2011-05-21

Netanyahu Makes His Case



Yeah, Obama's plea that peace be negociated pre 1967 (with land swaps) was a bit much and open to misunderstanding. Ain't gonna happen as Netanyahu said (did he come off strong in the video?). If there's one thing I know about the Israeli-Palestinian question, it's exactly that: You're not going to sway Israel.
The other thing Netanyahu said was Israel absorbed Jewish refugees while Arab countries did not absorb Palestinian refugees. That's not exactly true. As my late father in-law who was of Lebanese heritage once explained to me. While it is true the Arabs did not lift a finger (or even care much for the Palestinians) choosing instead to fight Israel's legitimacy using Palestine as a wedge, Lebanon and Jordan did attempt to to help Palestinians. However, they proved to be more problematic than first thought and were asked to leave.

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