Comments on: Palestinians as Alien Creatures http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/03/04/palestinians-as-alien-creatures/ The national media watch group Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:19:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Janglo http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/03/04/palestinians-as-alien-creatures/comment-page-1/#comment-3057 Janglo Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:18:02 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=6654#comment-3057 Many years ago in the UK I witnessed a television interview with four Israeli academics who refused to discuss the right of Israel to exist on the grounds that it was God's will. I do not dispute that there are as many good reasons for Israel to exist as there are for Israelis to treat Palestinians with respect and to abide by the agreements they disregard so wontonly; unless not to do so is God's will of course. Many years ago in the UK I witnessed a television interview with four Israeli academics who refused to discuss the right of Israel to exist on the grounds that it was God's will. I do not dispute that there are as many good reasons for Israel to exist as there are for Israelis to treat Palestinians with respect and to abide by the agreements they disregard so wontonly; unless not to do so is God's will of course.

]]> By: A different life form | Antony Loewenstein http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/03/04/palestinians-as-alien-creatures/comment-page-1/#comment-3045 A different life form | Antony Loewenstein Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:28:05 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=6654#comment-3045 [...] Palestinians as alien creatures. [...] [...] Palestinians as alien creatures. [...]

]]> By: Icebiker3 http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/03/04/palestinians-as-alien-creatures/comment-page-1/#comment-3043 Icebiker3 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:46:15 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=6654#comment-3043 No. The Israelis have to deal with the Palestinians and solve the problem. No one else can do it...and until this happens, there will be blood. This is another self-fullfilling prophecy perpetrated by religious hard-liners on all sides. All three sides. A pox on all of them and their blind faith. No.

The Israelis have to deal with the Palestinians and solve the problem. No one else can do it…and until this happens, there will be blood. This is another self-fullfilling prophecy perpetrated by religious hard-liners on all sides. All three sides. A pox on all of them and their blind faith.

]]> By: Doug Latimer http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/03/04/palestinians-as-alien-creatures/comment-page-1/#comment-3019 Doug Latimer Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:44:43 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=6654#comment-3019 So, since when have "Arab states and moderate Palestinians" ... or Hamas, for that matter ... needed "political cover to negotiate with Israel"? Isn't the question why Israel won't negotiate with them ... in any honest way, at least? What Landler and the corpress in general mean by "negotiate" is capitulate, isn't it? They regard nothing less than the acceptance of arid and isolated bantustans as a "Palestinian state" as the benchmark for Palestinian "reasonableness". Hamas has been willing to talk about a viable state, and has been rejected at every turn by Israel and our own gummint, haven't they? Personally, I think the only just solution is one state in historic Palestine with equal rights for all its citizens, as advocated by Ali Abunimah and others. Perhaps two states could be a prelude to that. I'm far from an expert on the subject. I just can't see how any two-state "solution" can be considered truly fair, can you? So, since when have "Arab states and moderate Palestinians" … or Hamas, for that matter … needed "political cover to negotiate with Israel"?

Isn't the question why Israel won't negotiate with them … in any honest way, at least?

What Landler and the corpress in general mean by "negotiate" is capitulate, isn't it? They regard nothing less than the acceptance of arid and isolated bantustans as a "Palestinian state" as the benchmark for Palestinian "reasonableness".

Hamas has been willing to talk about a viable state, and has been rejected at every turn by Israel and our own gummint, haven't they?

Personally, I think the only just solution is one state in historic Palestine with equal rights for all its citizens, as advocated by Ali Abunimah and others.

Perhaps two states could be a prelude to that. I'm far from an expert on the subject. I just can't see how any two-state "solution" can be considered truly fair, can you?

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