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geek tragedy

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Wed Feb 15, 2017, 08:08 PM Feb 2017

Top PA negotiator floats single state as US casts doubt on Palestinian independenc [View all]

And away we go. Palestinians--the smart ones anyways--have been planning for the post-two-state solution era.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/top-pa-negotiator-floats-single-state-as-us-casts-doubt-on-palestinian-independence/

The only alternative to the creation of a Palestinian state is a one-state solution in which all Palestinians will get the right to vote, Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said Wednesday, hours after a senior White House official appeared to withdraw the US’s traditional support for a two-state solution.

“Contrary to [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s plan of one state and two systems, apartheid, the only alternative to two sovereign and democratic states on the 1967 border is one single secular and democratic state with equal rights for everyone, Christians, Muslims, and Jews, on all of historic Palestine,” Erekat said during a meeting with the speaker of the UK House of Commons, John Bercow, in Ramallah.


Lots of negotiating to be done, starting with what to call the new state.
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Same guy that refused to speak at the Haaretz conference if an Israel flag was on stage. grossproffit Feb 2017 #1
How many Israeli pols would speak with the flag of Palestine geek tragedy Feb 2017 #2
Palestinian flag in Knesset oberliner Feb 2017 #3
Never going to happen. sellitman Feb 2017 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2017 #5
I don't think it's feasible GP6971 Feb 2017 #6
Are you saying if enough people leave, immigrate to the USA, then there should be 1 state for those uppityperson Feb 2017 #7
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Did the Palestinians ever believe in the two state solution? aranthus Feb 2017 #9
In general they'd certainly be eager to have their geek tragedy Feb 2017 #10
They counted on Egypt, Syria and the other Arab states to take down Israel by force hack89 Mar 2017 #11
What percentage of currently-living Palestinians were older than, say, 12 years old geek tragedy Mar 2017 #14
They were old enough hack89 Mar 2017 #19
Incisive demographic analysis is rarely based geek tragedy Mar 2017 #20
Ethnic hatred is what drives the violent elements hack89 Mar 2017 #21
Missing the point. aranthus Mar 2017 #12
no, the question is if you give them their own state, are they going to have any ability to prevent geek tragedy Mar 2017 #13
what voters? Mosby Mar 2017 #15
there's not much of the current reality in the Middle East to support nt geek tragedy Mar 2017 #16
Not nearly good enough aranthus Mar 2017 #17
I'm sure Pharaoh used similar justifications. geek tragedy Mar 2017 #18
Then you don't know much Bible or history aranthus Mar 2017 #22
if we're talking about actual history, the Israelites faced aggression precisely because they had geek tragedy Mar 2017 #23
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