should we allow a Palestinian delegation to come to D.C.?

[ensho]

I say absolutely YES!


http://www.truth-out.org/get-palestinians-out-washington62231


Get the Palestinians Out of Washington?

As the U.S struggles to bring Israelis and Palestinians together at the negotiation table, some in the U.S. are debating whether or not a Palestinian delegation should even be allowed in Washington.

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On July 20, the State Department sent a letter to Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, the Chief of the PLO Mission to the United States, stating that the U.S. had granted the upgrade to a "general delegation." The U.S. does not allow a full embassy because it does not recognize a Palestinian state.

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Crowley did admit, however, the decision was in direct relation to "the improvement in the relations between the United States and Palestinians."

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According to Crowley, the primary results of the U.S. decision has been to fly the Palestinian flag and permission to call themselves the General Delegation of the PLO - "A name that conforms to how they describe their missions in Europe, Canada, and several Latin American countries."
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Ros-Lehtinen, the Fl.scammer, is all bent out of shape over this. too bad. they need to come to D.C. its the civilized thing to do.

[daleanime]

1. Shouldn't we talk to everybody?

:shrug:

[elleng]

2. Certainly, even moreso to 'enemies,' or those with whom we disagree,

otherwise we get NOWHERE (except to wars.)

[daleanime]

3. That maybe the heart....

of what it means to be a Liberal!:fistbump:

[readmoreoften]

6. Why would Palestinians be an "enemy" that we disagree with? They're an ethnic group.

They're not my "enemy"--and I'm a Jew.

[elleng]

12. So am I. my point, should TALK with everyone,

even those SOME perceive as 'enemies,' and disagree with.

Yes, they're an 'etnic' group, and so are we, readmore!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. If Palestine and Israel are to be two separate countries then yes

it would make sense for Israel and Palestine to talk with the US even at the same time.

[RC]

5. They were talking at Camp David under Clinton.

Bu$H scuddled that right after he was appointed. More evidence of war crimes.

[awoke_in_2003]

7. Yes. Nt

[mwooldri]

8. What reasons are there for a Palestinian delegation NOT to go to DC?

Apart from the "terrorist, terrorist, terrorist" mantra, I see no reason why not.

Talking with your political enemies works best. Shutting them out, trying to bomb them out, trying to censor them... it just plain doesn't work.

It worked in Northern Ireland (for the most part). It can work in Palestine too. I think there are forces at work that want to continue an Israeli/Palestinian conflict indefinitely.

[lsewpershad]

9. Very simple

Yes

[Laughing Mirror]

10. I welcome them to my hometown

Yes, of course.

[Arkana]

11. I, um, thought we'd allowed this already on several occasions, no?

A Palestinian delegation has NEVER come to the United States?