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blkbear

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1. Palestinian UN Membership

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 12:30 AM

Nov 2012

The same day that Israel was granted UN membership, Palestine should have been granted the same. Then Israel would not have been able to take over 1/3 of the West Bank and Gaza.

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Israel, U.S. Hold Secret Talks Over Palestinian Authority's UN Bid [View all] Purveyor Nov 2012 OP

Palestinian UN Membership blkbear Nov 2012 #1

West Bank and Gaza did not constitute "Palestine" then thesquanderer Nov 2012 #2

All of Palestine was carved out of Jordan and Egypt blkbear Nov 2012 #5

If the Arab states had not attacked Israel it would not have the West Bank/Gaza. former9thward Nov 2012 #6

Israel's massive ethnic cleansing campaign against the Palestinians cpwm17 Nov 2012 #8

"The UN had no legal or moral right to create a country on somebody else's land" former9thward Nov 2012 #10

Are you saying... thesquanderer Nov 2012 #7

Jordan & Egypt gave up nothing. blkbear Nov 2012 #9

I find it hard to reconcile your two replies to me thesquanderer Nov 2012 #11

President Obama talks the two-state solution but he doesn't walk the walk. More "chess". Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #3

Damn...how did I miss this one. Thanks for the link just the same. eom Purveyor Nov 2012 #4