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Transnational Thursday for July 4, 2024

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Its not Palestinian territory and never has been. The legal rights of Palestinians on Area A and B is dependant on the legal owners regarding land use rights as under the Ottomans and later the British. A bunch of squatters are free to stay on any piece of dirt until someone comes about with the right piece of paper and the guns to enforce the words on the paper. The Palestinians should direct their ire towards Jordan which disclaimed all claim to the West Bank and left the Palestinians truly stateless.

Given the vileness of how Palestinians treat each other, much less Israelis, the burden of proof for innocence lies on the Palestinians. If the PA does not record crimes committed by Palestinians until it comes time to pay the bounties of the martyr fund, then Palestinians are innocent eternally. Given the strong support for Oct 7 in the West Bank

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-palestinians-opinion-poll-wartime-views-a0baade915619cd070b5393844bc4514

I seriously doubt the 'victims' of settler violence are innocent lambs free of sin.

Not to say the settlers are themselves necessarily justified. But the Israelis are actually willing to hold their criminals accountable. The Palestinians throw parades and demand the criminals be free to commit more crimes... like Haniyeh.

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