Qaddafi Gets NYTimes Op-Ed Space for "Isratine" Idea

The New York Times now recognizes psychopaths as legitimate op-ed authors by having Muammar Qaddafi contribute a piece today entitled:

The One-State Solution

Here's one whopper just to give you an idea:

Jews and Muslims are cousins descended from Abraham. Throughout the centuries both faced cruel persecution and often found refuge with one another. Arabs sheltered Jews and protected them after maltreatment at the hands of the Romans and their expulsion from Spain in the Middle Ages.

And why were they expelled from Spain? "They" being the Jews. Religious persecution. But Arabs also were expelled. Why? Because they illegally conquered the country, persecuted the Christian indigenous population and the Spanish reconquered their homeland.

That's for starters.

Here's his proposal:

The compromise is one state for all, an “Isratine” that would allow the people in each party to feel that they live in all of the disputed land and they are not deprived of any one part of it.

Let's take a look at some other of his more outlandish facts and opinions:

the state of war between the Jews and Palestinians has not always existed. In fact, many of the divisions between Jews and Palestinians are recent ones. The very name “Palestine” was commonly used to describe the whole area, even by the Jews who lived there, until 1948, when the name “Israel” came into use.

Actually, it always existed because the "Palestinians" came into being only as a reaction to Zionism which they always fought starting in 1920. Prior to the Balfour Declaration and the League of Nations Mandate decision, the Arabs resident in the Land of Israel were known as either Southern Syrians or Beduin. Not as "Palestinians".

Another:

The basis for the modern State of Israel is the persecution of the Jewish people, which is undeniable.

No, when Herzl founded modern political Zionism - in addition to the religious-based nationalism of "returning from Exile" - he felt an urgent need due to the "Jewish question", that is, the persecution of Jews but that was the need for a political organization, not the ideology. The ideolgy was there for centuries, otherwise, why would Jews constantly be going back to the Land of Israel ever since the Roman conquest? The hotels at Eilat didn't exist then.

An important truth:

Thus the Palestinians believe that what is now called Israel forms part of their nation, even were they to secure the West Bank and Gaza. And the Jews believe that the West Bank is Samaria and Judea, part of their homeland, even if a Palestinian state were established there.

and another truth:

A two-state solution will create an unacceptable security threat to Israel. An armed Arab state, presumably in the West Bank, would give Israel less than 10 miles of strategic depth at its narrowest point.

So, maybe he's not that crazy?

Nope, he is:

A key prerequisite for peace is the right of return for Palestinian refugees to the homes their families left behind in 1948. It is an injustice that Jews who were not originally inhabitants of Palestine, nor were their ancestors, can move in from abroad while Palestinians who were displaced only a relatively short time ago should not be so permitted.

A solution?

...only the full territories of Isratine can accommodate all the refugees and bring about the justice that is key to peace.

As I have always said, the territory available is to osmall, unless we include Jordan and then redraw borders.