[okie01]

High time such a convenient digest of the actual events was written and posted on FreeRepublic.

Bookmarked.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

[dennisw]

sez it all

[sweneop]

this is all history. the right of return is just an unanswerable demand by those who hate israel. israel needs to dump the settlements, fix the borders and they can keep what they won in the wars. this is the obvious solution to reasonable people on both sides. otherwise we are going to be arguing about who did what to who and when for another 100 years and the violence will continue. being right doesnt solve problems. solutions solve problems.

[Ichneumon]

Wow.

[JSteff]

Excellent. Good post.

[cpdiii]

the very homes they had abandoned

wrong. Most fled because they were in fear of their lives. However to Grant Right of Return today would destroy the Nation Of Israel. The families that lost land and homes must be compensated by Israel. Give the West Bank back and kill anyone Palestinian or Israeli that tries to cross the division. Wait 100 years and try for peace again.

I will now put on my "Flame Proof Underwear." I will will probably need it.

[walford]

...In 1947-48, the United Nations proposed partitioning "Palestine" into a Jewish and an Arab state of approximately equal sizes. The Jews accepted the plan, and the Arabs rejected it...

The ultimate goal has never been abandoned since the very beginning:

...All of the current demands that the Palestinians make of Israel would serve to undermine that security. This is why these demands are being made. That is why ¾ of them approve of suicide attacks against civilian targets. The Palestinians understand that they are in a war to destroy Israel. It is time that the Israelis understand this and act accordingly. It is not possible to ‘live’ with people who will settle for nothing less than death...