Re: [OPE] Muammar Qaddafi explains why only a one-state solution willreally work

Perhaps you could explain again

'It is important to note that the Jews did not
forcibly expel Palestinians'.

Clearly I have been reading very different accounts of life on this planet.

and

one million Muslim Arabs in Israel; they possess Israeli nationality
and take part in political life with the Jews, forming political
parties.

what are preconditions for obtaining an Israeli paasport ???

Thanks

PB.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Jurriaan Bendien
  To: OPE@lists.csuchico.edu
  Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 12:58 PM
  Subject: [OPE] Muammar Qaddafi explains why only a one-state solution willreally work

  The basis for the modern State of Israel is the persecution of the
  Jewish people, which is undeniable. The Jews have been held captive,
  massacred, disadvantaged in every possible fashion by the Egyptians,
  the Romans, the English, the Russians, the Babylonians, the Canaanites
  and, most recently, the Germans under Hitler. The Jewish people want
  and deserve their homeland.

  But the Palestinians too have a history of persecution, and they view
  the coastal towns of Haifa, Acre, Jaffa and others as the land of
  their forefathers, passed from generation to generation, until only a
  short time ago.

  Thus the Palestinians believe that what is now called Israel forms
  part of their nation, even were they to secure the West Bank and Gaza.
  And the Jews believe that the West Bank is Samaria and Judea, part of
  their homeland, even if a Palestinian state were established there.
  Now, as Gaza still smolders, calls for a two-state solution or
  partition persist. But neither will work.

  A two-state solution will create an unacceptable security threat to
  Israel. An armed Arab state, presumably in the West Bank, would give
  Israel less than 10 miles of strategic depth at its narrowest point.
  Further, a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip would
  do little to resolve the problem of refugees. Any situation that keeps
  the majority of Palestinians in refugee camps and does not offer a
  solution within the historical borders of Israel/Palestine is not a
  solution at all.

  For the same reasons, the older idea of partition of the West Bank
  into Jewish and Arab areas, with buffer zones between them, won't
  work. The Palestinian-held areas could not accommodate all of the
  refugees, and buffer zones symbolize exclusion and breed tension.
  Israelis and Palestinians have also become increasingly intertwined,
  economically and politically.

  In absolute terms, the two movements must remain in perpetual war or a
  compromise must be reached. The compromise is one state for all, an
  "Isratine" that would allow the people in each party to feel that they
  live in all of the disputed land and they are not deprived of any one
  part of it.

  A key prerequisite for peace is the right of return for Palestinian
  refugees to the homes their families left behind in 1948. It is an
  injustice that Jews who were not originally inhabitants of Palestine,
  nor were their ancestors, can move in from abroad while Palestinians
  who were displaced only a relatively short time ago should not be so
  permitted.

  It is a fact that Palestinians inhabited the land and owned farms and
  homes there until recently, fleeing in fear of violence at the hands
  of Jews after 1948 - violence that did not occur, but rumors of which
  led to a mass exodus. It is important to note that the Jews did not
  forcibly expel Palestinians. They were never "un-welcomed." Yet only
  the full territories of Isratine can accommodate all the refugees and
  bring about the justice that is key to peace.

  Assimilation is already a fact of life in Israel. There are more than
  one million Muslim Arabs in Israel; they possess Israeli nationality
  and take part in political life with the Jews, forming political
  parties. On the other side, there are Israeli settlements in the West
  Bank. Israeli factories depend on Palestinian labor, and goods and
  services are exchanged. This successful assimilation can be a model
  for Isratine.

  If the present interdependence and the historical fact of
  Jewish-Palestinian coexistence guide their leaders, and if they can
  see beyond the horizon of the recent violence and thirst for revenge
  toward a long-term solution, then these two peoples will come to
  realize, I hope sooner rather than later, that living under one roof
  is the only option for a lasting peace.
  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/opinion/22qaddafi.html

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