Israel/Palestine

shira

(30,109 posts) Sat May 21, 2016, 06:26 AM May 2016

Poking a gaping hole in the Palestinian narrative

Fifty-one years ago this week, the youthful Jewish state proposed a peace plan that could have altered the course of Middle East history and settled the Arab-Israeli conflict once and for all, had it not been soundly ignored by the Arab states and the Palestinians. And while it might seem pointless to look that far back, it is precisely now, when Israel is coming under increasing international pressure and criticism, that we need to remind the world – and ourselves – about the real underlying cause of the dispute with our neighbors.

It was May 17, 1965, when Levi Eshkol, Israel’s third prime minister, ascended the podium in the Knesset to lay out a remarkably detailed plan for regional harmony. This was before the 1967 Six Day War was even on the horizon, at a time when there was no “occupation,” no “settlements” and no “Judaization” of Jerusalem.

....He didn’t communicate in slogans or catchphrases, as many politicians do today. Eshkol spoke in clear sentences and in no uncertain terms, offering to launch direct talks with Arab leaders with the goal of transforming the 1949 armistice agreements into lasting treaties of peace.

...Most people have never heard of the Eshkol plan, and you might be wondering why. The answer is really very simple: it pokes a gaping hole in the narrative put forward by the Palestinians and their supporters, who assert that the root of all Israeli-Palestinian discord lies in the events of 1967, rather than in the long-standing and deep-seated Arab desire to wipe Israel off the map.

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Poking a gaping hole in the Palestinian narrative (Original Post) shira May 2016 OP

You won't convince Hamas or their supporters that the Palestinian narrative has a hole in it FBaggins May 2016 #1

This blows a ginormous hole into the Palestinian narrative. shira Aug 2016 #2

Kick. n/t shira Sep 2016 #3

This will mean nothing to those leftynyc Sep 2016 #4

FBaggins

(27,714 posts)

1. You won't convince Hamas or their supporters that the Palestinian narrative has a hole in it

Reply to shira (Original post)

Sat May 21, 2016, 08:05 PM

May 2016

For them... the "occupation" began in the 1940s.

shira

(30,109 posts)

2. This blows a ginormous hole into the Palestinian narrative.

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 2, 2016, 06:34 PM

Aug 2016

The disingenuous belief that if only Israel fully retreated beyond the '67 lines, there would be peace & 2 states.

That was 1965.

In 1967 after the 6-day war, the response to Abba Eban and Moshe Dayan wanting to negotiate land for peace were the 3 No's at Khartoum.

Narrative buster.

shira

(30,109 posts)

3. Kick. n/t

Reply to shira (Original post)

Wed Sep 14, 2016, 07:31 PM

Sep 2016

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)

4. This will mean nothing to those

Reply to shira (Original post)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 09:12 AM

Sep 2016

who have their pathetic blinders on and insist that Israel is the culprit and ALL the blame goes to them on the Palestinian issue. Nothing about their own failed leadership, nothing about the terrorism that Israel has had to deal with since the day they declared Independence. Think of how far ahead of the game they would be if they sat down with the Israelis in 1948 and hammered out an agreement rather than invading. Or in 1956. Or in 1967. Or in 1972. The Palestinians leaders are true fuck ups who don't give a shit about their own people. If they did, they wouldn't steal all of the aid money to line their own pockets, buy weapons and build tunnels instead of building schools and hospitals.

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