to the Jews. Jews lived in Hebron for thousands of years. The only reason the "settlements" are so heavily fortified is because the Arabs and their supporters refuse to allow the possibility of Jews living among them. Until they welcome Jewish citizens the same way that the Israelis welcome Arab citizens, they haven't achieved the democratic spirit insisted on by the President.

People could then ask, well, why would Jews want to live in Palestine when they have Israel? The reason is that it is still the Holy Land even if we are in galus (diaspora). Thirty years ago if anyone suggested that someday American Jews would want to go and live in Russia people would think they were nuts. But governments change and I know some American Jews (very close family members) who now live in Moscow.

1,517 posted on 06/25/2002 10:24:28 AM PDT by Alouette
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To: Alouette
Why do the Arabs insist on a "Jew Free" Palestine and at the same time demand a right of return for 3 million Arabs to swamp and overwhelm Israel?

Because they are Arabs. They don't recognize the right of one Jew to be in Israel. They don't want Israelis in Palestine because it belongs to Arabs. They want the right of return so that they can systematically take over in population and politically and end the Jewish state. If the prime minister of Israel was Arab in nationality, policy and world view, would the Israelis stay?

1,519 posted on 06/25/2002 10:37:22 AM PDT by carton253
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To: Alouette
I guess my question is, why do the Arabs insist on a "Jew free" Palestine while at the same time they demand a "right of return" for 3 million Arabs to swamp and overwhelm Israel. There are 1.2 Arab citizens of Israel but the Palestinians want their state to be entirely Judenrein. If the two states are going to live together in mutual coexistence then there should be Jewish Palestinians the same way that there are Israeli Arabs
Arafat has dropped the "Right of Return" from the PAs demands.

-Eric

1,520 posted on 06/25/2002 10:37:54 AM PDT by E Rocc
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