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Obama Insults Disabled People

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Killgore Trout3/19/2009 7:42:29 pm PDT

It’s been a while since we’ve had one of these…..
The Protocols of the Dail Kos
A Palestinian View of the Conflict

I will not, not, support any peace negotiations that do not allow those Palestinians born before 1948 to return.
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I think it’s a mistake and offensive to all Palestinians to accept Israel’s right to exist. And I’m willing to bet that’s probably how many Palestinians feel about it.

To acknowledge that Israel has a right to exist, is to acknowledge that Israel had a right to take Palestinian land; it had a right to impose a military regime on its Palestinian citizens from 1948 to 1967; it had a right to occupy the West Bank and Gaza; it had a right to impose a military regime on the Palestinians living there; it has a right to set up checkpoints; and so on. This is what acknowledging Israel’s right to exist means for Palestinians, and that’s why I hope it never happens.
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#1 on the Recommended Diaries list.