The Continuing Catastrophe - 24 May 08 - Part 2

To conclude Al Jazeera's special coverage of the 60th anniversary of the creation of Israel - an event known to Palestinians as 'al Nakba' (the catastrophe) - senior political analyst Marwan Bishara hosts a debate examining why the events of 1948 still have wide-ranging political ramifications today.

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[jerkinp]

Russia was not the first and it was the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was the second (2nd) nation to recognize Israel after the Americans.

[johnnyoilboy]

Israel should be nuked of the map

jews are not human they must all be killed

i want to drink the blood of every jewish man women and child on the planet

we must nuke israel and libreate our motherland

[cardieunion]

Yes, it is. And the Israeli guest does not represent Israelis. In fact, if any Israeli politician advocated a one-state solution, he'd find himself on the receiving end of a bullet pretty quickly.

[abarzilai664]

Isn't the one-state solution code for the destruction of Israel?

[brick4sale]

I think the host is a bit bitter, but there is no unbiased view in this.

[ijosdeputisima]

move israel to florida¡¡¡¡¡

palestine for palestiniens¡¡¡¡¡

alahakbar¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[sana6]

3)In the 1950s, they were over 1 million pali refugees in host arab nations. UNWR Reports in the 1950s, stated Arab nations made GENUINE attempts at accepting the Palis. But how much could they have done! Each nation was undergoing soci-political tormoil. Syria 17 coup d'etat, Egypt was busy with ousting the British. Oil didn't become a major product til 70s. Naturally, the Gulf states are going to focus on their own infrastructure first. Palis=REF that deserve to return, so can ur jews,

[sana6]

2)b consent. So the Arab revolt was completely justified, even historians say. The 48, the Jewish militias started the FIRST phase of the war. B4 the end of the mandate, they occupied ALL arab settlements, the Arabs none. The Jewish army was 90 000 euro trained, arabs 30 000. Israel receives the LARGEST Aid in the world, every year you get 3 billon$ in American Military Grants, that=FREE WEAPONS. Thats why your armies are strong. PLUS the $21 million/day you got to build your country

[sana6]

1)Even though, Jewish insecurity was real and justified in Arab countries it was far less significant than other factors contributing to the wave of Jewish immigrants. Scholarly Israeli sources stated, "no one can compare the Arab violence against the Jews in the Islamic world with the horrors of [even] the mildest Russian pogroms." THe migration was due to an intensified moral obligation. Arab revolt was the fight back aganist the british in 1938. B/c the british were selling land WITHOUT ara

[sana6]

go read history books, read international laws, read the UN resolutions. seriously thats what i did when i wanted to find out about this conflict. Even Israeli historians point the finger at their own nation for the treatment of the palis. If doesn't take much reading to get the info my friend, even that book, the beginners guide to israeli-palestinian conflict, which was hailed as a must read for everyone, criticized israel for its treatment of the palis