tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708970.post117522208262383065..comments2024-01-25T12:33:03.851+10:30Comments on Telling the History of the Twenty-First Century as it Really Is: THE ARABS DEMAND PEACE AND THE ORDINARY PEOPLES OF THE WORLD SHOULD SUPPORT THEMDamian Lataanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06886295381135372084noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708970.post-1175240713497988602007-03-30T18:15:00.000+09:302007-03-30T18:15:00.000+09:30The Palestinian State and the right of return are ...The Palestinian State and the right of return are two diferent things. Some Palestinian refugees aren't so much interested in living in a newly delineated Palestinian state; they just want to live where they used to live - in what was Palestine but is now Israel. If it remains Israel under the new arrangements then that's fine - as long as they have equal rights of course. Therein lies the real problem. If they get equal rights, Israel after a while will lose its status as a Jewish state.Damian Lataanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886295381135372084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708970.post-1175238985581571632007-03-30T17:46:00.000+09:302007-03-30T17:46:00.000+09:30The 'right of return' does seem to be a sticking p...The 'right of return' does seem to be a sticking point - but why would the Palestinian people want a 'right of return' if they had their own state? Considering the rhetoric that Palestinian leaders direct towards Israel it is hard to see why any of them would want to live in Israel when they would have their own state.<BR/><BR/>Commenting on a FM source the JPost reported:<BR/><BR/>"Although not mentioning the refugee issue directly, the statement said that the peace process with the Palestinians was based on the two-state idea, with "each state addressing the national aspirations of its own people." <BR/><BR/>This is code for saying that Palestinians refugees should be absorbed in a Palestinian state, just as Jewish refugees were absorbed in the Jewish one."<BR/><BR/>Surely the 'right of return' would be moot if the Palestinians had their own state.<BR/><BR/>Also, the Saudi agreement mentions that the proposed Palestinian state would have Jerusalem as its capital. It's not clear if this is East Jerusalem or the whole city but one wonders if claiming the whole thing will be of any utility to the Palestnian cause. Surely the ISraelis would not surrender this city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com