proudveteran06,
et al,
Unfortunately, I don't see the Right-of-Return (RoR) for 7 million, or 5 million, or even 3 million Hostile Arab Palestinians (HoAP), as even a table issue. It truly would be DOA.
(COMMENT)
The official Palestinian position specifically stipulates that they want "both" RoR and reparations for the refugees. But more than that, the Palestinians demand three things.
- The Palestinians demand a confession that Israel created the refugee problem.
- Reparations in various forms for lost property over a half century ago.
- They want compensation for the property that cannot be repatriated.
The Palestinian are making the peace price so high - as to make another half-century of the
"status quo" (Occupation) more acceptable and fiscally sound.
I cannot speak for the Israelis. But there must be a certain amount of reasonableness involved in the Negotiation. And the RoR and 3-Element Reparation demands are unreasonable. Yes, both sides need to compromise and make sacrifices, but these Palestinian demands are entirely unreasonable.
(ALTERNATIVE SCENARIO - The Epilog to Palestinian Good Faith Negotiations)
Remember, the customary settlements is that the losing side normally pays the reparations.
- The Arabs attacked,
- the Arabs lost control of their territory (not just once, but three times),
- and the Arab deserve to pay their portion of the reparations, restitution, and compensation.
OR, they could just sit it out in the Refugee Camps that they have made so popular and fashionable. It is their choice
(self-determination).
Most Respectfully,
R
You say that the Israelis should consider " Right of Return" to be " negotiated" however that is not the Palestinian position. Even if Israel were psychotic enough to consider it; How would it be " decided" who? Can't trust the Palestinians. If they can't wage war and destroy Israel from the outside they will try to do it from the inside. Another reason why " Right of Return" will never happen.
The Politics of the Palestinian Right of Return
by Alexander Joffe and Asaf Romirowsky
Forbes
February 24, 2014
The Politics of the Palestinian Right of Return :: Middle East Forum
US-backed negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are entering a critical period. With reports suggesting Israeli acceptance of the 1967 lines and land swaps, what about Palestinian concessions? Two issues are paramount: the 'right of return' and recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently stated, "Let me put it simply: the right of return is a personal decision. What does this mean? That neither the PA, nor the state, nor the PLO, nor Abu-Mazen [Abbas], nor any Palestinian or Arab leader has the right to deprive someone from his right to return."
This arch in the Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem features a giant key, symbolizing keys kept as mementos by many of the Palestinians who left their homes in 1948. (Image source: Reham Alhelsi/Flickr)
Jamil Mizer, a member of the political bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) underscored the issue saying, "there is talk about the liquidation of the Palestinian refugee cause, the return of hundreds of thousands to the lands occupied in 1948, and the dismantling of the right of return of over six million Palestinian refugees in the camps, in exile and in the diaspora, who are waiting for their moment to return to the homes and lands from which they were expelled".
The Politics of the Palestinian Right of Return :: Middle East Forum
