Comments on: The Media and Palestinian Textbooks http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/ The Marketplace of Ideas Wed, 22 May 2013 04:58:20 +0300 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gary Katz http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/#comment-98562 Gary Katz Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:17:31 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101962#comment-98562 Ravi, yours is a common misconception. Even the "moderate" Mahmoud Abbas espouses peace in English but tells Palestinians in Arabic that a peace agreement is only the first step to turning all of Israel into a Palestinian state. Don't forget that settlements (which I call "cities") occupy about 3% of the West Bank. If Muslims lived there, it would be a non-issue. Since Abbas has promised that no Jews will be allowed in Palestine (and they have a death penalty for any Muslim who sells land to a Jew), all of a sudden, it becomes magnified.

]]> By: Gary Katz http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/#comment-98564 Gary Katz Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:17:31 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101962#comment-98564 Ravi, yours is a common misconception. Even the "moderate" Mahmoud Abbas espouses peace in English but tells Palestinians in Arabic that a peace agreement is only the first step to turning all of Israel into a Palestinian state. Don't forget that settlements (which I call "cities") occupy about 3% of the West Bank. If Muslims lived there, it would be a non-issue. Since Abbas has promised that no Jews will be allowed in Palestine (and they have a death penalty for any Muslim who sells land to a Jew), all of a sudden, it becomes magnified.

]]> By: Herbert Kaine http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/#comment-102224 Herbert Kaine Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:15:48 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101962#comment-102224 The primary obstacle to peace today is the presence of a Jewish state in lands previously ruled by Islam. If Israel falls, then Spain, Portugal, and southern France are next, as well as Sicily, because they were also once ruled by Islam. Militant Islam also uses armies of useful idiots like Ravi Singh to crow "Its the Jews fault, its the Jews fault..etc".

]]> By: Eduardo Schmidt http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/#comment-94828 Eduardo Schmidt Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:07:20 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101962#comment-94828 Palestinians have negotiated with other governments while settlement construction was way higher than now. This "freeze" condition is only for now. Then they will demand a "melting" or who knows what.

]]> By: Caitlyn Martin http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/#comment-94830 Caitlyn Martin Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:33:31 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101962#comment-94830 Settlements are not the problem at all. Israel has removed settlements from Sinai and from Gaza and would do so again if a peace treaty could be reached. The only obstacle to peace today is Arab intransigence, nothing else. In 2008 Prime Minister Olmert offered the Palestinians an area equal to the 1949 armistice line (there never were agreed borders between 1949 and 1967) with land swaps to allow for current demographics. He would have divided Jerusalem and put holy sites under international stewardship. He would have offered compensation to refugees. Mahmoud Abbas didn't even grace the offer with a response. Settlements are an excuse, nothing more.

]]> By: Alan Miller http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/#comment-94826 Alan Miller Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:16:40 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101962#comment-94826 A "Two State Solution" my eye. How about a "Four State Solution" instead? After Gaza and Jordan you want to have Judea and Samaria, as well? And your fabled "67 lines" are actually The Armistice Lines of 1948 ( or even the partition demarcation of 1947).

Seems only Mickey Mouse can stop your ranting, Ravi. And look what happended when Pali TV put an anti-semite ranting rat on its morning kiddy shows. Disney Inc. stepped in and had it removed.

]]> By: Rebecca Johnstone http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/#comment-94708 Rebecca Johnstone Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:35:58 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101962#comment-94708 Oh Ravi – when will you answer the question of why Arabs attacked pre 1967, when there were no settlements. This argument of yours is more flawed than the report this article is based on – but that bothers you as much as it does the likes of Agnes Gruda.

]]> By: Rebecca Johnstone http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/#comment-94710 Rebecca Johnstone Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:35:58 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101962#comment-94710 Oh Ravi – when will you answer the question of why Arabs attacked pre 1967, when there were no settlements. This argument of yours is more flawed than the report this article is based on – but that bothers you as much as it does the likes of Agnes Gruda.

]]> By: Dov Blair Epstein http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/#comment-94704 Dov Blair Epstein Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:31:32 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101962#comment-94704 When a the combined arab countries went to war against Israel , in 1948, when they rejected their own state, and 1967 , again, when King Hussein announced over the radio, "kill the Jews, " Israel wasn't IN the "disputed territories. Whose fault for peace was it then? the answer is and has always been , the jewish presence in Israel, period. Yours is an agenda of hatred and lies.

]]> By: Dov Blair Epstein http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/#comment-94706 Dov Blair Epstein Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:31:32 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101962#comment-94706 When a the combined arab countries went to war against Israel , in 1948, when they rejected their own state, and 1967 , again, when King Hussein announced over the radio, "kill the Jews, " Israel wasn't IN the "disputed territories. Whose fault for peace was it then? the answer is and has always been , the jewish presence in Israel, period. Yours is an agenda of hatred and lies.

]]> By: Ravi Singh http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/#comment-94700 Ravi Singh Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:22:13 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101962#comment-94700 The primary obstacle to peace today is the settlement enterprise. A large segment Palestinians, however grudgingly, have recognised Israels right to exist. Having won this "victory" Israel should have moved fast to agree to a 2 state within the 67 borders, then incrementally create conditions for a phased hand over of the Territory, and work on building a lasting peace. Instead the Israelis are building settlements, which have destroyed the 2 state solution, and chances for peace.

]]> By: Ravi Singh http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-a-recent-study-on-israeli-palestinian-textbooks-teaches-us-about-media-coverage/#comment-94702 Ravi Singh Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:22:13 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=101962#comment-94702 The primary obstacle to peace today is the settlement enterprise. A large segment Palestinians, however grudgingly, have recognised Israels right to exist. Having won this "victory" Israel should have moved fast to agree to a 2 state within the 67 borders, then incrementally create conditions for a phased hand over of the Territory, and work on building a lasting peace. Instead the Israelis are building settlements, which have destroyed the 2 state solution, and chances for peace.

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