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| Palestinians in crisis: the Arab solution |
| 2008-09-12 |
| Or non-solution, as the writer points out. Long as heck article. It is the regretful opinion of many that the internal Palestinian situation has hit a nadir unprecedented in the history of the Palestinian cause. Compounding their distress is that the Palestinian factions, themselves, are largely responsible for this new calamity that has afflicted the Palestinian people. In spite of the pessimism surrounding the Cairo-sponsored Palestinian dialogue, there remains a glimmer of hope of imposing an Arab solution that would supersede other proposed solutions and be binding on all sides' The deepening internal fissure has gravely obstructed the Palestinian national project. To make matters worse, influential forces in the Palestinian factions have deliberately sabotaged all attempts to mend the rift that followed bloody internecine fighting and to restore a minimal level of national unity. Indeed, for reasons of their own, some of these factions or portions of these factions appear determined to entrench and perpetuate the current separation between Gaza and the West Bank and to hamper any initiative aspiring to realise inter- Palestinian reconciliation. |
| Posted by:Free Radical |
| #6 ROFL, half-empty! And sadly true. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-12 18:18 |
| #5 I'm staring at The Arab Solution Wurd Problem: Ambrose Bierce crossed the Messican border traveling SE at 3.42 MPH. How long will it take him to arrive in Messico. A. Wut? B. He won't make it Joooooooooooooooooos will kill him and steal his Dictionary. The Arab Solution is B. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-09-12 17:27 |
| #4 Note to the "Arab World": If you set out to raise a bad-ass dog, don't be surprised if he bites your ass. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-09-12 12:35 |
| #3 Pals are Sunni, they could use more Sunni to help the ethnic balance in Iraq. Too bad the Pals can't be trusted to not cause problems. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-09-12 11:55 |
| #2 Compounding their distress Their distresss? Theiiiiiiiir distreeesssss? Have you everseen a Palestian child who looks undernourished? Go to Sudan and take a look at the victims of Arab tender attentions. There will you find distress. Distress like in famished, raped, massacred, enslaved. |
| Posted by: jfm 2008-09-12 02:47 |
| #1 the internal Palestinian situation has hit a nadir unprecedented in the history of the Palestinian cause. The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus says that for every depth there is one still lower. I have complete confidence in the Palestinian people and their finely honed, inate ability to make things worse. With seething and dedication, with their uncanny knack for acting against their own self interest, one day they will look back on what seems today to be an utter mess and say those were the good old days. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-09-12 00:56 |