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What Powers and Wehner Get Wrong About the Palestinians

LonfromPen Wrote: Nov 29, 2012 2:18 PM

Israel does not have a problem with a certain percentage of Palestinians becoming Israelis. They have a big problem with too great a percentage of Palestinians becoming Israelis. That is why the Israelis strongest red line (and with good reason) is the Right of Return which would allow too many Palestinians to claim Israeli citizenship. It is an interesting question what the Israelis would have done had its Arab neighbors not given Israel the chance to chase most of the Palestinians out of Israel. But you are wrong if you think Israelis would take the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza if that was offered. But if that is Blackwell's position, good for him and he should say it. I just doubt it is.

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What Powers and Wehner Get Wrong About the Palestinians

Editor's Note: This column was coauthored by Bob Morrison.

Pete Wehner is a real gentleman. His reproofs are generally not caustic and are almost always intended to have his opponents listen to what Lincoln called “the better angels of our nature.” Thus, when he recently criticized Kirsten Powers, he provided a most useful sketch of the history of Arab-Israeli conflicts in recent times, at least since 1967. Wehner’s column should be required reading for anyone taking part in Mideast policy discussions.

In the main, we agree with his assessment of this good woman’s errors. But in gently rebuking...

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