There is not a shred of historical evidence that there is, or ever were, even such an ethnic, racial or national ‘people’ as the Palestinians, and certainly no ‘Palestine’ ever existed in the past as a nation, a sovereign state, with a government, borders, etc. The ‘Palestinians’ are, to put it simply, Arabs who mostly came from Jordan, as did their beloved Arafat.

There are only two sides to this debate: the Israeli side and the Arab side. There is no European or American side. The Arabs have manipulated the West for financial contributions to the tune of billions of dollars per year to support ‘pro-Palestinian’ organizations. All of the money goes into the politicians pockets and armaments to to be used against Israel. All of it, and none find its way to better the quality of life for the average ‘Palestinian.’

The ‘Palestinians’ have suffered immensely more at the hands of their Arab brothers than through anything the Israelis have done to them.

If the Arabs are so passionate about their support of the ‘Palestinians’ why do they let them squalor in poverty. Funny how big oil money never finds its way to the poor ‘Palestinians.’ The Arabs who are rich beyond measure beg the West for financial aid on behalf of their poor ‘Palestinian’ brothers.

It is clearly in their best interest to keep the conflict going. Images of children throwing rocks at Israeli tanks and ‘Palestinians’ fighting for “statehood” might work to pick up a few more dollars from a gullible and ignorant West, but the West is getting fed up. It is becoming all the more obvious that the obstacle to peace are the Arabs themselves who undermine all efforts and sabotage all agreements.

One needs only to look at a map of the Middle East to come to the realization that the only explanation for the enormous international attention, the huge financial investments, the risky diplomatic commitments, and the overall conflict over the tiny sliver of land called Israel can only be by design. The Arabs pretend, but have diluted everyone else into believing, that they are in the process of resurrecting a stolen once sovereign ‘State’, one that never existed. The Arabs have repeatedly stated that they want to drive them into the sea and will not rest until they do. An Israeli retreat to the pre-1967 borders will not solve the ongoing problem for Israel or the ‘Palestinians.’ And certainly no ridiculous 90 day freeze on construction will deter the Arabs from their stated goal.

Those international laws, which the author is so fond of repeating as being violated by Israel, gave Israel its statehood, but curiously, that particular international law is the one that is not recognized by the Arabs. If the ‘Palestinians’ refuse to recognize the state of Israel, wherein is their appeal to international law?

Therein lies the hypocrisy. Therein lies the coercion. Therein lies the evil.

Yes, the issue of land grab is most important in this because with time the land will all be grabbed and there be no contest for anything more unless it’s in surrounding Arab territories… land grab there? That wouldn’t suprise me if it was a success but neither will I give up hope that justice will prevail despite despots in these states will continuing to capitulate and cooperate with the US.
The comments about our beloved Yasser Arafat are totally misguided. He was unique among leaders for his belief in the cause and it looks as if he is irreplaceable.

I’ve read your books, Alan, among many others. Arafat is the most maligned leader of this century. Why? ‘Cos he hadn’t any money!
To those of you who forget what justice and truth really were…read history..between the lines…

Obama is just another pawn…no clout in the Jewish lobby means failure over there hence internationally.

People of the world minus people in USA denounce every day the zionist racist state behavior.
But what about the USA people ?
USA people can’t say one day we didn’t know. Did german people during second worldwide war know what was going on in the nazi camps ? Don’t USA people know what is going on in Ghaza and Jerusalem with the huge mean in information technology they own ? And in their own country ?
The key of the palestinian issues is in the hand of people in USA.

This is because without compromise on foreign policy, it’s unlikely progress will be made on domestic policy – which is where the votes are.

And unless the Democrats do well, it’s unlikely he would win a second term. Unless of course he is prepared to by-pass the mainstream media and show how foreign policy impacts on domestic policy.

Therefore if he is backing down to win a second term, why would he then risk the second term by not supporting Israel at the UN?

The question is would a second term Obama be ‘off the leash’ to do what’s right, or would he fold again and put domestic policy before foreign policy?