[lit-ideas] Re: U.N. Special Committee on Palestine

  • From: John Wager <john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:58:35 -0500

Omar Kusturica wrote:

--- Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


You say "A large number of the Palestinians were
expelled before the state
of Israel was officially established in May 1948.
. . .

*I haven't got all of my sources at hand. According to
this rather conservative estimate, around 250 000
Palestinians became refugees by June 1948:


Regardless of the history from almost 60 years ago, who on this list thinks that ANY resolution is possible if there is not a "two-state" solution? Eventually, there will be a state of Israel, and eventually, there will be a Palestinian state.

If that's the goal that must exist for any future for anybody in the region, how do we get closer? What steps should each side take?



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Lisle, IL, USA


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