KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
However, the proposition should read, " I am (FOR/AGAINST) the Palestinian Right of Return." A motion would be the actual voting process, not the proposition itself.
Not at any debating society I've ever been to. But, hey, whatever. That's not important to the issue itself.
American English vs. UK English, whatever.
True though, and you have hit the nail on the head when noting that it would do nothing positive for the displaced Palestinian population in regards to repatriation, while eliminating an important legal right. I particularly like the quote from the professor from Haifa, who expounded that as an observer of the holocaust, he wishes no oppression like that the Israeli Zionists have forced upon many Palestinians.
I agree. But having a closed minded view of these things is not good either. Repatriation may never happen and to eliminate any possibility of peace without repatriation would be short sighted. I could imagine some circumstances where, in the context of a package deal, the right of return could be given up in return for Israeli concessions which would lead to peace.
Ultimately, I can't see any real chance of success for any of the peace processes without massive external pressure from the international community on Israel. Pressure that is impossible to apply with consistent US backing of Israel.
Vilham wrote:
Actually he hasnt. I completely agree with the fact that their neighbours would more than welcome them.
Do you mean the neighbours who have been harbouring the Palestinian refugees in refugee camps for the past 60 years? Places like Lebanon, Jordan etc. Places where over more than half a century the Palestinian refugees have not been accepted?
The Palestinian refugees are a special case. They have their own unique refugee classification.