########################################################################## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
Please see my point-by point comments below under Responses. Also, if you are right, why do the official PLA maps exclude Israel and why did Arafat walk away from the agreement in 2000. Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ########################################################################## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ########################################################################## --- Mario Goveia wrote: > > I find it interesting that all those attacking Israel > and its security guarantee by the US, while claiming > to value life, NEVER ask for a cease fire by all > parties and for peaceful negotiations to begin, and > NEVER ask ask for an acceptance by the Arabs of > Israel's right to exist in peace and security. Tariq:� Israel's right to exist has been acknowledged by almost all the Arab countries. The Arab League has offered, as per its Beirut declaration, complete and unreserved recognition for the state of Israel if it withdraws to its 1967 borders. Response: What does this mean if a) most of the Arab countries do not recognize Israel which is why Arafat's funeral service was held in Egypt, b) the Palestine charter has not been revised, c) the official PLA maps of the region show no Israel, and d) the militant Palestinian organizations like Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and Arafat's own Al Aqsa Brigades almost killed Mohammad Abbas last week simply because he wants to negotiate with Israel? > > The Palestinian charter calls for the extermination of Israel, and has never been changed. The PLA map of the region shows NO ISRAEL. The leaders of all the militant groups that control events on the ground vowed again JUST LAST WEEK that they will NEVER accept a 2 state solution, and tried to kill Mr. Abbas the interim replacement for Arafat simply because he asked them to cease hostilities against Israel. Tariq: The Palestinian Charter was revised in 1993 to eliminate this. In exchange, the Israelis acknowledged the existence of the PLO. Response: The Palestinian charter has never been revised. Also, if you are right, why do the official PLA maps exclude Israel and why did Arafat walk away from the agreement in 2000. > > Until the Palestinians and other Arabs accept Israel's right to exist in peace and security, and stop attacking Israel and its innocent civilians, the problem will continue, and Israel will have no choice but to continue its aggressive defense of its citizens. The US and Israel have both agreed that once hostilities cease everything will be on the table for negotiations. Tariq: You continue to parrot lies that I have no idea where you bring from. As indicated above, the Arab League has offered full recognition by all its members if Israel withdraws to its 1967 borders. Response: Nice try, Tariq, but short on facts as I have pointed out above. Yes, they have made this offer in side documents, but the Charter has never been revised to reflect this, and the Israeli withdrawal was conditional on a ceasefire which the militants have never agreed to. If you don't know that they tried to kill Abbas just last week just because he wanted to end hostilities proves this I really cannot help you. Also, if you are right, why do the official PLA maps exclude Israel and why did Arafat walk away from the agreement in 2000. -Tariq __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com
