Two-State Solution Again Sells Palestinians Short

[vierundzwanzig]

By George Bisharat

Jan 26, 2004

"The Los Angeles Times January 25, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO — It is a tragic irony that, more than 55 years ago, one desperate people seeking sanctuary from murderous racism decimated another — and continue to oppress its scattered survivors to this day. In 1948, about 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homeland, their land and possessions taken by the new Jewish state of Israel. This included the Jerusalem home of my grandparents, Hanna and Mathilde Bisharat, which was expropriated through a process tantamount to state-sanctioned theft.

Today, many assume that to achieve Middle East peace, we Palestinians must surrender our right to return to our homes and homeland. Millions of Palestinians — with memories and photographs of our stolen properties, keys to our front doors, and an abiding sense of injustice — are expected to swallow our losses in order to facilitate a "two-state solution."

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[Jim Sagle]

1. The one-state solution is DOA. This thread may as well close up shop.

:boring:

[Resistance]

2. yeah

far be it for the GOI (Government of Israel) to decide on a path of true Democracy. They will probably choose continued Apartheid and keeping Palestinians herded up in ghettos, regularly sending the military into the refugee camps for hunting trips.

[Muddleoftheroad]

3. Or, they might just continue to choose survival

Rather than have their nation turn into another Arab nation that would ethnically cleanse all Jews.

[forgethell]

4. As you consider Israel so evil,

why do you think they will "do the right thing"? If the Palestinians consider themselves to be at war with Israel, why shouldn't Israel consider itself to be at war with the Palestinians? If yu are killing them, should they just let you because granddaddy lost his land?

Just curious as to why you think that Israel will just sit back and let itself be destroyed?? Forget the rights and wrongs of the past, think today.