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Israel/Palestine

oberliner

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20. I don't agree with all you've written here

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #16)

Tue Aug 7, 2012, 07:03 PM

Aug 2012

I don't think all the settlements are "an injustice to the people of Palestine" - especially if you consider East Jerusalem to be a settlement.

There can definitely be a two-state solution with some of the near-the-Green Line-settlements staying in place. They would just be annexed to Israel in exchange for land of equal size and quality near the Green Line being annexed to the new Palestinian state.

Are you opposed to a land swap of that nature?

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Israel's Spending on Illegal Settlements Hits Two-Decade High of NIS 1.1 Billion [View all] stockholmer Aug 2012 OP

Why did you add a dollar sign? oberliner Aug 2012 #1

fixed stockholmer Aug 2012 #7

Thanks oberliner Aug 2012 #10

Why Did You Add... holdencaufield Aug 2012 #2

Perhaps for the same reason that Shira changed her headline? ......... kayecy Aug 2012 #3

So it was done for manipulative propaganda purposes? oberliner Aug 2012 #6

Ask Shira.......She refused to explain when I asked her!........n/t kayecy Aug 2012 #13

because they ARE illegal stockholmer Aug 2012 #8

Legal minds disagree holdencaufield Aug 2012 #9

and in your mind what court would have jurisdiction? the ICJ? azurnoir Aug 2012 #11

the percentage of 'legal minds' & countries (Israel alone) claiming 'legal' would make even global stockholmer Aug 2012 #12

In the absense... holdencaufield Aug 2012 #17

"Legal Minds Disagree" Scootaloo Aug 2012 #26

well lets straighten this out Israel has spent approx. $275,000,000 on settlements azurnoir Aug 2012 #4

Thanks for the correction oberliner Aug 2012 #5

Not much point in pursuing the 2-state solution...... kayecy Aug 2012 #14

It's the only workable solution oberliner Aug 2012 #15

It's ONLY workable if, at the VERY least, a permanent settlement expansion moratorium is imposed NOW Ken Burch Aug 2012 #16

"WITH the settlements in place, [West Bank] could never be a real state" holdencaufield Aug 2012 #18

It wouldn't play out that way Ken Burch Aug 2012 #21

"It wouldn't play out that way" holdencaufield Aug 2012 #23

But of course the Palestinian should have a RoR!!! Shaktimaan Aug 2012 #28

What happened to the Mizrahi was an injustice Ken Burch Aug 2012 #31

untrue. Shaktimaan Aug 2012 #33

I'm talking about the displacement of the Mizrahi from the other Arab countries, for God's sake Ken Burch Aug 2012 #34

I don't agree with all you've written here oberliner Aug 2012 #20

What is there to swap? Ken Burch Aug 2012 #22

I beg you to look at the Geneva Accords oberliner Aug 2012 #24

I looked at the map...but it tells nothing Ken Burch Aug 2012 #35

Yes it does oberliner Aug 2012 #36

I'll look again later. Ken Burch Aug 2012 #37

Hahahaha. Shaktimaan Aug 2012 #29

The current Arab democracy movement is still less than two years old Ken Burch Aug 2012 #30

you misunderstand. Shaktimaan Aug 2012 #32

One side ... holdencaufield Aug 2012 #19

Depends on what you mean by "workable" Scootaloo Aug 2012 #27

Why not? Shaktimaan Aug 2012 #25