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furman Donating Member (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-21-06 12:01 PM
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92. So Benny Morris says that population transfer may be justified in certain situtations
Why don't you guys jump down Morris's throat for saying this?

Most of the posters here seem to find the idea of population transfer abhorrent under any circumstances.
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  -The Green Line is the border bemildred  Dec-15-06 09:59 AM   #0 
  - Israel has a border? But if the border is the Green line...why does the  Tom Joad   Dec-15-06 10:03 AM   #1 
  - The Green Line is not an official border  furman   Dec-15-06 11:03 AM   #2 
     - why shouldn't Palestinians be allowed to live anywhere they want?  Tom Joad   Dec-15-06 12:20 PM   #3 
     - I can't answer for the Arab countries who don't want them  furman   Dec-15-06 02:45 PM   #4 
        - Yeah , like the immigration quotas implemented by the US at the dawn of the 20th century , quotas ..  UndertheOcean   Dec-15-06 03:18 PM   #5 
        - How can you get it so wrong  nicoll   Dec-16-06 10:02 AM   #7 
        - Funny that in your post you don't mention  Phx_Dem   Dec-16-06 11:16 AM   #10 
           - The Mandate, Sir, Lapsed In '47  The Magistrate   Dec-16-06 12:48 PM   #14 
              - Professor Stone disagrees with your assessment  Phx_Dem   Dec-16-06 03:27 PM   #30 
                 - You Will Note The Date Of This Material Is 2003, Sir  The Magistrate   Dec-16-06 04:41 PM   #32 
                    - Perhaps I am looking at the wrong advisory opinion.  msmcghee   Dec-16-06 05:45 PM   #35 
                       - You Will Fnd It Contained In The Opinion, Ma'am  The Magistrate   Dec-16-06 06:05 PM   #36 
                          - Legal opinions are just that.  msmcghee   Dec-17-06 09:46 AM   #45 
                             - A Legal Opinion By A Court With Jurisdiction, Ma'am, Is The State Of The Law On The Matter  The Magistrate   Dec-17-06 11:21 AM   #49 
                             - It is my opinion that such pronouncements as in your last post . .  msmcghee   Dec-17-06 11:44 AM   #51 
                                - It Is Always A Pleasure To Be Seen As A Naif, Ma'am  The Magistrate   Dec-17-06 01:02 PM   #53 
                                   - If you noticed, I prefaced my whole post with . .  msmcghee   Dec-17-06 03:05 PM   #56 
                                      - Let Me Assure You No Offense Was Taken, Ma'am  The Magistrate   Dec-17-06 03:30 PM   #58 
                                         - I'm always pleased to find agreement with you.  msmcghee   Dec-17-06 04:02 PM   #59 
                                            - One Small Point, Ma'am  The Magistrate   Dec-19-06 12:27 AM   #68 
                                            - Problem is that that wasn't whatthe ruling said  eyl   Dec-19-06 12:41 AM   #69 
                                            - That Is Not Quite What The Ruling Says, Sir  The Magistrate   Dec-20-06 08:22 PM   #77 
                             - Umm....  dmesg   Dec-20-06 12:21 PM   #73 
                                - I think that to understand my reasoning here . .  msmcghee   Dec-20-06 01:20 PM   #74 
                                   - You May Forgive Me, Ma'am, Since You Have Invoked Some Earlier Comments Of Mine  The Magistrate   Dec-20-06 08:48 PM   #78 
                                      - Please don't apologize for jumping into . .  msmcghee   Dec-20-06 10:54 PM   #79 
                                         - It Is True Enough, Ma'am  The Magistrate   Dec-21-06 12:50 AM   #82 
                                            - Thanks for the great post..  msmcghee   Dec-22-06 03:44 PM   #95 
                                               - You Have Set Me a Pretty Task, Ma'am  The Magistrate   Dec-23-06 01:03 AM   #97 
                                               - It does seem we may be getting closer to . .  msmcghee   Dec-23-06 11:24 AM   #98 
                                               - Your next concern is my use of the phrase . .  msmcghee   Dec-23-06 06:08 PM   #99 
                                               - Regarding your final paragraph . .  msmcghee   Dec-23-06 06:55 PM   #100 
                                               - I have thought about that last paragraph overnight and . .  msmcghee   Dec-24-06 02:45 PM   #101 
        - Catholics don't have a Right of Return for Vatican City.  Ken Burch   Dec-17-06 09:56 AM   #46 
     - It Might As Well Be, Mr. Furman  The Magistrate   Dec-15-06 04:21 PM   #6 
     - amusing at best...  pelsar   Dec-16-06 10:59 AM   #8 
     - What is the end game that is so clear to you?  breakaleg   Dec-16-06 11:02 AM   #9 
     - the end game ...  pelsar   Dec-16-06 01:53 PM   #16 
        - Which settlements to you believe they will get to keep? And why?  breakaleg   Dec-16-06 01:59 PM   #17 
           - cities are hard to move...  pelsar   Dec-16-06 02:04 PM   #19 
              - But if they were temporary, then Israel must have considered that when  breakaleg   Dec-16-06 02:09 PM   #20 
                 - consequences for one actions...  pelsar   Dec-16-06 02:15 PM   #21 
                 - Looking at maps of the West Bank  breakaleg   Dec-16-06 02:20 PM   #24 
                 - There Are Some Settlements, Ma'am  The Magistrate   Dec-16-06 02:22 PM   #25 
                    - What if it makes it so difficult to swallow for the Palestinians that they won't?  breakaleg   Dec-16-06 02:24 PM   #26 
