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Submitted by Tom Carew (Ireland), May 11, 2010 at 07:01

If Abbas really wants a 2-state process, is it as a permanent solution ? Or is PA really committed to a 2-STAGE solution, with a 2-state element as only the initial stage ? The so-called *right of return* [ but never for any of the 0.9m Jewish refugees who fled the Arab world from 1947 ] would enable the gradual destruction of the Jewish homeland by the *demographic bomb*. This strategy would explain both [a] why PA and Abbas still absolutely refuse to recognize Israel as the Jewish state, and [b] why Arafat adamantly refused, at Camp David in 2000, to accept ANY agreement there as a final settlement and the end of all further Arab demands. T

hat this is not just speculation is shown by the Dec 23, 2004 revelation in *Middle East Newsline* by Farouk Qaddumi, PLO *foreign minister* and Arafat's successor as Fatah chief, that a 2-state *solution* was only a stage towards a single state to replace Israel, in line with the 1974 PLO incremental position on liberating palestinian land, and their goal was to eliminate Israel in the *second stage*. UK-based, Jerusalem-born academic, Ghada Karmi published *Married to Another Man* in 2007, and she concedes [ P251] *Though such bluntness was not the usual line adopted by Palestinian officials, Qaddumi was speaking for a majority of Palestinians*. And Abbas has made it clear that he signs international agreements and recognizes Israel but only as *PA President* and not on behalf of any movement. Who then is the *partner for peace* ? Do Hamas and PLO/PA differ only in tactical flexibility and timing ?

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Obama proposals a disgrace [329 words]Richard StoeckerMay 20, 2010 18:24173160
Level Of Concern [77 words]Mark D.May 26, 2010 18:31173160
Dr. Pipe's Peace Plan [218 words]Mark D.May 12, 2010 15:13172629
The Talks [140 words]Mark D.May 12, 2010 15:09172628
Thoughts on the Start of Israeli-Palestinian "Proximity Talks" [79 words]Manuel Gee, Wilmslow, Cheshire, GBMay 12, 2010 08:04172625
Useless [9 words]DaveMay 11, 2010 09:02172562
Civility [210 words]Cherif El-AyoutyMay 11, 2010 02:45172542
Expel ... [40 words]aspaciaMay 10, 2010 20:42172535
PROXIMITY TALKS [116 words]nenette GrunbergMay 10, 2010 17:16172525
Where did they hold these "Proximity Talks"?...On the banks of the Jordan River. [62 words]M.D.May 10, 2010 16:24172523
American arrogance [43 words]Will ScottMay 10, 2010 14:42172519
Feeding sharks once again [360 words]Joe K.May 10, 2010 13:55172514
Your Article Gives Me the Shivers [401 words]John W. McGinleyMay 10, 2010 13:48172512
Dark Hour [388 words]Mark D.May 15, 2010 23:20172512
Mr Pipes is right on..trying to make peace with a "crocodile" only gets your arm chopped off as you try to pet him. [136 words]Benny zeeMay 10, 2010 13:32172510
Negotiating with Terrorists [196 words]Prof. Paul EidelbergMay 10, 2010 13:21172509
Proximity Talks [269 words]Tom CarewMay 11, 2010 07:01172509
"The Arabs know our telephone number" [154 words]Frank AdamMay 12, 2010 06:02172509
Why bother with Iran? [336 words]Ken Besig IsraelMay 10, 2010 12:45172506
"In contrast, the Israelis made a precedent-breaking concession not to build in their own capital city, a concession they will rue." [38 words]ThomasMay 10, 2010 12:15172503
Can't fathom the willful ignorance of history and lack of foreign policy US view [37 words]ThomasMay 10, 2010 12:10172502
Delay in construction [51 words]Zafar AbbasMay 10, 2010 11:37172497
The talks will fail, because the only thing the muslims want is Israel wiped out and all of the Jews dead ! [91 words]Phil GreendMay 10, 2010 11:32172496

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