A ‘senior’ Palestinian official commenting on the peace process, now that Netanyahu was re-elected in a dramatic and decisive fashion Of course, the problem was ‘Israel’ in 1919 when the Jews invited the Palestinians to attend their schools and rioting broke out immediately with deaths Of course the problem was ‘Israel’ in 1929 when after living in Hebron (Shechem) for about 4,000 years 67 Jews were killed in rioting by Arabs Of course the problem was ‘Israel’ in the 1920′s when a future Hitler supporter, Haj Amin al Husseini became the popular leader of the Arabs Of course the problem was ‘Israel’ in 1936-37 when the Peel Commission reccomended partitioning the land giving the Jews a nation about ¼th of present Israel. The Arabs REJECTED this completely, and 415 Jews lay dead at the end and in a sign of things to come, so were 5,000 Arabs. Of course the problem was ‘Israel’ in 1947 when the Israel WAS partitioned giving the VAST majority of the mandate to a new Jordan, resulting in a war in which Israel’s annihilation was attempted. Of course the problem was ‘Israel’ in 1967 when after months of Syrian terrorist attacks, and a spring filled with Nasser crowing about the coming “war of annihilation” Nasser kicked out the UN peacekeepers separating the Egyptian army, vastly superior in size and quality of arms to Israel (the USA had an arms embargo until 67), and blocked Israeli navigation past the Strait of Hormuz into the Red Sea, and resulting in Israel’s pre-emption. Of course the problem was ‘Israel’ in 1967 when LBJ transmitted a message from Abba Eban to King Hussein of Jordan GUARANTEEING the inviolability of E Jerusalem and the West Bank if Jordan stayed OUT of the war. We all know what happened. Of course the problem was ‘Israel’ in 1973 when Egypt and Syria launched their attacks on Yom Kippur, and ended up losing MORE land as Israel ended up most of the way to Damascus, and ACROSS the Suez Canal further into Egypt, and GAVE THE LAND BACK very soon after. Do I have to mention the Palestinian poll before the Gaza War showing the true desire of the Palestinian people? Do I have to mention the HAMAS Charter? But of course, the problem is Israel. The US State dept says this:
The first option is to publicize a US policy document outlining the proposed framework agreement of Secretary of State John Kerry from April 2014. It refers to a two-state solution based on the 1967 lines, with mutual land swaps, security arrangements at the borders and along the Jordan River with temporary Israeli military presence, the Jerusalem area as a shared capital, no right of return, recognition of Israel as a Jewish nation-state and a reference to the Saudi peace proposal.
No right of return? Have they checked that out with Abbas and HAMAS?
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