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Posted in: The Gilo announcement -- more than just an announcement
11/19/09 06:09 PM
Lara Could you please tell us how you would plan the removal of 40000 Gilo residents from their homes to create the new Palestinian State. Do you also believe everyone will be kicked out of Ramot and Maale Adumim with Israel's approval to create this Palestinian State? To me it is obvious that these areas will be retained by Israel so why should the latest plans really be such an issue? If the PA can't reach an agreement with Israel by the time these planning approvals are finalised and building actually starts then they will never reach agreement. Sixteen years of trying since 1993 have not reached first base. The Arabs had a chance to have their State 60 years ago and blew it. They then had another chance for 19 years between 1948-1967 and blew it again. The Arabs keep blowing it with their refusal to concede Israeli sovereignty in any part of the West Bank. When will they begin to understand that the longer they demand all Jews living in Gilo and Ramot and Maale Adumim will be kicked out - the lesser the area of the West Bank that becomes available to them. This is not rocket science - just pragmatic commonsense. Keep chasing 100% and you only end up reducing what you are going to get. A return to the armistice lines of 1967 simply cannot and will not happen. Time waits for no man. The world has moved on and so should you.
Posted in: Jews in Palestine
10/22/09 05:29 PM
Would the PA be able to guarantee the safety and security of its Jewish population? How many Gilad Shalits would be taken hostage to meet the demands of some rag tag group of die hard terrorists demanding for example the right of return to Israel of 500000 Arabs or the release of captured terrorists held by Israel or the PA? Could the Arab population put behind generations of incitement and hatred against Jews promoted by the PLO and Hamas? The offer to stay as Jewish Palestinians sounds good for PR purposes but is not a practical solution to the division of sovereignty in the West Bank. The only solution is for : 1 the PA to be disbanded. It has been given 16 years to negotiate a settlement and has failed to grasp the opportunities offered by Israel by insisting on demands that Israel cannot possibly accept and 2. Jordan and Israel divide sovereignty of the West Bank and determine the future of Jerusalem between their respective nations in direct negotiations - possibly under UN chairmanship.
Posted in: Netanyahu's UN speech: The video and transcript
09/25/09 03:28 AM
Brilliant speech. A clarion call to the UN to restore its moral compass and not reward those who are evil and preach anti-Jewish hatred. Can any state still begrudge the Jews one tiny sliver of land to call their own after listening to Netanyahu's call?
Posted in: In Jewish critiques, Goldstone disappears from his own report
09/22/09 07:45 PM
You can read critiques of the appointment of all four members of the Goldstein Commission at: http://www.bloggersbase.com/articles/partnerships/jpost/gaza-goldstone-and-gallstones/ http://www.bloggersbase.com/articles/partnerships/jpost/goldstone-commissioners-partial-or-impartial/ The bias of the Commissioners has tainted and fatally flawed their Report.
Posted in: Pope urges two states
05/15/09 09:08 PM
Stuart The West Bank is disputed territory with both Jews and Arabs seeking to allocate sovereignty where none presently exists. Israel has not signed any peace agreement that recognizes the West Bank as a separate entity. You should also be aware that there are no 1967 or 1948 boundaries separating Israel and the West Bank. They are armistice lines only. The Pope clearly breached the Agreement. What Israel should do is for it to decide. Certainly in my opinion it should be publicly voicing its displeasure at the Pope's breach of the Agreement whilst visiting Israel. This would ensure everyone would at least be made aware of the Agreement. It should not be allowed to remain unread in the bottom drawer of the Foreign Office. The one certainty this sorry incident shows is that in dealing with the future sovereignty of the West Bank Israel needs to be especially careful as to the binding nature of the agreements it may sign. If you can't trust the Pope to honor an agreement - who can you?
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