http://www.yourish.com/2009/06/14/7829 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.yourish.com/2009/06/14/7829/comment-page-1#comment-36742 Michael Lonie Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:48:53 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=7829#comment-36742 IIRC it was only in 1974 that the Arab states decided that Arafat and the PLO were the "sole, legitimate representatives of the Palestinian people" and so came out in favor of a Palestinian Arab state. Before 1967 of course there was no sentiment among those Arab governments for such a state. What they had grabbed in 1948 they would keep. The change came in order to punish Jordan for not participating in any significant way in the 1973 War. Until then one might suppose that Judea and Samaria would eventually be returned to Jordanian rule, once a peace treaty had been signed. So in advocating such a state this Rabbi Wolf was being more pro-Palestinian Arab than their "Arab Brothers" were. Since the Palis have never made any real moves to actually set up a viable state in the territories they rule, but only terrorist bases and mob concessions, we might well wonder if the Palestinian Arabs themselves want a Palestinian state. I suspect the answer is no. IIRC it was only in 1974 that the Arab states decided that Arafat and the PLO were the “sole, legitimate representatives of the Palestinian people” and so came out in favor of a Palestinian Arab state. Before 1967 of course there was no sentiment among those Arab governments for such a state. What they had grabbed in 1948 they would keep. The change came in order to punish Jordan for not participating in any significant way in the 1973 War. Until then one might suppose that Judea and Samaria would eventually be returned to Jordanian rule, once a peace treaty had been signed. So in advocating such a state this Rabbi Wolf was being more pro-Palestinian Arab than their “Arab Brothers” were. Since the Palis have never made any real moves to actually set up a viable state in the territories they rule, but only terrorist bases and mob concessions, we might well wonder if the Palestinian Arabs themselves want a Palestinian state. I suspect the answer is no.

]]> http://www.yourish.com/2009/06/14/7829/comment-page-1#comment-36739 Alex Bensky Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:29:24 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=7829#comment-36739 I don't expect the msm to catch onto this, but the "I'm just not pro-Likud" is a trope used by people who are generally anti-Israel, or at at least anti any this world Israel as opposed to the Israel that is everyone's moral summer camp. The "not pro-Likud" line was used during the year when Likud wasn't part of the Israeli governing coalition. It doesn't necessarily actually bespeak any real knowledge of Israeli politics. I don’t expect the msm to catch onto this, but the “I’m just not pro-Likud” is a trope used by people who are generally anti-Israel, or at at least anti any this world Israel as opposed to the Israel that is everyone’s moral summer camp. The “not pro-Likud” line was used during the year when Likud wasn’t part of the Israeli governing coalition. It doesn’t necessarily actually bespeak any real knowledge of Israeli politics.

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