Vaak wordt gezegd dat de Joodse kolonisten als zij dit willen toch Palestijns staatsburger zouden kunnen worden in een te vormen Palestijnse staat; het is aan hen de keuze te maken tussen deze mogelijkheid of naar Israel te verhuizen. Van Israels kant wordt daar tegenin gebracht dat zij onder Palestijns gezag niet veilig zullen zijn en op zijn best een tweederangsstatus zullen hebben zoals Joden die eeuwenlang hadden in de Arabische wereld. PA leiders hebben tegenstrijdige uitspraken gedaan over de mogelijkhied Joden in hun nieuwe staat op te nemen. In een interview in het confronterende Hardtalk van de BBC maakt Saeb Erekat duidelijk dat er voor Joden geen plaats is in de nieuwe staat. Hij zei:
I don't think Christian and Muslim Palestinians would convert to Judaism and become Israelis. I don't think that Jews would convert to Islam and Christianity and become Palestinians.
Moslims en christenen hoeven zich niet te bekeren om in Israel te wonen en het staatsburgerschap te verkrijgen; religie en staatsburgerschap zijn verschillende zaken. Blijkbaar ziet hij dat anders, ondanks het seculiere imago dat de PA in het westen heeft.
Overigens komen zulke bekeringen wel voor, zie bijv. recent: Israëlische bevalt in Palestijns ziekenhuis
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Saeb Erekat admits that Jews could never become "Palestinians"
Saeb Erekat was on Hardtalk this week. Unfortunately many countries cannot view the full interview at the BBC site.
But this clip is available, and it betrays the bigotry of even the moderate "Palestinian" leadership.
As Erekat dismisses the idea of a one state solution, he says:
But the second statement shows that Erekat believes that Jews cannot ever be citizens of a Palestinian Arab state! Only Christians and Muslims could!
He could have framed it in national terms ("I don't think that Palestinians want to be citizens of Israel; I don't think that Israelis would want to become citizens of a Palestinian state") but instead his terminology shows that the entire Palestinian Arab national project is really about keeping Jews out of "Palestine," and in the short term limiting the areas that Jews could live, not building a state.
But this clip is available, and it betrays the bigotry of even the moderate "Palestinian" leadership.
As Erekat dismisses the idea of a one state solution, he says:
I don't think Christian and Muslim Palestinians would convert to Judaism and become Israelis. I don't think that Jews would convert to Islam and Christianity and become Palestinians.Since there are over a million non-Jews in Israel, his first statement betrays his hate for Israel and his propensity to slander Israel on British TV by implying that it is a Jewish-only state.
But the second statement shows that Erekat believes that Jews cannot ever be citizens of a Palestinian Arab state! Only Christians and Muslims could!
He could have framed it in national terms ("I don't think that Palestinians want to be citizens of Israel; I don't think that Israelis would want to become citizens of a Palestinian state") but instead his terminology shows that the entire Palestinian Arab national project is really about keeping Jews out of "Palestine," and in the short term limiting the areas that Jews could live, not building a state.
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