The War with Israel Is Over and they won. Now let's finally move forward
By Youssef M. Ibrahim
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Dear friends, ... but the truth is the Palestine you could have had in 1948 is much bigger than the one you could have had in 1967, which in turn is much bigger than what you may have to settle for now or in another 10 years.
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You shoot old guns at modern Israeli tanks ... doing virtually no harm to Israel while bringing the wrath of its mighty army down upon you. ... delude yourselves into thinking this is a war of liberation. Your government, your social institutions, your schools, and your economy are all in ruins.
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Your young people are growing up illiterate, ill, and bent on rites of death and suicide, while you, in effect, are living on the kindness of foreigners, including America and the United Nations. Every day your officials must beg for your daily bread, dependent on relief trucks that carry food and medicine into the Gaza Strip and the West Bank...
Read the whole thing. It is linked at the top
By Youssef M. Ibrahim
(snip)
Dear friends, ... but the truth is the Palestine you could have had in 1948 is much bigger than the one you could have had in 1967, which in turn is much bigger than what you may have to settle for now or in another 10 years.
(snip)
You shoot old guns at modern Israeli tanks ... doing virtually no harm to Israel while bringing the wrath of its mighty army down upon you. ... delude yourselves into thinking this is a war of liberation. Your government, your social institutions, your schools, and your economy are all in ruins.
(snip)
Your young people are growing up illiterate, ill, and bent on rites of death and suicide, while you, in effect, are living on the kindness of foreigners, including America and the United Nations. Every day your officials must beg for your daily bread, dependent on relief trucks that carry food and medicine into the Gaza Strip and the West Bank...
Read the whole thing. It is linked at the top
