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Five million in five years    By Sever Plocker
1. Comment re: Sever Plocker's column
There is no way that five million human beings, regardless of religion or nationality, can be crammed into an area of approximately 2,500 square miles, much of which is barren desert or worthless hills, totally unsuitable for any form of agriculture. It is likely to burst out at the seams. That is the real danger of a Palestinian state with five million inhabitants.
Johnny Weintraub ,   Sugar Land, Texas US   (05.04.05)
2. There Will Be NO "Palestinian" State
Not here in OUR land. If they want a state, it will be in Jordan, which is nearly 80% of "Palestine": 1. Jordan is a MAJORITY "Palestinian". 2. Most "Palestinians" in Judea and Samaria, and many in Gaza are Jordanian citizens. 3. The Queen of Jordan, Rania, is a "Palestinian". 4. This means that the next king of Jordan will be half "Palestinian". 5. Fully half of Jordan's parliament is made up of "Palestinian" lawmakers. 6. Jordan's chambers of commerce report an even higher "Palestinian" membership. 7. Jordan's economic infrastructure is in "Palestinian" hands, particularly since the Gulf War, when they were expelled from the Gulf States and settled in Jordan with their money, spurring a tremendous construction boom and an economic explosion as they built businesses based on money they brought from the Gulf. 8. Jordan's capital, Amman, has more "Palestinians" than any other city in the world. 9. Jordan was an OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of the Palestine Mandate land- NEARLY 80%. 10. The Jordanian flag is therefore the EXACT same flag as the "Palestinian" flag- the only difference being the addition of a star for the King. 11. After World War I, various parts of the former Ottoman Empire in the Middle East were restructured. On April 11, 1921 the British gave the name The Emirate of Transjordan to about 80% of what they were due to be allocated as the Palestine mandate. It became an autonomous political state under British administration under the nominal auspices of the League of Nations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan 12. At the end of World War I, the territory now comprising Israel, Jordan, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem was awarded to the United Kingdom by the League of Nations as the mandate for Palestine and Transjordan. In 1922, the British divided the mandate by establishing the semi-autonomous Emirate of Transjordan, ruled by the Hashemite Prince Abdullah, while continuing the administration of Palestine under a British High Commissioner. The mandate over Transjordan ended on May 22, 1946; on May 25, the country became the independent Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jordan 13. Jordan is "Palestine": http://www.therightroadtopeace.com/eng/DefaultEng.html
Yishai Kohen ,   YeShA, ISRAEL   (05.04.05)
3. Deal with the facts, not with what should be
I don't expect the Palestinians to lower their birthrate. So we better get out of Gaza while we still can. We got to be able to say: this is not part or our country and consequently these people have no rights in our country, only in theirs. There will be a Palestinian state and there is nothing we can do to stop it. All we can do is seperate before we are stuck in this hug of death. This is why the wall enrages the Palestinians. It seperates us from them. Not only does it prevent suicide bombers from turinning our lives into hell, it enables us to point out that there is a border. The nutty thing is that beyond Gaza there is the empty Sinai desert. But the pressure will remain towards Israel and to withstand that pressure we need a border as soon as possible.
daniel ,   amsterdam   (05.06.05)
4. TAKE CHARGE
ISRAEL NEEDS A MAN LIKE PUTIN. HE DOES NOT FEAR THE "WORLD" HE GENEFLECTS TO NO ONE! THE LEADERS OF ISRAEL WORRY AND FEAR FRANCE, ENGLAND, AND THE USA. THEY MUST DEVELOP A POWERFUL ECONOMY. INDUCE YOUNG PALESTINIANS TO LEAVE FOR FOREIGN LANDS. INCLUDING ISRAELI ARABS. TRY TO REDUCE THE ISRAELI ARAB POPULATION. FORM A COMMITTEE TO THINK OF WAYS TO REDUCE THE ARAB POPULATION. DO NOT FEAR USING BILLIONS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MOST IMPORTANT ACT. IT IS ONLY MONEY. INCREASE THE POPULATION OF ISRAEL. THINK! IT CAN BE DONE. SHALOM THE USA. ISRAEL MUST WORK TO DEVELOP A POWERFUL ECONOMY.
SAMUEL BLAIR ,   BOCA RATON USA   (05.07.05)
5. Why OUR dollars ? ?
Why should the money for a Palestinian "state" come from the US ? They hate us! NO. Let the money come from their Arab brothers, who are rich with our oil dollars.
Shilah Anderson ,   Hibbing, USA   (05.09.05)
6. Scare tactics Not Sound Reason For Policy
While "ruling" over another population is not a viable option, and while demography should be considered, the overall consideration needs to be security. In this regard, who in their right mind would give all the advantages of statehood to a population that sees martyrdom as its religious goal and reason for being? Let's be honest here - where in the world does one see so many people vying to become suicide bombers! A viable answer to this "demography" issue is to grant autonomy (as was done before, remember?) but not statehood. This would allow them to deal with their own internal affairs, yet not allow terrorists and their supporters to have a standing army!seaport and airport. Until they are able to behave like a civilized society, why would anyone expect Israel to agree to such a scenario? The threat of their breeding like rabbits should not be any different than if Mexico's president threatened its population will breed like rabbits, and scream that therefore the US must open its borders. Scare tactics don't make for sound policy decisions.
Adina Kutnicki ,   NJ, US   (05.14.05)
7. To: Yishai Kohen
I agree with everything you said here with the exception on one rather important item. You stated: "There Will Be NO "Palestinian" State" and I disagree. There already IS an Arab-Palestinian State and it's called JORDAN. It doesn't matter what they called it when this state was originated, it is STILL the home state of the Arab-Palestinians and if the Arab-Palestinians who currently live in Israel (including the Gaze Strip and West Bank) want to live in their home state then they need to move out of the slums they’ve lived in for decades, move HOME and stop playing the victims. I am so sick of hearing about how bad they have it!
T. A. Adams ,   Oklahoma City, USA   (05.16.05)
8. Children are a blessing
Children are a blessing from Hashem. Lets pray that Israel will be full of our children so the Jewish state can survive and prosper
Dan T ,   Toledo U.S.A.   (12.29.09)
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