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

  • From: "Stan Spiegel" <writeforu2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:22:28 -0400

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? 

Hi John -

Both you and Carol have made the point -- a good one -- that we've become too preoccupied with the past instead of discussing how to resolve this. Certainly a two-state solution is the only way to go. How we get there -- at this point -- is a painfully difficult problem to solve. But "there" is where we must go.

Looking back over the past few days and our "war" on lit-ideas, it's true we've been arguing more about the distant past than discussing what can be done to resolve this. How do we begin to make this a fruitful discussion?

Stan Spiegel
Portland, ME






----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wager" <john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:58 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: U.N. Special Committee on Palestine


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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John Wager john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx
Lisle, IL, USA


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