I will read your book and even the legal book.
I am familiar with Khalidi’s books and writings. And read your article “Palestinians just want to go home”. First, I am not one who would deny Palestinians their identity. In my piece I just wanted to point out that the history of the people now called Palestinians is disparate. What is…
I am familiar with Khalidi’s books and writings. And read your article “Palestinians just want to go home”. First, I am not one who would deny Palestinians their identity. In my piece I just wanted to point out that the history of the people now called Palestinians is disparate. What is so unique about the Palestinians that they must move across the border a few miles from where they live now. After all isn’t the West Bank the heart of Palestine?
As for resolution 194 which you partially quote “Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which;” there are two caveats “live in peace with their neighbors” and “compensation as the alternative.
Given that the Palestinians and Israelis have been fighting for 75 years and more it strikes me that the notion of a peaceful return is a non-starter—these people have been and continue to be at war with each other—the children of these two communities are not taught to love or befriend each other to the contrary they are taught to hate each other. But I do totally buy into the compensation part of the paragraph. It strikes me that is very much negotiable and implementable.
The multiple "and[s]" and the word "choosing" are crystal clear. You are entitled to your preference and opinion, but to be honest here, yours, and mine for that matter, don't matter. It is the refugees' voice that drives.
I will read your book and even the legal book.
I am familiar with Khalidi’s books and writings. And read your article “Palestinians just want to go home”. First, I am not one who would deny Palestinians their identity. In my piece I just wanted to point out that the history of the people now called Palestinians is disparate. What is so unique about the Palestinians that they must move across the border a few miles from where they live now. After all isn’t the West Bank the heart of Palestine?
As for resolution 194 which you partially quote “Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which;” there are two caveats “live in peace with their neighbors” and “compensation as the alternative.
Given that the Palestinians and Israelis have been fighting for 75 years and more it strikes me that the notion of a peaceful return is a non-starter—these people have been and continue to be at war with each other—the children of these two communities are not taught to love or befriend each other to the contrary they are taught to hate each other. But I do totally buy into the compensation part of the paragraph. It strikes me that is very much negotiable and implementable.
The multiple "and[s]" and the word "choosing" are crystal clear. You are entitled to your preference and opinion, but to be honest here, yours, and mine for that matter, don't matter. It is the refugees' voice that drives.