                       - they already have.....their leadership (PA)  pelsar   Dec-16-06 02:30 PM   #28 
                       - In That Case, Ma'am, They May Continue The Futile Course They Are On Now  The Magistrate   Dec-16-06 02:40 PM   #29 
                          - You are right, of course.  breakaleg   Dec-16-06 03:42 PM   #31 
                             - In Things Like This, Ma'am, Raw Power Matters  The Magistrate   Dec-16-06 04:45 PM   #33 
                             - Ok. If that's their position, then I'd rather they wouldn't sugar coat it, or  breakaleg   Dec-16-06 05:11 PM   #34 
                             - It Is My View, Ma'am  The Magistrate   Dec-16-06 06:06 PM   #37 
                             - Yes, raw power does matter..  newyorican   Dec-17-06 09:31 PM   #61 
                             - why the palestenains have to 'compromise"...  pelsar   Dec-16-06 11:48 PM   #38 
                                - How ironic.  breakaleg   Dec-17-06 01:11 AM   #39 
                                   - welcome to the world....  pelsar   Dec-17-06 02:23 AM   #40 
     - Doubtless We Share The View, Mr. Pelsar, Amusement Is Where One Finds It  The Magistrate   Dec-16-06 12:18 PM   #12 
     - my argument with the intl law...  pelsar   Dec-16-06 01:59 PM   #18 
        - A Good Lawyer, Sir, Can Indeed Argue Anything  The Magistrate   Dec-16-06 02:16 PM   #22 
           - Saying that means nothing.  msmcghee   Dec-17-06 10:02 AM   #47 
           - It Means Both Nothing And Everything, Ma'am  The Magistrate   Dec-17-06 11:29 AM   #50 
           - To be frank,  eyl   Dec-17-06 12:46 PM   #52 
              - To Address Just One Item, Sir  The Magistrate   Dec-17-06 01:22 PM   #54 
                 - Given that  eyl   Dec-18-06 03:19 AM   #62 
     - Cheerleaders? You mean those folk who claim Israeli settlements are legal? n/t  Violet_Crumble   Dec-17-06 03:14 AM   #41 
        - my definition of cheerleaders...  pelsar   Dec-17-06 06:02 AM   #43 
           - So there's no cheerleaders on the Israeli side?  Violet_Crumble   Dec-17-06 06:26 AM   #44 
              - my definition...  pelsar   Dec-17-06 11:02 AM   #48 
     - That last sentence makes my head spin.  msmcghee   Dec-16-06 11:30 AM   #11 
     - Over The Years, Ma'am  The Magistrate   Dec-16-06 12:40 PM   #13 
        - here is one recent poll with a extensive breakdown of Palestinian opinion  Douglas Carpenter   Dec-16-06 01:11 PM   #15 
        - Thanks for the informative reply.  msmcghee   Dec-16-06 02:18 PM   #23 
           - Thank You For The Kind Words, Ma'am  The Magistrate   Dec-16-06 02:29 PM   #27 
     - About those pious noises...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-17-06 04:35 AM   #42 
     - The same reason Palestinians can't live anywhere they want  dmesg   Dec-19-06 01:35 PM   #70 
        - Responses  furman   Dec-19-06 02:35 PM   #71 
        - You just repeated a myth...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-20-06 01:23 PM   #75 
           - Only a small number of Arabs were expelled or terrorized, the rest fled voluntarily  furman   Dec-20-06 03:25 PM   #76 
              - I'm sorry, I apologize for being rude. but that is pure nonsense  Douglas Carpenter   Dec-21-06 12:23 AM   #80 
              - Thanks for posting that, Douglas...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-21-06 12:32 AM   #81 
              - "For the record" by Benny Morris, The Guardian, January 14, 2004  furman   Dec-21-06 09:46 AM   #84 
                 - Ben-Gurion was a "transferist" and Benny Morris doesn't think he went far enough  Douglas Carpenter   Dec-21-06 10:52 AM   #88 
                 - So Benny Morris says that population transfer may be justified in certain situtations  furman   Dec-21-06 12:01 PM   #92 
                    - Most people here do find population transfer abhorrent...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-21-06 01:11 PM   #93 
                       - I find it abhorrent as well n/t  furman   Dec-22-06 01:04 PM   #94 
                          - Thanks for clarifying that n/t  Violet_Crumble   Dec-22-06 03:49 PM   #96 
                 - Mr. Barak certainly NEVER made the Palestinians any generous offer  Douglas Carpenter   Dec-21-06 11:04 AM   #89 
                    - As I have responded before, this is revisionist history  furman   Dec-21-06 11:26 AM   #90 
                       - I will take the written record of the European Union notes as  Douglas Carpenter   Dec-21-06 11:33 AM   #91 
              - So where did the Palestinian Arab-Israelis come from?  Phx_Dem   Dec-21-06 09:51 AM   #85 
                 - a minority did indeed stay in Israel and remained under military  Douglas Carpenter   Dec-21-06 10:32 AM   #87 
              - No, that's not correct.  Englander   Dec-21-06 03:55 AM   #83 
        - The comparison between Israel  cali   Dec-21-06 10:11 AM   #86 
  - Sharon's Wall was a great success, to my surprise  IndianaGreen   Dec-17-06 02:21 PM   #55 
     - I don't see the point  cali   Dec-17-06 03:18 PM   #57 
     - Me too.  bemildred   Dec-17-06 05:11 PM   #60 
        - Just as a point of information  eyl   Dec-18-06 03:22 AM   #63 
           - no rockets from the westbank..  pelsar   Dec-18-06 08:21 AM   #64 
           - I have to ask: why would you believe anything he says?  bemildred   Dec-18-06 09:32 AM   #67 
              - zakarwi...  pelsar   Dec-19-06 03:15 PM   #72 
           - I know, but they might. The barrier will do nothing to stop rockets.  bemildred   Dec-18-06 08:23 AM   #65 
              - quite true  eyl   Dec-18-06 08:31 AM   #66 
 

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