Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Zakaria: What the Palestinians should do. [View all]pelsar
(12,283 posts)what the interesting issue is: that so far what you have claimed is simply wrong:
1) you claimed that the PA receive nothing for oslo, when in fact they receive quite a lot in terms of self rule
2) you've claimed that despite oslo the settlements continued, when in fact they were not part of the agreement (hence their expansion as per the PA's agreement was permissible)
in fact if you complaining about settlement growth between the intifadas, you should complain to the PA whom as per their agreement deferred to a later stage
so now what?...you may want to disagree with the PA as per their agreement, thats fine, but dont ignore to what they agreed to either. (unless of course you one of those that believe the "ends justifies them means" you'll have plenty of company)
as to my own personal opinion about the settlements, i'm against them, but I also don't believe in ignoring facts and history.