#6 All night, NOLA dear? You'll think better if you get some sleep, surely. The Palestinian camps were established by the United Nations in 1948 in what are now the Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon; they are still maintained and funded entirely by the U.N., and the countries and PA territories where they are sited do not -- by law -- permit the original residents or their descendants to purchase property, or even live, outside the original boundaries. There really isn't much Israel can do about that... and the Arab Israelis live wherever they choose throughout their country.
As for Israel giving a little ground: they vacated the entire Gaza Strip at the behest of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. As a result the Gazans have been sending a daily barrage of rockets into Israel, and attempting daily to send in armed murderers and suicide bombers. As Israel has already literally given ground, wouldn't someone who'd gotten enough sleep think it was the Palestinians' turn to, as you so succinctly phrase it, give a little ground? Modifying the school curricula to put Israel on the maps would be nice, or perhaps removing references to killing all the Jews and the joys of violent jihad, both currently sprinkled so lavishly throughout the textbooks at each level and for such disparate courses as mathematics and grammar. The academics at MEMRI spent no little amount of time translating the textbooks used in Palestinian and other Middle Eastern schools. You might find a perusal of their site useful in your all night discussions. |
US Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said he opposes creation of a Palestinian state at this time and would take a tough stand with Iran, including destroying its nuclear infrastructure "should all else fail."