I had a very interesting discussion about the Palestinians and their dogged determination to screw up their own fate with a Jewish person a couple of days ago. I couldn't help thinking about some of his comments while reading this recent AP news wire.
ATLANTA (AP) - The Palestinian people have plunged into a deep depression
with unemployment and poverty at record levels, and peace with Israel is the
only answer, a longtime Palestinian lawmaker said. Palestinians are experiencing "one of the most difficult phases in our history," [under the Ottomans, for instance, everybody had two-car garages and shares in PalestineCo] said Hanan Ashrawi, an elected member of the Palestinian
Legislative Council and an active voice in the Mideast peace process.
"Now we see not just a political and economic battle but a battle over the soul of Palestine," [we tried the military battle 487 times, and lost every one, which is why we've switched to these lesser battles. We think we'll probably lose these too] she told an audience of about 200 gathered at Emory University. "We find ourselves in the grip of ... the deconstruction of
Palestine." [ah, deconstruction. All the post-modernists love the deconstruction. A few of them might wonder when the construction of Palestine happened, as it doesn't appear in the history books at all, nada, rien, nix]
Nearly 75 percent of Palestinians living in Gaza are dependent on welfare
and the territory's unemployment rate has skyrocketed to 50 percent, she
said. Conditions have worsened in Gaza since the militant Islamic group Hamas
seized control in June. [What? Those guys promised a land flowing with milk and honey? Oh, right, a land flowing with Jews blood and zionist guts... sorry]
Ashrawi's lecture was part of a series of speeches on the Emory campus focusing on peace building in wartorn regions. [Always get in the experts. Ashrawi's track record is second to ... well everyone actually] One of the more controversial lectures was by former President Jimmy Carter, who spoke there about his much-criticized book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid." [Because insulting and lying about the Israelis is obviously going to bring about peace, innit?]
The book was condemned by critics and Jewish groups [read: the usual liars and apologists for racism] for comparing Israeli actions in Palestine to the oppression of blacks under South Africa's apartheid regime. [Its an obvious comparison, apart from all the manifold ways in which its bollocks]
Ashrawi praised Carter as a "prophet" and a "man of conscience," and one of a dwindling number of people who still believe peace is possible in the Mideast. [read: are willing to shill for the Palestinians despite the latters fanatical devotion to screwing up their own future]
She noted that peace talks must move forward as opposed to waiting for the violence to subside. [If these bloody Israelis won't negotiate with a gun to their heads, they're just pussies]
"You cannot hold peace hostage and say, 'Until every single Palestinian becomes peaceful, I'm not going to have talks,"' Ashrawi said. [Really? Why not again?] "You have to talk in order to bring about peace." [Really? I thought you had to stop killing people to have peace?]
The United States is planning to host a conference in late November or early December to relaunch long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. [gotta look like you're not just sitting on your hands...] U.S. officials have had a flurry of diplomatic activity in recent weeks aiming to push Israel and the Palestinians into consensus on the substance of the conference's joint declaration, which would outline a way for the two sides to return to the negotiating table. [one day, we will definitely agree on the possibility of sitting down to discuss the things which we might discuss in talks... I give up]
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