So now, Who Refuses to Reconcile the Palestinian Problem?

There are enough people blogging about the cartoon war that now has the Danish embassy in flames, so I will just direct you to Mystery Achiever, who can send you to other blogs about it.

I personally think of the many recent defamations of Christian symbols here in the West (The Crucifix in urine, for example) and wonder how the world would have reacted if Christians had reacted this way to having Jesus Christ, Son of God mocked in such a manner (and His Mother, as well in other instances!).

But the one article that I really want to bring to your attention is one that Someguy has put here, with his comments. That article is written by David Meir-Levi (that link will take you to his other columns) of Front Page Magazine, published on Feb 3, 2006, and he asks the question:


Who Is Really Oppressing the Palestinians?


He gives a very thorough history of the area, peoples, events of the area around Israel beginning 170 years ago with the Ottoman Empire, moving to the time of the Grand Mufti, through the reign of Arafat, and on to the present. He details 15 separate refusal of the Palestinian leadership to accept agreements reached for a homeland.

It is an excellent article, though long, but well worth reading.

People need to know these facts, not often (as in never) reported in today's main stream media.


Often, when people think of Arafat, they think of Oslo.
They see the handshake.
They think Peace...

They remember the Nobel Peace Prize of 1994.






But how many know the rest of the story, with the significance of the Hamas victory in the elections??

The Oslo Accords of 1993 created what would turn out to be the last best offer of statehood and peaceful co-existence alongside of Israel. As with every other opportunity since 1937, Israel accepted the agreements, recognized and supported the concept of Palestinian statehood, and fulfilled its obligation under the Oslo Accords to create and arm a Palestinian Authority. But before the ink was dry, Arafat was betraying the agreement he had just signed to renounce violence. To be sure, he spoke words of peace in English to the West. But in Arabic he began preaching Jihad and rejecting every one of his Oslo commitments. By early 1994 he had joined with the Islamic terrorist group Hamas in beginning a “low intensity” terror war operating in Israel and in Lebanon.

When in June of 2000 at Camp David Arafat rejected what Saudi prince Bandar bin-Sultan described as the best offer the Palestinian people could possibly hope for, he threw away what proved to be his people’s last chance at a negotiated settlement that would have led to statehood and to peace. His reply to Barak’s offer of a Palestinian state on 97% of the land they had demanded, was to launch a Second Intifada. This terrorist war driven by suicide bomb attacks against Israeli civilians began in September 2000, and has led to the empowerment of Hamas and other terrorist organizations.

I recommend taking the time to read the entire article, including the Appendix, where he lists all 15 attempts, and the Palestinian response to the peace process.



God bless!



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