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Erekat's delusion

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Submitted by Abu Nudnik (Canada), Aug 7, 2011 at 11:30

A recent youtube video by Danny Ayalon attempted to put the history in perspective. Amazingly, Erekat complained that the video proved Israel's expansionist ambitions. His second complaint was even more revealing, claiming that the Israelis were taking resolution 181 off the table. Off the table? The Arab Palestinians adamantly rejected that resolution and its two-state solution. That was 64 years ago before three wars of annihilation were waged against the Israeli state to take through violence what it would not accept through negotiation!!!

It is instructive to look a the difference between how Western powers negotiate and how some Easterners, Arabs included, do it. To Westerners, a contract must be agreed to by both sides and both are bound by the contract. I do this because you agreed to do that. Quid pro quo. But the Arab sees negotiations as a question of gifts. Whatever is put on the table is accepted, now and forever, as a gift. In return, they give back what they feel is just. To compound matters, lying to one's enemy, particularly non-Muslims, is considered honorable, praiseworthy, godly, following in the footsteps of the military practices of Mohamed. To give anything more than inferior status to a non-Muslim would be unjust to Muslims and to God.

I'm not making this up. This cultural difference is very real. Erekat's response to Ayalon's video proves it.

Ayalon's video is here

Erekat's response is here

"Erekat continued: "In its desperate attempt to gear international discourse away from the pursuit of genuine peace to the outdated arguments of those who oppose it, this official video went as far as discarding United Nations Resolution 181 (II). I want to remind the government of Israel that it was accepted at the UN as a full member based on its acceptance of this resolution." [my emphasis]

"Outdated arguments!" That's rich! But resolution 181 (not passed because not agreed to) is not "outdated!" Nor is the necessity to give back Iberia (Andalusia) to Islam (see Hamas Charter, bin Laden's September 2001 speech)

This is the plan the Arabs rejected in 1947 (resolution 181)

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Title Commenter Date Thread
11941-2011 70 Years to Arab Nazism in "Palestine" nothing has changed! [330 words]NancySep 22, 2011 14:45189488
open secret: cooperation [36 words]minhalSep 17, 2011 09:18189380
Jul. 2010, Sep. 2011: Two important dates in 'official' ethno-religious cleansing, judenrein, apartheid Arab Palestine [1480 words]NancySep 15, 2011 23:56189349
Golda [59 words]Heike WinchesterAug 22, 2011 23:31188669
1With a difference [59 words]y Brandstetter MDAug 8, 2011 16:56188209
1Erekat's delusion [349 words]Abu NudnikAug 7, 2011 11:30188155
Historys Credit (Again) [268 words]Jay1Aug 6, 2011 17:45188121
Favor to Israel [34 words]jdAug 5, 2011 10:13188054
You Forgot One [13 words]Gary SackAug 4, 2011 13:43188026
Not exactly [31 words]Abu NudnikAug 7, 2011 11:02188026
2Two State Solution [84 words]R. AdamsAug 22, 2011 22:47188026
3This Time It Will Be Different- No One Is Ready For This Time [522 words]M. ToveyAug 4, 2011 11:13188022
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The Questions Abound - Still We get No Truthful Answer from the Politics We can No Longer Afford [129 words]M. ToveyAug 8, 2011 10:35188022
Agreed [117 words]Barry BlackAug 8, 2011 13:34188022
Watching for the Underlying Circumstances [181 words]M. ToveyAug 9, 2011 15:05188022
Oy Vey [58 words]Barry BlackAug 10, 2011 00:24188022
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It'll mean war, all right, [13 words]Carl SesarAug 10, 2011 19:22188022
Global Consequences of Unimaginable Portent [19 words]M. ToveyAug 11, 2011 18:12188022

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