Comments on: Palestinians to Israel: Surrender and we’ll have peace http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/13/3972 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/13/3972/comment-page-1#comment-29634 Alex Bensky Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:01:01 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/13/3972#comment-29634 (Of course the city is actually called "Jerusalem.") (Of course the city is actually called “Jerusalem.”)

]]> By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/13/3972/comment-page-1#comment-29633 Alex Bensky Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:00:35 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/13/3972#comment-29633 Odd, isn't it? For nearly two decades there was no Palestinian state, no movement towards a Palestinian state, Jews were barred from their holy sites, no Palestinian control over anything...and no one lost any sleep over any of this. Once the Jews controlled Jersualem suddenly this all--except for that little problem about Jewish access to holy places--became prime world issues. If I were a cynic I'd offer a theory as to why that happened. Odd, isn’t it? For nearly two decades there was no Palestinian state, no movement towards a Palestinian state, Jews were barred from their holy sites, no Palestinian control over anything…and no one lost any sleep over any of this.

Once the Jews controlled Jersualem suddenly this all–except for that little problem about Jewish access to holy places–became prime world issues. If I were a cynic I’d offer a theory as to why that happened.

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