Palestinian
Statehood Vote: Palestinians Certain To Win U.N. Recognition As A State
“…The Palestinians say they need U.N. recognition of a
Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, the lands Israel
captured in 1967, to be able to resume negotiations with Israel. They say
global recognition of the 1967 lines as the borders of Palestine is meant to
salvage a peace deal, not sabotage it, as Israel claim…”
Cassi Creek: The
opportunity to create an Arab state from a portion of the League of Nations’
Palestinian Mandate was available in
1947-48 as a result of the UN decision to partition the mandate into two
nations, one Jewish and one Arab. The
Jews immediately began carving out a state while the Arabs began a long running
effort to wipe out any and all Jews living in the State of Israel.
64 years, 8
major wars, land grabs carried out by the nations of Jordan, Lebanon, Syria,
and Egypt, and the refusal to integrate several hundred thousand Arab “refugees”
into Arab states as citizens have
created a non-functional “would be Palestine” which remains at war with Israel,
resulting in thousands of dead and injured on both sides of disputed
borders.
The actual
progress toward statehood for Palestinians can be measured against the progress
made by Israel. Israel built a nation
that has become highly involved in electronics, computers, medicine, and other modern
industries. During the same time, the would-be-Palestinians
have done nothing. Israel has received
quite a lot of monetary support from the U.S. and from Jews around the world,
which enabled it to absorb millions of refugees evicted from the USSR ad the
Arab states. Would-be-Palestine has received
little in economic aid from the Arab states that trumpet their undying support
for the Palestinians. What money has
been provided has, for the most part, been used to purchase weapons to use
against Israel. Guns or butter? Statehood or weapons?
The vote to
create a Palestinian nation will find little or no infrastructure ready to receive
it. The internal battles that have blocked statehood for 64 years are stilled
making statehood a distant possibility.
We laid a
fire in the wood stove last night. This is
the first really cold night since we had
it cleaned and serviced. The gasket that
was replaced apparently was too thick.
About half an hour into a good burn the smoke alarm sounded and the
front door on the stove popped open.
Fortunately nothing spilled from the stove. We throttled the stove back as far as could
be done, then spent the next 5 hours trying to keep the door closed. Eventually, we were able to wire the door
handles together to prevent them opening wider.
The burn rate was finally low enough at 0200 that we felt it safe to go
to bed.
The good news
is no damage was done, no harm, and the smoke alarm works as advertised. The Chimney Sweeps will be back tomorrow.
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