Reply #28: Compare The Demands On Palestinians and Israel [View All]

[DrFunkenstein]

This text is even an improvement over the more specific policy speeches he made, but compare:

"To get there, the Palestinian Authority will have to fight terrorism and violence on a consistent basis to create the conditions necessary for a viable peace process. The Israeli government will have to work to improve the living conditions of the Palestinian people and ultimately will have to remove a number of existing settlements."

There is (yet a thrid time) no mention of curbing the violence on the part of the Israelis. Nor does it mention that Israelis are actively destroying the Palestinian infrastructure to enfeeble any future Palestinian State. Nor is their mention of the separation wall, which is a bald-faced land-grab. And while it talks about the need for Palestinian reform with women, it makes no mention of the fact that Arabs are legally second-class citizens in Israel.

There is nothing Dean says here that George Bush does not also say.

And finally, let's take a look at this gem:

"The basic framework for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians is a two state solution -- a Jewish state of Israel living side by side in peace and security with an independent, demilitarized Palestinian state."

So Israel will be a nuclear power, and a Palestinian state will be demilitarized?