Re: <nettime> nettime-l Digest, Vol 4, Issue 18

[Gebhard Sengmüller via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

I agree. The role of Palestinians as pawns in the hands of Arab nations seems to be largely excluded from the left’s „imperialism“ discourse on the topic. Doesn’t make a difference for suffering civilians now of course, but just try imagine other countries in similar predicaments acting like this.

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>   1. Re: silence on Palestine? (Rahul Goswami)
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> From: Rahul Goswami <makanaka@pobox.com>
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> I present a few points here to bring balance to the subject:
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> 1. On 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181, 
> known as the Partition Plan. Acceptance of the Partition Plan would have 
> meant the establishment of two states, but the surrounding Arab 
> countries and the local Arab population vehemently rejected the proposal.
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> 2. After the May 1948 war, Israel (other Western countries too) 
> immediately absorbed Jewish refugees. Palestinian refugees were placed 
> in camps and kept there generation after generation as a matter of Arab 
> policy. Israel withdrew entirely from Gaza in 2005, but there are still 
> eight UN-run refugee camps there. Why should there be? Gaza is 
> completely under Palestinian control. But dismantling the camps would 
> mean removing symbols of Palestinian ?resistance?.
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> 3. During the 1990-91 Gulf War, Kuwait expelled over 300,000 
> Palestinians working in the country when Yasser Arafat supported Saddam 
> Hussein. The Palestinians were seen as a likely fifth column. There was 
> scant objection from other Arab countries, or pro-Palestine voices in 
> the West, about the expulsion.
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> Rahul Goswami
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