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Israel's 'right to exist'? : Comments

By Saree Makdisi, published 19/3/2007

The 'LA Times' (and other media) consistently adopts Israel's language, giving credence to an inaccurate, simplistic and dangerous cliché.

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Thats a good point actually.
Its difficult to ask Palestinians to recognise Israel's existence if Israelis can't agree this existence is withing which borders.

A simple solution is for Israelis to come up with versions of Israeli borders. For example: israel 0: 1948 borders, Israel 1: 1967 border, Israel 2: today's borders. Then at least we would know which Palestinian groups recognise which version.

This way all Palestinian will agree on Israel's right to exist regardless of which version.
Posted by Fellow_Human, Monday, 19 March 2007 8:52:03 AM
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This article is semantic nonsense. What Israel is asking for is its right to exist without a neighbour plotting its destruction at every turn. Hamas leaders are well capable of uttering such a statement and this would open the door to a more productive and peaceful relationship between Palestinians and the Israelis, and hasten the establishment of viable Palestinian state and negotiation over areas such as the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The latter may take years to eventuate, but can't commence until one side disavows its intent to wipe out Israel.
Posted by TomasRignoli, Monday, 19 March 2007 9:27:17 AM
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Any suggestion to "wipe out Israel" so to speak, should be met with the most aggressive resistance humanly possible full stop (i.e end of discussion)!
Posted by vivy, Monday, 19 March 2007 10:06:11 AM
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Good point. The language shapes thought, and hence the debate.

It appears the previous 2 posters never read the article. Palestinian militias, no internal structure, riven by internal dispute, pose no threat to Israel. Rail against 'suggestions' as much as you like - in fact, you can read about it in any mainstream media outlet - but the point of the article remains.
Posted by bennie, Monday, 19 March 2007 10:17:24 AM
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What a breath of fresh air this article is ! and as always it seems that the truth hurts.
Posted by kang, Monday, 19 March 2007 10:24:30 AM
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Imagine there's no countries...I wonder if you can..
Posted by spendocrat, Monday, 19 March 2007 10:38:12 AM
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