tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post6338038728716539772..comments2024-02-23T11:23:45.971-05:00Comments on Lost Motorcyclist: World Peace in a NutshellLost Motorcyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-52571972904490772392011-05-21T13:59:02.006-04:002011-05-21T13:59:02.006-04:00The Palestinian Problem is an bottomless quagmire,...The <i>Palestinian Problem</i> is an bottomless quagmire, but anyone who refuses to acknowledge that <b>both</b> the Israelis and the Palestinians have a moral claim to the disputed territories fails to do justice to the complexity of the situation.<br /><br />The indisputable facts remain: Israel gained <b>50% more territory than mandated</b> by the U.N. partition plan as a result of the April 1949 armistice which ended the Arab-Israeli War.<br /><br />Not content with those territorial gains, Israel then established a pattern of aggression (notably in 1956 and 1967) and expansionism (through settlement building) to which the Arab States and Palestinians have since (with some justification) reacted. It is those even <b>further expanded</b> 1967 lines are which are being proposed as a basis by Obama.<br /><br />One need only compare the borders of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UN_Partition_Plan_For_Palestine_1947.png" rel="nofollow">original UN mandate</a> with those which remain <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/graphic/0,5543,523588,00.html" rel="nofollow">under Palestinian control</a>.Madeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593933575568389288noreply@blogger.com