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  • A debate about the two-state-solution with Norman Finkelstein
    • FreePalestine June 6, 2012 at 4:04 pm

      Does this mean that Barghouti and Finkelstein agree on the right of return? Maybe someone should ask Barghouti to confirm this.

    • FreePalestine June 6, 2012 at 4:03 pm with 2 replies

      I just checked Samel's original post (link to mondoweiss.net). To discredit Finkelstein's argument, Samel accuses Finkelstein of low-balling the figure of illegal Jewish settlers at "only 500,000." Doesn't Finkelstein have the right to correct Samel if he is throwing around figures that are 50 percent greater than the actual number? Samel wonders what's the difference if the figure is 500,000, 600,000, or 750,000. Does that mean it makes no difference if the number is 10,000,000? Finkelstein said that to judge the practicality of a two-state settlement, one must be attentive to the actual facts on the ground. The actual numbers do matter, don't they?

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