[Marxism] "The Israeli Idea of a 'Palestinian State'"

[Dennis Brasky]

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>  *Saree Makdisi, "The Israeli Idea of a 'Palestinian State'"<http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=39864524&f=17475&u=171835>
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> The strange thing is that Netanyahu's speech marked both the definitive end
> and a symbolic return to the beginning of the two-state solution as that
> hapless notion has been peddled since the Oslo Accords of 1993-95. For what
> he said the Palestinians might -- perhaps -- be entitled to is pretty much
> what Oslo had said they might be entitled to fifteen years ago: a
> "self-government authority" not allowed to control its own borders or
> airspace, shorn of any vestige of sovereignty, etc. And on top of that they
> can also forget about Jerusalem -- that is and will forever remain the
> eternal and undivided capital of the Jewish people. If it sounds so drearily
> familiar, that's because it is: we have come full circle. First time as
> tragedy, second time as farce. . . . The Palestinians who still cling to the
> idea of a Palestinian state to be achieved through negotiations (from a
> position of weakness) with Israel had better absorb this once and for all
> and move on to other objectives -- and other strategies to succeed.
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> http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/makdisi040709.html
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