Abbas does not have the authority to sign away other people's rights.
And it is this kind of intransigence that would make me - in their shoes - begin the process of evicting and expelling every last Muslim-Palestinian; in Gaza, for starters, and then the West Bank; and Devil take the consequences.
Tinny does, indeed, represent the mindset of the Palestinians in such matters. There is no middle-ground or compromise with the Palestinians. They want it all and will settle for nothing less. They will dissemble and deceive and lie and deal falsely along the way but them settling for anything less than 'all' is deceptive and a mere temporary state of affairs.
Consequently, there can be no peace unless...
1. Israel is destroyed
2. The Palestinians are exterminated
3. The Palestinians are evicted from their homes and expelled to Egypt, Jordan, etc.
(1) is not going to happen.
(2) is too bloodthirsty and inhumane, and risks an intervention
(3) is the only answer left
All three options involve blood.
(3) involves the least amount of blood; all or most of the displaced are still alive at the end of it, and nobody will interfere, other than to protest or boycott.
It has been 65 years and the foolhardy Palestinians have never really budged an inch.
They cannot be trusted - as negotiating partners or neighbors.
Ever.
Time to send them packing, while the Israelis have the muscle, and while all of the neighboring Arab countries are militarily impotent.
There is no other form of relief (for the Israelis) in sight.
Might as well admit it, bite the goddamned bullet, and get started.
Long-term, in light of the alternatives, the Israelis have nothing to lose by doing so.
I wonder if they are beginning to think in similar terms?
We may find out, when this latest round of pointless talks fails.
Of course, the Israelis may find a way to drag this out for another 3 years - long enough for a new and more sympathetic American administration to be sworn-in, but it seems unlikely that America will interfere, once the next round of talks fail, if the Israelis finally begin to act.
This idiotic revisiting of Right-of-Return on the part of the Palestinians is a Poison Pill designed to kill the talks.
I wonder if the Palestinians know just how dangerous such a tactic may prove, this time around?
Fools.
All three options involve blood.
The Zionist's project to take Palestine from the Palestinians has always involved blood.
The Palestinian lies again. The Destruction of Israel has been the agenda since May 14, 1948 and still is which is " Right of Return" will never happen. Notice how the Palestinian can't/ won't tell us why Israel should agree to it?
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PA depicts a world without Israel
Future: A world without Israel
PA depicts a world without Israel
The Palestinian Authority makes no attempt to educate its people towards peace and coexistence with Israel. On the contrary, from every possible platform it repeatedly rejects Israel's right to exist, presents the conflict as a religious battle for Islam, depicts the establishment of Israel as an act of imperialism, and perpetuates a picture of the Middle East, both verbally and visually, in which Israel does not exist at all. Israel's destruction is said to be both inevitable and a Palestinian obligation.
The following description of Israel's founding in a Palestinian schoolbook represents the dominant dogma about Israel:
"Palestines war ended with a catastrophe that is unprecedented in history, when the Zionist gangs stole Palestine
and established the so-called State of Israel."
[Arabic Language, Analysis, Literature and Criticism, grade 12, p. 104]
This official PA map of "Palestine was broadcast on PA TV in September 2011. The map includes both the PA areas and all of Israel (excluding the Golan Heights) wrapped in the Palestinian flag - a symbol of Palestinian sovereignty over the whole area - and has a key through it, symbolizing ownership. Similar maps presenting all of Israel as "Palestine" appear in Palestinian schoolbooks and are shown regularly on PA TV.
Future: A world without Israel
The PA promises its people that in the future, the State of Israel will be completely erased and replaced by a State of Palestine. A Fatah member of Palestinian parliament, Najat Abu Bakr, told PA TV that the PA supports and adopts the stages plan. To the world, the PA claims that the Palestinians seek the West Bank and Gaza Strip, when in fact the goal is all of Israel: It doesnt mean that we dont want the 1948 borders, but in our current political program we say we want a state on the 1967 borders. [PA TV (Fatah), Aug. 25, 2008]
Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki reiterated this position on Al-Jazeera TV:
It is impossible to realize the inspiring idea or the great goal in one stroke
Israel will come to an end
If I say that I want to remove it from existence, this will be great, great, [but] it is hard. This is not a [stated] policy. You can't say it to the world. You can say it to yourself. [Al-Jazeera TV, Sept. 23, 2011]
The following words from a song on official PA TV, which started to appear in 2012, expresses longing for the day that Jaffa, Acre, Haifa and the Galilee, all in Israel, will be part of my country (Palestine) where all cities would be accessible "with no borders": "I wish I could enter my country with no borders...
I will go about in Bethlehem and in Al-Aqsa [Mosque], which is held captive...
I do not forget Jenin or Nablus, and the Galilee
I do not forget you, Jaffa
To Jerusalem, to Ramle, to Acre, to Haifa, oh Lord...
I wish I could enter my country with no borders." [PA TV (Fatah), Feb. 9, 2012]
The PAs using culture to long for the destruction of Israel is not new. Many examples can be seen in this section below, including a music video, which aired on official PA TV from 2007 2009 and promises the liberation of Palestine, listing numerous Israeli cities as Palestine:
"We will liberate the Land of the religions
Palestine is Arab in history and identity
From Jerusalem and Acre, from Haifa and Jericho and Gaza and Ramallah, from Bethlehem and Jaffa, Be'er Sheba and Ramle, and from Nablus to the Galilee, from Tiberias to Hebron.
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