Comments on: Jews and Palestinians don’t have the same rights, deal with it

By: Silverman

Silverman — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:57:40 +0000

That’s a rediculous arguement you are trying to make Emmanuel. If Palestinians who were not born in Palestine/Israel but descended from those who were don’t have the right to return than how in the world do we Jews have the “right to return” to Palestine/Israel after 2000 years of not living there? And saying ”God gave us the land” isn’t a suitable answer. Using a 3000 year old religous scroll as a deed of ownership is pretty an unprecendent case in the annals of legal history.

By: Haithem El-Zabri

Haithem El-Zabri — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:07:25 +0000

Emmanuel, your comment smacks of racism.
I am from Palestine; my parents and grandparents and great-grandparents (etc.) are from there. I would have been born there, had we not been occupied and ethnically cleansed. I have Palestinian blood and I identify with Palestine, so spare me your semantics.
Your belief that an American Jew (of European descent, as you point out in Anna’s case), should have rights to a land who’s natives and their descendants should be deprived of, is simply RACIST.
Our right of return is an inalienable human right according to international law, and it includes the descendants of those who were forcibly expelled. We will continue to demand it and fight for it as long as we exist. If you want peace, stop your racism and consider equal rights.
As for the “fringe” of Jews who are anti-Zionist, I can tell you that their number is growing rapidly, as I have many friends who fall into that category.

By: Essential Dissent

Essential Dissent — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:09:48 +0000

Here’s video of Anna Baltzer’s recent presentation at Cornell University, entitled “Life in Occupied Palestine – Eyewitness Stories & Photos”:

http://essentialdissent.blogspot.com/search/label/Anna Baltzer

By: Emmanuel

Emmanuel — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:17:06 +0000

You do realize this is overly simplistic, and some of it is just untruthful. Al-Zabri isn’t from Palestine, he was born in the United States. His parents or grandparents were from Palestine – and there’s a difference. I bet Anna Beltzer’s grandparents or great-grandparents are from Europe. Does that make her “from Europe”?

Insisting on RoR and/or a one-state solution is harmful to the already dim prospects for peace. We Israelis are unwilling to budge on this issue. Only a fringe is willing to grant the right of return to Palestinians.