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Do the Palestinians Really Want a State?

Hatuey said:
In another great debate between Israel supporters and Palestinian sympathizers, Palestinian supporters have been dealt a near deadly blow by being accused of being anti-Semitic.

In response Palestinian supporters have fired with an equally compelling argument accusing Israel's supporters of being pro-radical Zionism.
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Define "radical Zionism".
Is it like really really wanting a Jewish homeland, or really really supporting the Israeli state, or something like that? :2razz:

No seriously, what do you mean by "radical Zionism"?
Are you referring to radical people that happen to be Zionists?
 
Hatuey said:
In another great debate between Israel supporters and Palestinian sympathizers, Palestinian supporters have been dealt a near deadly blow by being accused of being anti-Semitic.

In response Palestinian supporters have fired with an equally compelling argument accusing Israel's supporters of being pro-radical Zionism.

Accusations of what Palestianians and Israelis each want without any proof at all have flown back and forth.

News reports from all over the country are coming in right now which seem to indicate that Israel's supporters are seeking a preemptive attack on Jewish critics of Israels.

The current rumor on the airwaves is that it will have something to do with hating themselves.
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I assume this was sarcastic, but so badly placed it makes a mockery of it's intent.
Clearly you hadn't even read the string or it's latest posts; just thought you'd add your aimless 2 cents at the section.
The post/posts immediately above yours, are mine, an Israel supporter, heaping praise on the moderate Palestinian PM.
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mbig said:
Anyone who's watched the the conflict for a good while had to have noticed how Arafat loved his revolutionary image.
I called it "Che Syndrome", and perhaps the main reason palestinians don't have a state- but a continuing 'revolution'.
This sad legacy seems to go on.

The more general Essay by Jakub Grygiel Hoover Institution - Policy Review - The Power of Statelessness Struck Robert Kaplan of the Atlantic as it applies to this situation.

Why landlessness may be its own source of power
by Robert D. Kaplan
Do the Palestinians Really Want a State? - The Atlantic (April 21, 2009)


And lest my fellow "Your Link continues" friends accuse me of leaving it out..
The beginning of the article Notes that THIS Israeli Govt is Particularly problematic to deal with. Tho it's a result of many Israelis having given up/Having No one to make Peace With.
Not the point, but.... It's there.

The whole piece of course linked at top.
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im sure theyd much rather live behind fences oppressed by their israeli captors. who wouldnt.
 
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