"OneVoice movement pushes two-state solution for Mideast" by James F. Smith, Globe Staff | February 28, 2009
There could hardly be a less hopeful moment for peace between Israelis and Palestinians: Israeli forces invaded the Gaza Strip last month, and then Israeli voters marched firmly to the right in elections. Palestinians are more divided than ever, with the hard-line Hamas movement still firing rockets from Gaza at Israeli towns, while the moderate Fatah faction has been sidelined.
Yet Nisreen Abdallah, a Palestinian, joined Roi Assaf, an Israeli, in a conference room at the Harvard Divinity School this week to make the case that this is precisely the moment for compromises that will let Palestinians and Israelis live side by side in two secure states.
I used to think that. Now I think it is too late.
The only solution is to make it all Palestine again.
It was the first stop on a weeklong tour of a dozen schools and colleges in New England for leaders of OneVoice Israel and OneVoice Palestine, parallel organizations that are pushing for a two-state solution. Their goal: build a critical mass of moderates in each of their communities able to challenge the extremists and move toward peace....
So the Zionists can have their Apartheid State? Forget it!
Abdallah said Palestinians in the West Bank watched with a mixture of anguish and anger as the Israelis have focused recently on Hamas and Gaza while all but ignoring Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the moderate Fatah faction that controls the West Bank.
"The danger is that people start to think that violence can achieve something," she said. "We have a lot of people becoming pro-Hamas because they see that Hamas is getting more attention from the Israelis."
Well, DOESN'T IT? It sure seems to work for Israel because they are not renouncing it in any form or fashion!!!
(Once again, no reports of any violence in Gaza from my omitting war daily)
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OneVoice also is premised on moving beyond the vexing historical disputes that underlie issues such as the status of Jerusalem and the rights of Palestinian refugees, knowing that Palestinians and Israelis will never persuade each other to concede past wrongs....
Yeah, and UNTIL ISRAEL and ISRAELIS FACE up to the LIES that STOLE LAND from people and its PLANNED GENOCIDE for these 60+ YEARS, then NOTHING is going to happen.
I'm sorry, world, but after seeing everything I've seen, the Palestinians are blameless. They have been mistreated and trampled on for so long that Israel has become a stinking abomination upon the face of this planet!
Oh, yeah, and look who created OneVoice:
OneVoice was founded in 2002 by Daniel Lubetsky, a Mexican-born entrepreneur and social activist who lives in New York and Israel....
Oh, so a DUAL NATIONAL JEW is the one who founded the organization?
Pffft!
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In the past I would have been supportive of the group's goals; however, now, if it appears in the lying, biased, divisive, distorting, obfuscating, omitting, Muslim-hating, agenda-pushing, war-promoting, Zionist-controlled piece of scitte I m instantly suspicious and totally reject its validity and veracity!!!!
Maybe if they had not and were not lying or distorting everything they print in there endless agenda-pushing promotion, I'd believe; however, they have LOST the TRUST with ME and they will NEVER GET IT BACK -- UNLESS they START TELLING the TRUTH, dammit!!!!
See: Israeli Election Results: Likudima Wins!
Now compare:
"Israeli coalition talks falter; Netanyahu, Livni divided on state for Palestinians" by Associated Press | February 28, 2009
JERUSALEM - Israel edged closer to a government of hawks and right-wing religious parties yesterday after Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu failed to persuade his chief moderate rival to join a coalition that could help avert a showdown with the Obama administration....
The breakdown in their talks came as President Obama's Mideast envoy, George Mitchell, was in the region meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni did not shut the door completely on an agreement....
Pffffffffttt!!!
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