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On the Jewish Question-Have the Arabs finally decided to accept the existence of Israel? B. Lewis
Wall Street Journal ^ | November 26, 2007 | BERNARD LEWIS

Posted on 11/26/2007 8:24:13 AM PST by Ooh-Ah

Edited on 11/26/2007 8:39:50 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Herewith some thoughts about tomorrow's Annapolis peace conference, and the larger problem of how to approach the Israel-Palestine conflict. The first question ...is, "What is the conflict about?" There are basically two possibilities: that it is about the size of Israel, or about its existence.


(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: annapolis; condisfolly; israel; palestinians; pieinthesky; pipedream; terrorism; waronterror

1 posted on 11/26/2007 8:24:15 AM PST by Ooh-Ah
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To: Ooh-Ah
Bernard Lewis is acknowledged to be our greatest Orientalist. The truth of the matter is Israel is a Jewish as the Arab World is Arab. As long the Arabs refuse to recognize the obvious, peace will be a dead letter.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 11/26/2007 8:33:51 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
The truth of the matter is Israel is a Jewish as the Arab World is Arab.

And the Arab world use to be a Christian world. So why is it that only Palestinians can bitch about stolen land?

3 posted on 11/26/2007 8:43:14 AM PST by Long Island Pete
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To: Ooh-Ah
Have the Arabs finally decided to accept the existence of Israel?

No.
4 posted on 11/26/2007 8:43:52 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
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To: Ooh-Ah

If Arab muslims had it their way they’d leave only enough Jews alive to pay the Jizya to fund their other conquests.

Apart from that they’d happily murder every Jew on the planet.


5 posted on 11/26/2007 9:02:43 AM PST by navyguy (Some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue.)
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To: Ooh-Ah
"Have the Arabs finally decided to accept the existence of Israel?"


6 posted on 11/26/2007 9:05:53 AM PST by Iron Munro ( (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.))
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To: reagan_fanatic
Have the Arabs finally decided to accept the existence of Israel?

Anyone who know anything at all about Middle Easterners would not even ask that question.

7 posted on 11/26/2007 9:24:40 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Ooh-Ah
Hamas and Hezbollah will never accept the existence of Israel, and Hamas and Hezbollah border Israel. Fatah’s every move in this farce of a “peace conference” has taken because are in no position to defeat Hamas, and need to appear to be the “reasonable” alternative. Playing the “good boy” for Condi keeps US and EU money flowing, and keeps the kleptocrats of Fatah in funds for another year or two. This Annapolis nonsense is the most cynical diplomatic escaped I’ve seen in the last two years, and that’s saying something.
8 posted on 11/26/2007 9:36:28 AM PST by mojito
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To: Ooh-Ah
Even if they claim that they accept the existance of Israel, it would just fall under the Islamic concept of Taqiyya.
9 posted on 11/26/2007 9:42:14 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Government is the hired help - not the boss. When politicians forget that they must be fired.)
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To: Salem; SJackson; Alouette; F15Eagle; West Coast Conservative; Esther Ruth; American in Israel; ...

Ping!


10 posted on 11/26/2007 10:02:19 AM PST by Convert from ECUSA (A voter wavering between wanting radical change and burning the damn place down)
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To: Convert from ECUSA; AdmSmith; Berosus; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; KlueLass; ...

20 Facts (at least four times on FR, probably more):

http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a39e89edf10ac.htm#89
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/662171/posts
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/news/667601/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1317754/posts?page=41#41

Thanks C from E.


11 posted on 11/26/2007 10:26:35 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Sunday, November 18, 2007"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: mojito

Actually, that’s a good analysis, with one quibble — diplomacy is always cynical.


12 posted on 11/26/2007 10:27:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Sunday, November 18, 2007"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Ooh-Ah
Thank you for your question. Unfortunately, the rule of thumb we use back here with articles from paid-subscription sites is that the posted article should not exceed what is provided on the free side of the website. So while you did excerpt the article you posted to the satisfaction of most, the assumption is that, if the publisher wanted more of it to be seen it would have shown it. The WSJ does it all the time. That's why sometimes you see 800 word WSJ articles excerpted to 300 using the FR software, and why sometimes a Mod arrives to take it below 300.

Unfortunately, again, when a Mod hits his or her "excerpt" button, the result is brutal. You might call it a bug in the software. Maybe it is not. Who knows?

The only way to avoid this problem is to keep track of what the WSJ is doing. If you are a subscriber it is difficult. Sorry.

13 posted on 11/26/2007 10:51:29 AM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: Ooh-Ah
On the Jewish Question-Have the Arabs finally decided to accept the existence of Israel?

In a word:

NO!

14 posted on 11/26/2007 11:43:43 AM PST by attiladhun2 (Islam is a despotism so vile that it would warm the heart of Orwell's Big Brother)
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To: Admin Moderator

Thank you for your response. Because it is such an important article to share, I was shocked to see my cuts, cut!


15 posted on 11/26/2007 12:47:58 PM PST by Ooh-Ah
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To: Ooh-Ah

I love Israel, but do wish they were a little more PRO-Christian!! Sadly, the Arabs I dealt with were kinder than the Jews.


16 posted on 11/26/2007 6:11:30 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ooh-Ah; SunkenCiv

Indeed it is an important article.

Mr Lewis writes with amazing clarity. And he is in his 90’s!


17 posted on 11/26/2007 6:40:59 PM PST by dervish (Pray for the peace of an UNDIVIDED JEWISH Jerusalem)
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To: KarlInOhio
Even if they claim that they accept the existance of Israel, it would just fall under the Islamic concept of Taqiyya.

The Koran commands them to kill every last Jew to usher in the judgement day. Peace is impossible.

Enslavement is only for Christians, infidels are also to be put to death. The way they are interpreting the Koran in Sudan is that only the christian women are to be saved as booty, the children are to be sold into slavery, the men are all to be killed.

So if Islam is to be taken as it is written in the koran and the hadith, 90% of the world will be killed, the only ones left are Muslims. Funny thing is their scriptures have built in a self destruct sequence. Once the conquest over the world is accomplished, the Muslims must fight to the death till only one "true" brand of Islam remains.

World destroyed, man wiped out, Satan wins.

Islam

18 posted on 11/27/2007 10:16:06 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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