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ATLAS EXCLUSIVE: Nidra Poller on Condi's Conversion

More broadly, and with great effort to be fair-minded, what have Palestinian Americans contributed to the debate, what have they done to help their countrymen move in the direction of the peace and justice they fervently proclaim? How is their plan different from other plans? What influence do or might they have? What do they condemn, aside from the “occupation, humiliation, persecution, impoverishment”? What do they advocate in the way of goals or strategy other than…the Saudi peace plan?

The abiding impression left by this Inaugural Gala is of a total disconnect from current realities. A “no way to get there from here” peace plan based on Palestinian demands and Israeli concessions, that ignores the dismal record of an ummah determined to destroy Israel and the blatant failure of all and every attempt at negotiation with a force persistently identified as a national liberation movement and consistently acting by the rules of jihad.

Could it be that American Palestinians are fronting for the Saudis here in the US as their brethren have done on the battleground, sacrificing their vital interests in the service of a Muslim jihad conquest? While the likes of Mearsheimer, Khalidi, and Judt are arguing that support for Israel is counter to American interests, the ATFP is campaigning to convince us that the creation of a Palestinian state, in no uncertain terms, is in our national interest.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:56 PM