@hawkeye10,
hawkeye10 wrote:
However it is not a given that it should exist.
It's a
given to the Israelis, just like its a
given to Americans that the US should exist, or a
given to the British that the UK should exist or a
given to any people that have displaced another group and built a nation. I imagine the Israelis couldn't care any less whether you consider that the nation they built is a
given. Certainly not any more than the average American or Brit would care about how you viewed the legitimacy of their nations.
Irrespective of whether the Palestinians ever had a nation before the Western World gave the place to the Jews, do you think they were farming that land, or gathering fruits and nuts since history began? Somebody displaced the Jews who lived there thousands of years ago. Was it Palestinians, or did they displace the
displacers?
I get that this round of
diplacing is still fresh and so the displaced are still greatly resent it, (There are probably a few Palestinians still alive who were displaced by the Jews back in the 20's.) but it's sure as hell not a
given that they have an inalienable right to the location.
The proper thing to do, and more than a lot of other
displacers throughout history have done is to give the displaced a place to live and call their own; so they too can build a nation. The Israelis are prepared to do just that. I don't necessarily blame the Palestinians for wanting more, but they're not going to get it, so they can move forward and build their own nation where their kids can have a future, or they can fight a battle they cannot hope to win for the next 100, 200 or 1000 years.
Maybe at some point in the distant future they might actually win, and get to displace the Jews, It would be interesting just to see how their supporters would then react; if they would organize boycotts of Palestinian cultural expressions. Maybe some Performance Artist in Brooklyn might even boycott his own use of Arabic, like one recently boycotted his use of Hebrew.
In the meantime, their kids are growing up in a barren wasteland with violence as a constant companion and being taught that the way to regain what is rightfully theirs is to kill the kids of the
displacers.
Wasn't it Ahmed Al- Ja’abari the Hamas military head who famously told the Israelis "We love death more than you love life!" (Before the Israelis arranged for him to embrace his mistress). Now that's a great foundation upon which to build a nation and raise generations of happy and prosperous children.
This next video promises an even brighter future for Palestinian children, displacing the
displacers.
Quote:“The price will be high, Sons of Zion. Are you willing to pay the price? … Oh occupier, we are coming towards you. Leave our land. All of Palestine is ours. There is nothing here for you but death. There is nothing here for you but to be killed and to leave.”
“If your arms reach us they will be cut off. If your eyes look at us they will be gouged out.”
Gosh, they are a race of poets.