paulh
On 12 Apr 2002 14:39:35 GMT, mcresq@aol.com (Russ) wrote:

Well, Egypt and Jordan did, to an extent. But a full recognition of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state must include a repudiation of any Palestinian right of return. This is simple logic, since any significant repatriation would doom Israel's Jewish character in the long run. We'll know the Arabs are serious about peace when they make room for the Palestinians in their own countries and let them out of the refugee prison camps.

If the other Arab states wanted to to give the Palestinians a state they

could

have any time prior to the 1967 War. Prior to that war, Egypt controlled

the

Gaza Strip and Jordan controlled the West Bank. I wonder why no one ever

asks

this question?

Furthermore, Israel rightly took those areas in the 1967 war, since Israel

was

being *attacked* from there. Isreal is under no obligation to return them

in

the absence of a settled peace.

So true... Israel was being attacked from there in 1967 so its only right that they can brutalise civilians in that area 35 years later. Might is Right and all..