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Thread #111301   Message #2344770
Posted By: CarolC
19-May-08 - 08:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: Palestinian 'facts'
Subject: RE: BS: Palestinian 'facts'
It's also important to remember that there are many Palestinians who do not support the policies of their government and are just as much victims of them as anyone else and who are working to correct that problem

Yes, this is true. Arafat really sold the Palestinians out when he agreed to Oslo, since it didn't provide for any kind of endgame, or provide for an end to the occupation. It also didn't grant the Palestinians the status of human being or confer upon them any rights whatever, or citizenship to any country, or status as a nation All of the Palestinian governments have really been, more than anything else, puppets of the Israeli government. None of them has represented the interests of the Palestinians at all. Pressure needs to be applied to the government in occupied Palestine to correct this situation, just as it needs to be applied to the governments of the US and Israel, and there are many Palestinians who are involved in this work.