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	<title>Yourish.com &#187; Mary Robinson</title>
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		<title>Mary Robinson: Building settlements will lead to one-state solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meryl Yourish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary Robinson, who has just been honored by the U.S. President (whom only four percent of Israelis think is pro-Israel) with America&#8217;s highest honor, is in Israel doing a little fear-mongering. She&#8217;s warning Israel that if settlement building isn&#8217;t frozen, &#8230; <a href="http://www.yourish.com/2009/08/28/8678">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mary Robinson, who has just been honored by the U.S. President (whom <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251145138121&#038;pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull">only four percent of Israelis think is pro-Israel</a>) with America&#8217;s highest honor, is in Israel doing a little fear-mongering. She&#8217;s <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251145138109&#038;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull">warning Israel</a> that if settlement building isn&#8217;t frozen, the two-state solution is at risk. </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The balance is tipping and if it tips, there will not be a two-state solution and how would that make Israel safer?&#8221; asked Robinson, in an exclusive interview with The Jerusalem Post. </p></blockquote>
<p>Oooh. Scary. And what, pray tell, would her logic be on this? Can we have a supporting statement? Some facts that might make us think that settlement building is going to force Israel to yield to a single, binational state?</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;A one-state solution has huge implications. So for the sake of being able to have a two-state solution, we need a freeze on settlements,&#8221; she said. </p></blockquote>
<p>Um. Well, perhaps the JPost interview just didn&#8217;t include her reasons behind those scary statements. Or perhaps that &#8220;balance&#8221; she was talking about was the world&#8217;s support for Israel. (Actually, that wouldn&#8217;t surprise me, but good luck to the world in getting Israel to legislate itself out of existence.)</p>
<p>I searched the article in vain for an actual reason why settlement building will lead to the dreaded one-state solution (which is, let&#8217;s be honest, the death of Israel). I am left with believing that the Medal of Freedom honoree is talking out of her ass. It&#8217;s a pretty safe assumption when you read quotes like this:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;We are a group that contains a number of those who would be, if you like, perceived to be quite balanced on the Israeli side,&#8221; said Robinson.</p></blockquote>
<p>Hm. Robinson, Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu&#8230; yep, quite balanced on the Israeli side, if by &#8220;the Israeli side&#8221; you mean &#8220;people who warn about a one-state solution as the logical result of settlement building.&#8221;</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sorry, these people are supposed to be our &#8220;wise elders&#8221;? I stand by my label of &#8220;Senile old anti-Israel farts.&#8221;</p>
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