Oct 17, 2023·edited Oct 17, 2023Liked by Daniel James Sharp
Sincere congratulation on the new position.
Over the years, I've agreed with you on most issues, but your point 5 requires some rebuttal. Arabs living inside Israel proper even have citizenship while the "refugees" in the "disputed territories" do not. So not all the Palestinians "... have been or continue too be treated appallingly by Israel..." Yes, some rights of citizenship are reserved for Jews - something regrettable, but understandable, given the multi-millennia long suppression, slaughter, confiscation of property, and expulsion Jews have experienced in most of Europe and the middle east. Why are the great grandchildren of Palestinians considered refugees? After the 1948 war about 700,000 Arabs were pushed out or chose to leave Israel while an identical number of Jews left countries like Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt where their ancestors had lived for centuries. Recall the 1948 war was launched by these Arab countries against an infant democracy comprised of Holocaust survivors. There are no refugee camps filled with descendants of these Jews - they were absorbed by Israel. The displaced Arabs were forced into camps where many of their progeny remain today, 75 years later. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a cynical body that in collusion with Israel's enemies insured the Palestinians would remain in squalor in these camps as propaganda fodder. How many refugee camps have been in place without resettling the occupants for 75 years? 5 years? These are the culprits responsible for Palestinian immiseration. Israel, for its part, has offered peace on several occasions, only to be rejected by Palestinian leadership, who will only accept the destruction of Israel.
Sincere congratulation on the new position.
Over the years, I've agreed with you on most issues, but your point 5 requires some rebuttal. Arabs living inside Israel proper even have citizenship while the "refugees" in the "disputed territories" do not. So not all the Palestinians "... have been or continue too be treated appallingly by Israel..." Yes, some rights of citizenship are reserved for Jews - something regrettable, but understandable, given the multi-millennia long suppression, slaughter, confiscation of property, and expulsion Jews have experienced in most of Europe and the middle east. Why are the great grandchildren of Palestinians considered refugees? After the 1948 war about 700,000 Arabs were pushed out or chose to leave Israel while an identical number of Jews left countries like Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt where their ancestors had lived for centuries. Recall the 1948 war was launched by these Arab countries against an infant democracy comprised of Holocaust survivors. There are no refugee camps filled with descendants of these Jews - they were absorbed by Israel. The displaced Arabs were forced into camps where many of their progeny remain today, 75 years later. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a cynical body that in collusion with Israel's enemies insured the Palestinians would remain in squalor in these camps as propaganda fodder. How many refugee camps have been in place without resettling the occupants for 75 years? 5 years? These are the culprits responsible for Palestinian immiseration. Israel, for its part, has offered peace on several occasions, only to be rejected by Palestinian leadership, who will only accept the destruction of Israel.