TYT: Palestinian State Strategy For Peace?

[JokerAllstar]

Run time: 07:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVYlyw0fCck   Posted on YouTube: March 10, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheYoungTurks Views on YouTube: 5536   Posted on DU: March 11, 2011 By DU Member: JokerAllstar Views on DU: 392

 
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[azurnoir]

1. K&R and exactly what I've suspected all along n/t

[JDPriestly]

2. Palestine should ask for recognition.

The problem is what borders should be established for a state of Palestine. That is where there is disagreement. If Palestine defines itself as a state that does not claim territory that was given to Israel under the mandate, a state that recognizes the rights and responsibilities of Israelis within the current boundaries of the Palestinian state as the Israelis recognize the rights of Palestinians who live in Israel, then there should be no problem.

The only problem I would have would be with a Palestinian claim of the right of return. It seems to me that Israelis living in Palestine and Palestinians living in Israel should automatically receive the citizenship of the state in which they reside and pay the taxes and obey the laws of that state. This may sound naive and simplistic, but that is usually the way these things are handled. That is the way it was handled with Hungarians living in Burgenland in Austria, with Austrians living in what is now Northern Italy and is also known as SudTirol, in Alsace-Lorraine and many other places.

Why hasn't this already happened? Is it because the Palestinians are split on whether to give up the right to return? That is my impression. Is this incorrect?

[JokerAllstar]

3. There are some who believe Israel of her allies wouldn't agree to any

sort of Palestinian statehood no matter where the borders are located.