Such An Ignorant Person

Here's the thinking of a Jew for Peace:-

To the Editor:

It is good to read Gadi Taub call on the Israeli government to stop the religious settlers from undermining peace talks and to recognize that the future of Israel relies on a Palestinian state alongside Israel. The Obama administration should take his words as its core principle in guiding the talks starting this week.

President Obama must use all the carrots and sticks, mostly sticks, at his disposal to persuade the Israeli leaders to extend the moratorium on settlement expansion. This should not be difficult considering that all settlements are illegal.

The United States must be ready to bring the settlement issue to the Security Council. If religious Jews want to live in the West Bank, they may continue to do so, as Jewish citizens of Palestine, not as Israelis.

Jeff Warner
La Habra Heights, Calif., Aug. 30, 2010

The writer is the action coordinator for L.A. Jews for Peace.

Now, let's ask Mahmoud Abbas what he thinks about all this:

Abbas to Jews: This land is not yours!

...Speaking to reporters accompanying him on the flight to Washington, Abbas told the Jews that Judea and Samaria (the so-called "West Bank") is not theirs, and suggested Jewish settlers living there would be wise to pack up and leave.

Asked by the editor of the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency what he wanted to tell Israelis living in the West Bank ahead of the peace talks, Abbas replied:

"The settlers are sitting on lands that are not theirs. I tell them that this is not your land and you know that. You can't impose facts on the ground, because the settlements are illegal and will be removed."

Hey, Jeff, you know what, if you ask, the majoirty of Arabs here think that Tel Aviv is a settlement and their children are being taught that.

Read this:

PA TV to kids: Israeli cities Haifa, Jaffa, Lod, Ramle, Acre are all "occupied cities"

Official Palestinian Authority TV continues to teach children that all of Israel is "occupied Palestine." A repeating message on the children's show The Best Home, currently broadcast three times a week during the month of Ramadan, is that all Israeli cities are "occupied" Palestinian cities.

The PA TV host refers to cities in Israel alternately as "1948 occupied cities," "occupied cities" or "occupied territories." The Israeli cities described as Palestinian cities include Haifa, Jaffa, Lod, Ramle and Acre.

Read more and see the clip.


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