Comments on: Of House Arabs and Field Arabs

By: Ariadna

Ariadna — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:01:35 +0000

Peter must get his understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from hasbara materials only. “Thery’re all Arabs, why not move over to Jordan?” [so that the state 'for Jews only' can achieve Eretz Israel], and “King Abdullah speaks for them” [because he speaks for us...], “so there’s no need for them to speak for themselves” are ziopropaganda standbys.
“Arab kills Arab” [they're savages, they're not civilized like the Israeli soldiers who kill Palestinian children for sport] ” is another. Yes, Dahlan’s house Arabs are willing to kill Arabs for a few shekels.
The Palestinians’ right of return–the real thing, not the upside down “return” of Russains and others who claim they are descendants of long dead tribesmen (landsmen) of 3,000 years ago, is legitimate by international law, by human rights and by the unflinching will of 7,000 Palestinian refugees.
Israel can continue to commit crimes against humanity hoping that the Palestinians will somehow at some point just go away but it will never happen.
In the end there will be ONE STATE and the “Israelis” who cannot live in a state that is no longer for Jews only will go back where they came from (taking the house Arabs with them) because, to paraphrase the hasbara man above, the suggestion that zionist Jews living in Palestine are somehow different from zionist jews living in NYC, Miami, Kiev, Odessa or Moscow is nonsensical and has been the cause of untold suffering.

By: Hue Longer

Hue Longer — Tue, 22 May 2007 20:49:54 +0000

lol Peter,
Perhaps you should have chosen a better metaphor than, “It’s time the West Bank Arabs came in from the field and out of the cold”…considering the name of the article

By: Leyla

Leyla — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:56:49 +0000

What goes around comes around…

By: peter

peter — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:13:45 +0000

Abdullah’s idea has great merit. Division of the West Bank between Jordan and Israel is the only plan that has any chance of success. The suggestion that Arabs living east of the Jordan River are somehow different to Arabs living west of the Jordan River is nonsensical and has been the cause of untold suffering. Abdullah’s family has preserved Jordan as an exclusively Arab State in 77% of Palestine for the last 85 years. He is entitled more than any one else to represent the West Bank Arabs. Isn’t their freedom from Israeli occupation the most pressing issue? Another State between Israel and Jordan is a recipe for continuing disaster. The Quartet realise this and perhaps even the Arab League will begin to understand this as Arab kills Arab in Gaza and Lebanon.It’s time the West Bank Arabs came in from the field and out of the cold. A warm welcome will await them as citizens of Jordan, a status they previously enjoyed for 20 years.