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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
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Subject: Re: Quote about overall situation in Mid. East - and a question
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Date: Sun, 1-Jan-84 09:29:02 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan  1 09:29:02 1984
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The difficulty that I, and many other Jews, have with Tim Bray's
description of the "Palestinian problem" is  the implication that
all Israel has to do is hand over the West Bank and the Palestinians
will live there happily ever after. Quite apart from my religious
objections to giving up land which is much more a part of historical
Israel than Tel Aviv or Haifa, I do not believe the Palestinians would
settle for that. From 1948 to 1967 they could have had whatever state
they desired on the West Bank, and only had Jordan to argue with. The
fundamental objection of the Palestinians is to the *existence* of
Israel. That obviously doesn't give us much room for discussion.

The U.N.'s partition vote in 1947 proposed two states, one Jewish and
one Arab. Please remember which side refused to live in peace. And
please remember that the PLO's convenant calls for the destruction of
the State of Israel.

Dave Sherman
Toronto
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