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Re: Israel and Palestine
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 10 Oct 2001 02:34:09 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Further I suppor the notion of trying (within limits, as Frank said) to find
> and correct past injustices to the extent practical. That may well mean
> unwinding a *lot* of land transactions in the US for example... I'd rather
> do that and get closure, than continue to grant a blank check of guilt about
> it to the chattering classes...
Do you think this would really be practical? Do we unwind all the way
back to the first settlers? How do we deal with the wealth which has
been generated from those lands?
I'm curious as to how and where we draw the line. Perhaps it is prudent
to explore how we might unwind the situation in the U.S. before we make
claims as to what should happen in the Middle East.
Frank
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| (...) I am not sure but we'll never know unless we start trying to figure out how to do it in detail. We would need to organise some set of stakeholders to sit down and do it (perhaps the folks from a particular small region) with the clear and (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Would it be possible for ownership to be *purchased* from legitimate previous owners rather than having had to have been in the family all that time? Or are you saying that purchasing land can't be done, only inheritance is acceptable as a (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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