Why have the Arabs rejected every chance at a new state that has been presented to them?
The TERMS are not fair or to their liking
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The TERMS are not fair or to their liking
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1. The Peel Commission proposal in 1937, in which the creation of an Arab state was suggested, but the Arabs rejected it.
2. 1947 U.N. Resolution to create a large Arab state with the Jews receiving two disjointed pieces, consisting mostly of much of the coastline and the Negev Desert. Jerusalem was to be internationalized. The Jews accepted the plan. The Arabs totally rejected it.
3. After the 1967 Six-Day War, in which the Israelis trounced the combined armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, Jordan's occupation of the "West Bank" ended and so did Egypt's occupation of Gaza. At that time, Israel offered the hand of friendship to the Arabs, which was rudely rejected when the Arabs issued the Three No's of Khartoum: No Peace, No Negotiation, and No Recognition of Israel.
4. In 1993 and 1995 Israel and the PLO signed the Oslo Accords with the aim of creating a Palestinian state within five years. Israel agreed to withdraw from parts of the West Bank and Gaza. Israel turned over most of its administration of the territories to the Palestinian Authority (PA). But, the Palestinians violated their commitments, thus scuttling the agreement.
5. In 2000, Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered to withdraw from 97% of the West Bank and 100% of Gaza. That proposal also guaranteed Palestinian refugees the right to return to the Palestinian state and offered reparations from $30 billion of international funds that would be collected to compensate them. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat rejected the deal.
6. In 2003, Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to negotiate with the Palestinians according to the "road map" formulated by the United States, Russia, the European Union, and the U.N. The Palestinians never fulfilled their obligation to normalized relations with Israel and to arrive at a comprehensive peace. Another missed opportunity!
7. In 2005, Israel unilaterally decided to evacuate every soldier and citizen from Gaza. The "reward" for Israel's evacuation was for the Palestinians to launch rockets into Israel from Gaza at an almost daily rate. There were further attempts in 2007 by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and in 2010 by Prime Minister "Bibi" Netanyahu, but all have ended in failure.
The "all-or-nothing" mentality of the Arabs, their unwillingness to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, and the Arabs' expressed desire to destroy the hated Jews, have kept peace from flowering. What a shame! If the Arabs had accepted the 1947 partition plan and had not invaded the nascent Jewish state with the armies of five Arab countries, they would not now have the need today to commemorate their "Nakba." They could be celebrating their country's 63rd anniversary, their enduring peace with Israel, and could be part of the tremendous prosperity that Israel has brought to that region of the world.
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AntwortenLöschenNext, would you like to analyze why American Indians got the short end of their peace treaties?
Hey, kudos, at least you answered. However wrong you are you had something to say which is better than everyone else who cannot defend their views on this topic.
AntwortenLöschenThe Palestinians have been offered a path to statehood several times. Every time they have said NO.
Their defenders have a really hard time explaining this because they can't state the truth..
It's not 'cannot defend their views', Randy. It's 'have no desire to engage'. It's as Mr Rat says - you always ask the question in some skewed way, from a premise based on the very part of your opinions that we'd probably disagree on... so, I see no point debating it. You're probably a lot more knowledgeable about the various treaties and peace process, but yes... is it not obvious? The terms were not acceptable. Settlements are illegal. The Palestinians are treated like animals, or less. Sure, there are radicals on both sides... but we all know who got the biggest stick.
AntwortenLöschenWhat's to debate? Israel is a country. I recognise that. I'd like to see Palestine recognised as one too, without Israel laying down conditions that favour only themselves... but now, you see, you'll pick up on that last little part of what I said, and ask me to elaborate. I won't do that. It;s not worth wasting the time engaging you on this, you are not looking to find any middleground, or learn anything, as I might. You are baiting the left, and that's all this is.