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--- Peter D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Tariq, > Apparently it is alright for you to go back to a statement made 86 years > ago by Ben Gurion to prove a point while completely ignoring the fact > that Mario Goveia was talking about Israel's in today's context. When > Mario said that the PLO charter doesn't recognise Israel--a claim that > wasn't disputed even 10 years ago--you were very quick to bring him up > to date, per your understanding of Oslo. (I do believe that Mario is > correct, though--Yasser Arafat acknowledged the existence of Israel in > the accords, but that did not change the PLO charter.) The statements attributed to David Ben-Gurion were provided in the context of Mario's absurd remarks that the Israeli's were never seeking more territory and their Next time, please read the whole thread before deciding to jump in and wag your finger. As for the Palestinian Charter, it was amended on April 24, 1996, in a special session of the PNC in Gaza. There were 504 votes for the change and 54 against, with 14 abstentions. The Jewish lobby and its pet parrots around the world have made a cottage industry of claiming that this Palestinian Charter was never changed because: 1. The PNC never published a charter that reflected the revision. 2. Disgruntled members of the PNC made comments to the effect that the vote on April 24, 1996 was merely a vote to authorize the change of the charter, and not a change to the charter itself. The sad part in all this is that, the Occupier of the Land and the supporters of Occupation, are today spending considerable effort and time, finding procedural irregularities in the political operations of the people whose land has been usurped. It would be perhaps wise to focus such energy on self-reflection and the fact that they have been occupying the land that belongs to someone else. -Tariq __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
