Comments on: Since When Is ‘Commentary’ for the Two-State Solution? http://mondoweiss.net/2008/09/since-when-is-commentary-for-the-two-state-solution.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Mon, 28 May 2012 01:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ploni Almoni http://mondoweiss.net/2008/09/since-when-is-commentary-for-the-two-state-solution.html/comment-page-1#comment-50908 Ploni Almoni Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/09/23/since-when-is-commentary-for-the-two-state-solution.html#comment-50908 <p>Of course the indignation in the blog entry was about the lack of press coverage, not about the survey results themselves. Kind of a trivial thing for them to whine about, but still it would be nice to paraphrase them accurately.</p> <p>The issue is relevant because Palestinians, even Hamas, are often described in the Western press as fighting for independence in the West Bank and Gaza. That is misleading at best.</p> <p>Here's a survey question that should be asked of Palestinians but never is: Suppose that as a result of a peace agreement with Israel, a Palestinian state were created in Gaza and the West Bank; would you then support the state's armed suppression of Palestinian groups which continued the struggle to liberate <i>all</i> of Palestine?</p> Of course the indignation in the blog entry was about the lack of press coverage, not about the survey results themselves. Kind of a trivial thing for them to whine about, but still it would be nice to paraphrase them accurately.

The issue is relevant because Palestinians, even Hamas, are often described in the Western press as fighting for independence in the West Bank and Gaza. That is misleading at best.

Here's a survey question that should be asked of Palestinians but never is: Suppose that as a result of a peace agreement with Israel, a Palestinian state were created in Gaza and the West Bank; would you then support the state's armed suppression of Palestinian groups which continued the struggle to liberate all of Palestine?

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