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America Alienating Itself ?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by F.D. Khan, Mar 7, 2002.

  1. Mango

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    F.D. Kahn,

    http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/palestinians.html could be the site you quoted from, but there are several others available.

    I could pull up web sites quoting various Muslims with anti-Semitic remarks throughout history, but it really serves little purpose on trying to move forward on creating a peace deal in the Middle East.

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    Lets examine the different scenarios that the involved parties are looking at in any peace deal:

    For Israel:

    1) Extreme position
    Palestinians are dispersed to other ME countries and Jewish settlements expand.

    2) Less Extreme
    Settlements stay as is and the Palestinians are stuck with the status quo.

    3) Moderate deal
    Settlements are rolled back.
    Territorial Boundaries are roughly 1967 with some minor tweaking.
    No right of return (or very limited) to Israel proper by Palestinians.

    4) Liberal Deal
    #3 with full Right of Return as demanded by the PNA (among others)

    5) Total Surrender
    Pack the bags and leave what was Israel for destinations unknown.



    For the Palestinians:

    1) Extreme Position
    Palestine from the Jordan River to the Med. Sea.

    2) Less Extreme
    Settlements are rolled back.
    Territorial Boundaries are roughly 1967 with some minor tweaking.
    Full Right of Return

    3) Moderate
    Settlements are rolled back.
    Territorial Boundaries are roughly 1967 with some minor tweaking.
    No right of return (or very limited) to Israel proper by Palestinians.

    4) Liberal
    Settlements remain and boundaries are accepted as is.

    5) Total Surrender
    All of the disputed land is ceded to Israel and the Palestinians disperse to other Arab countries.


    There are various factors to create subpoints on the above scales, but the general concepts seem to be illustrated.

    Would some money have to be used in a settlement to forgo the Right of Return? Perhaps, but the concept of full Right of Return seems to be a dealbreaker for Israel and alternatives need to be explored.


    Mango
     
    #21 Mango, Mar 8, 2002
    Last edited: Mar 8, 2002

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