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Wally Rashid @wallyrashid One of the less known things John F. Kennedy was doing that Israel saw as a direct threat: Putting forward a UN resolution demanding Israel to accept the 800,000+ Palestinians displaced in 1947. Israel’s PM at the time stated he would “fight this down to the very last man” 1:43 / 1:43 11:02 AM · Mar 19, 2025

If the Jews are God's chosen people, then the Palestinians are God's cursed people. I cannot think of a single, substantive, long-lived good thing that has happened for the Palestinians during my lifetime (I was born in 1945). All people - even Palestinians - need a victory at least one time in their existence. At some point, all people need to be affirmed in their positive aspirations. All people need real hope, at least temporarily. People cannot withstand perpetual abuse without suffering irreparable damage to their individual and collective psyches. For sure, the Palestinian diaspora has suffered in ways that...

Palestinian and Arab spokesmen commonly claim that the recent Palestinian terrorism is the result of the Israeli 'occupation' of the West Bank and Gaza, adding that the violence will cease only when the 'occupation' is ended. Despite this claim, it should be recalled that the many Palestinian and Arab rejectionist factions (such as the Hamas and the Hizbullah) repeatedly declare that even if Israel would fully withdraw from the territories they will continue their attacks, since they refute Israel's basic right to exist. More importantly, however, the basic premise of the Palestinian claim - that the 'occupation' causes terrorism -...