Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Israel, the un-apartheid state – a comparison with Australia [View all]R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)Paraphrasing:
NF: "The public is ready to accept (in his opinion) what international law says. Enforce the law.
The law is clear. It is unambiguous. It's uncomplicated. There is a near unanimous consensus on what the law says.
The law is clear.
The settlements are illegal. That's correct.
East Jerusalem is occupied Palestinian territory. That's correct.
The West Bank and Gaza are occupied Palestinian territory. That's correct.
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All the PA wants to do is bargain behind closed doors with the Israelis, and the Israelis will never give them anything."
Quoting Frederick Douglas: "Power never concedes anything without a demand. It never has. It never will. Unless you have the force to extract it from Israel it will never give you anything."
"The solidarity movement is correct."
That was the first five minutes.
So even Norm Finklestein believes that Israeli settlements are illegal and are within occupied Palestinian land: including East Jerusalem.
That pretty much slaps the shizzle out of your argument here.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=47265
But once again, nice cherry picking, Shira. Sloppy at best. Completely unconvincing. If you're going to post something as an argument then don't lead in with a video that blows holes in the main part of you philosophy within the first five minutes.
Derp.
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