Mouin Rabbani
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You're right. He should have accepted it. But if you're correct, okay, that he was really out to eliminate Israel, then... He wouldn't have cared about the borders. He wouldn't have cared about what the thing said about refugees. He would have gotten a sovereign state and used that to achieve that purpose.
You're right. He should have accepted it. But if you're correct, okay, that he was really out to eliminate Israel, then... He wouldn't have cared about the borders. He wouldn't have cared about what the thing said about refugees. He would have gotten a sovereign state and used that to achieve that purpose.
But I think it was precisely because he recognized that he was not negotiating for a springboard. He was negotiating permanent status that he was such a stickler about the details.
But I think it was precisely because he recognized that he was not negotiating for a springboard. He was negotiating permanent status that he was such a stickler about the details.
But I think it was precisely because he recognized that he was not negotiating for a springboard. He was negotiating permanent status that he was such a stickler about the details.
If you want to dismiss international law, that's fine, but then you have to do it consistently. You can't set standards for the Palestinians but reject applying those standards to Israel. If we're going to have the law of the jungle, then we can all be beasts and not only some of us. So it's either that
If you want to dismiss international law, that's fine, but then you have to do it consistently. You can't set standards for the Palestinians but reject applying those standards to Israel. If we're going to have the law of the jungle, then we can all be beasts and not only some of us. So it's either that
If you want to dismiss international law, that's fine, but then you have to do it consistently. You can't set standards for the Palestinians but reject applying those standards to Israel. If we're going to have the law of the jungle, then we can all be beasts and not only some of us. So it's either that
or you have certain agreed standards that are intended to regulate our conduct, all of our conduct, not just some of us.
or you have certain agreed standards that are intended to regulate our conduct, all of our conduct, not just some of us.
or you have certain agreed standards that are intended to regulate our conduct, all of our conduct, not just some of us.
Well, you're saying, you know, international law and the millionth UN resolution, you're being very dismissive about all these things. And that's fine, but then you have to be dismissive across the board.
Well, you're saying, you know, international law and the millionth UN resolution, you're being very dismissive about all these things. And that's fine, but then you have to be dismissive across the board.
Well, you're saying, you know, international law and the millionth UN resolution, you're being very dismissive about all these things. And that's fine, but then you have to be dismissive across the board.
Yeah, but hold on, hold on. Every United Nations Security Council resolution, irrespective of under which chapter it was adopted, is by definition binding. binding not only on the members of the Security Council, but on every member state of the UN. Read the UN Charter. It's black and white.
Yeah, but hold on, hold on. Every United Nations Security Council resolution, irrespective of under which chapter it was adopted, is by definition binding. binding not only on the members of the Security Council, but on every member state of the UN. Read the UN Charter. It's black and white.
Yeah, but hold on, hold on. Every United Nations Security Council resolution, irrespective of under which chapter it was adopted, is by definition binding. binding not only on the members of the Security Council, but on every member state of the UN. Read the UN Charter. It's black and white.
It's actually not that vague because the term land for peace- originates in 242.
It's actually not that vague because the term land for peace- originates in 242.
It's actually not that vague because the term land for peace- originates in 242.