Comments on: The Palestinian Right of Return Doha Debate http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/04/18/the-palestinian-right-of-return-doha-debate-is-finally-up/ Creating people's geographies Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:27:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ann El Khoury http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/04/18/the-palestinian-right-of-return-doha-debate-is-finally-up/#comment-27239 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:15:28 +0000 http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/04/18/the-palestinian-right-of-return-doha-debate-is-finally-up/#comment-27239 Hi Adrian,

Thanks for your comment. With respect to your question, a democratic state for all its citizens, with laws enshrined guaranteeing equal rights for all regardless of religion, would effecteively obviate this. No one group would need to be a numerical majority as minority group rights are protected. This is a vast improvement on the current situation. Nor would any Israelis have to leave, but nor would the ‘aliyah’ superecede a native Palestinian rights either. The proposal is not that Israelis leave or relinquish rights, but that clearly racist and inequitable privileges be relinqushed.

]]> By: Adrian http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/04/18/the-palestinian-right-of-return-doha-debate-is-finally-up/#comment-27178 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:23:32 +0000 http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/04/18/the-palestinian-right-of-return-doha-debate-is-finally-up/#comment-27178 Saying that a Jewish right of return morally necessitates a Palestinian right of return is a neat argument. But what if Palestinians get their right of return, become a majority, and democratically vote away the Jewish right? What will happen then? These ‘European Jews’ the Palestinians consider such foreigners certainly don’t have a right of return to Europe. Jews (like Protestants and Catholics at times) have fled persecution in various European countries for centuries, and none of those countries (except AFAIK Spain) has ever apologised or invited their descendants back.

]]> By: Reclaiming Space: The Palestinian Right of Return Doha Debate « Maldivian Dissident http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/04/18/the-palestinian-right-of-return-doha-debate-is-finally-up/#comment-18015 Sun, 13 May 2007 11:30:05 +0000 http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/04/18/the-palestinian-right-of-return-doha-debate-is-finally-up/#comment-18015 [...] May 13th, 2007 The Palestinian Right of Return Doha Debate [...]

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