RE: All The News Anti-Israel Posters Will Not Read Or Discuss
⁜→ Shusha, et al,
“Be wary around your enemy once, and your friend a thousand times.
A double-crossing friend knows more about what harms you.”
..........................................................................(Ancient Proverb)
Better to hold off for a few more years and only fighting half of the Muslim world rather than all of it?
Still sucks that it necessitates throwing Israel (Jews) under the bus, though.
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Yeah, there are several factors that affect this line of thought; remembering though there is no one single line of thought that applies to the current political climate.
I'm not sure that it is so much about throwing the Israelis under the bus. There are domestic concerns in the Arab World that affect where the Arab Leadership focus. Sometimes, to keep the political activist from gaining ground and support, it is necessary to give the masses something to chew on.
The biggest cause of Muslim migration/immigration/refugees is US foreign policy.
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It is easy to blame American Foreign Policy, especially when there really isn't a foreign policy to speak of in these matters.
In general, migration is caused by the search for a better life and to fulfill the dreams for the future. It has nothing to do with Foreign Policy.
Immigration is, on the other hand, a matter of Domestic Policy (not Foreign Policy). Those that migrate have little practical understanding of immigration matters.
I can rightly say I am from Germany because my grandfather (mother's side) was born there and immigrated after WWI. My grandmother was Pennsylvania Dutch. I have no clue when they came here. I cannot make that same claim about France or Italy. Even if I were to "return" that would not give me any exclusive rights. I would just be like everyone else.
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If you were born in America, you are an American. There is no "right of return" concept that is applicable. In contemporary times, immigration is most effected by domestic unemployment. The general population does not concern themselves with immigration when both the American Citizen and the Immigrant have low unemployment/under-employment numbers. It is only when the opportunities and expectation of either become significant.
The "right of return" is another political matter that is driven by these same factors. If there was no difference in the "employment numbers" and potential for "future opportunities" between the Israelis and the Arab Palestinians, then that condition would stabilize security in the region.
The "right of return" is no more valid for 98% of the Arab Palestinian population then it is for you or me. We were never residents of Israel, and neither have 98% of the Arab Palestinians. For the "right of return" to be applicable, your applicant would have to have lived in Israel.
(You cannot return to a place that you have never been in the first place.)
No enforcement of International Law applies to immigration policy. Immigration is a "domestic" matter.
Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters
which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter, but this principle shall not prejudice the
application of enforcement measures under Chapter Vll.
Most Respectfully,
R