tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post7031708495467506774..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: A Fist Full of NailsMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-78402432236692686362014-09-08T07:06:23.345-07:002014-09-08T07:06:23.345-07:00http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/09/05/e...http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/09/05/everything_you_know_about_israeli_settlements_is_wrong_1000_acres_west_bankEmpress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-37316922118408147332014-09-04T07:57:38.306-07:002014-09-04T07:57:38.306-07:00I find it hard to imagine that they would even con...<br /><br />I find it hard to imagine that they would even consider it and I find it utterly flabbergasting that the Americans would even suggest it, if we did so.<br /><br />I think at this point Israel should basically go it alone when it comes to the local Arabs. Israel should, as I have been arguing for years, declare its final borders and remove the IDF to behind those borders and then call it a day.<br /><br />For many years I believed in a two state solution, but that was when I still believed that the local Arabs wanted a state for themselves in peace next to Israel. Since they have convincingly demonstrated over the course of many decades that this is simply not the case, I have been forced to reevaluate my earlier conclusions.<br /><br />I have to say, I no longer believe in the two state solution.<br /><br />I have been reluctant to come to this conclusion, but I simply do not see how it is possible if the Arabs do not want it and they don't. The Arab countries do not want a "Palestinian" state and the local Arab leadership has refused the notion going back at least to the Peel Commission in 1937.<br /><br />This does not mean, however, that I join Caroline Glick and Martin Sherman in calling for the annexation of Judea and Samaria. What I believe is exactly what I have said.<br /><br />Israel should declare its final borders and remove the IDF to behind those borders. What those borders should be I leave entirely to the deliberations of our brothers and sisters in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-81950677810419759342014-09-03T12:22:28.570-07:002014-09-03T12:22:28.570-07:00Another proposed prisoner release is the stupidest...Another proposed prisoner release is the stupidest thing I've heard this week, and I've listened to a lot of sports talk radio over the past few days...JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.com