[Peace-discuss] The Mideast's One-State Solution

[David Green]

Laurie,

The NYT's publication of Qaddafi's piece was a way of discrediting the idea of a one-state solution, a kind of twisted black advance designed to discredit peace rather than promote war. They chose not to publish an article by a respected source such as Israeli historian Ilan Pappe. I don't know the basis for saying that the Palestinians would not be willing to negotiate such a settlement if it secured their rights. 

Moreover, Qaddafi's article was particularly lame at a historical level, claiming that the Palestinians were not expelled by force in 1948. That's the part that the NYT wants you to believe, in order to further undermine Palestinian claims to right of return.

DG




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Subject: [Peace-discuss] The Mideast's One-State Solution


Interesting considering its tone, content, and author.  Is it the author speaking, the US speaking, or the syphilis speaking?  It might make sense if both sides really wanted peace and to live together in equity and fairness; but I doubt if either side really wants it or will ever want it in the foreseeable future. And even if they did really want it and seek it, would the US really allow for such a place unless it was dominated by the US and served our interests?
 
Muammar Qaddafi | The Mideast's One-State Solution http://www.truthout.org/012609K Muammar Qaddafi, The International Herald Tribune: "The shocking level of the last wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence, which ended with this weekend's cease-fire, reminds us why a final resolution to the so-called Middle East crisis is so important. It is vital not just to break this cycle of destruction and injustice, but also to deny the religious extremists in the region who feed on the conflict an excuse to advance their own causes. But everywhere one looks, among the speeches and the desperate diplomacy, there is no real way forward. A just and lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians is possible, but it lies in the history of the people of this conflicted land, and not in the tired rhetoric of partition and two-state solutions."


      
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