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In reply to the discussion: trumps envoy: new administration won't tell israel what policies to adopt [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)50. Under the Clinton/Olmert plans, Jerusalem would be split. Next question?
East Jerusalem would've been the capital of the Palestinian state. You didn't know this?
...the settlements are not part of the Palestinian economy, and there's no economic activity in the settlements that would benefit Palestine.
Huh?
They would become part of the Palestinian economy. What's so difficult about this?
But the thing is, do you actually think it's a good idea to strip up to 600.000 Jews of their Israeli citizenship or is this just some red herring?
Not all 600,000. Not even close. But if Palestine absorbed settlements, marking final borders that would allow Palestine to prosper would be much easier.
Let me ask you a really easy question: The outlying settlements way out there in the W.Bank, what about them? Why couldn't Palestine absorb them?
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trumps envoy: new administration won't tell israel what policies to adopt [View all]
geek tragedy
Dec 2016
OP
Most liberal country in the Middle East is like being the tallest resident in Hobbiton.
geek tragedy
Dec 2016
#7
Jimmy Carter: "I know that Israel is a wonderful democracy with equal treatment..."
shira
Dec 2016
#18
Well at least you are acknowledging that your opinion is the opposite of Obama's
oberliner
Dec 2016
#25
I agree that the J Street position ought to be considered a pro Israel position
oberliner
Dec 2016
#33
He did appoint a new ambassador to Israel who supports moving the embassy to Jerusalem
Ken Burch
Dec 2016
#29
Well, yes, the pro-Israel community amongst Democrats is less than absolute
geek tragedy
Dec 2016
#63
He had every Security Council resolution that was even mildly critical of the Occupation vetoed.
Ken Burch
Dec 2016
#28
I disagree with the assessment that this is the "most pro-Israel administration possible"
still_one
Dec 2016
#9
being pro-Israel and doing what's best for Israel are two very different things
geek tragedy
Dec 2016
#10
For one thing the republican party platform has rejected the Iran nuclear deal as binding on the
still_one
Dec 2016
#11
Well yeah, Israel is a friendly loyal democracy, it's neighbors are tyrannical....
shira
Dec 2016
#22