Comments on: Speak softly and carry no stick http://www.yourish.com/2009/06/16/7858 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/2009/06/16/7858/comment-page-1#comment-36746 Alex Bensky Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:16:30 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=7858#comment-36746 Note that the Palestinians, whose culture openly prizes disingenuousness, won't even pretend to support the idea of a Jewish state, leave alone that the refugees may not be able to enjoy the right of return--which right, I assume everyone reading this blog well knows--is mythical and illustory. It's one of the few instances of Palestinian honesty and straightforwardness. They would have everything to gain by speaking the words to foreign media and diplomats while in Arabic assuring their people that they mean no such thing. Yet they won't. Note that the Palestinians, whose culture openly prizes disingenuousness, won’t even pretend to support the idea of a Jewish state, leave alone that the refugees may not be able to enjoy the right of return–which right, I assume everyone reading this blog well knows–is mythical and illustory.

It’s one of the few instances of Palestinian honesty and straightforwardness. They would have everything to gain by speaking the words to foreign media and diplomats while in Arabic assuring their people that they mean no such thing. Yet they won’t.

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