By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gave a speech commemorating the
Palestinian nakba, it is called Nakba Day.
Nakba means catastrophe. Nakba Day falls out on May 15th every year.
May 15, 1948 is the day on the Gregorian calendar that the State of Israel was declared. Palestinian Catastrophe Day is Israel Independence Day. It does not have to be seen that way-- but it is.
Make special note that the Palestinians chose to celebrate this day according to the Gregorian calendar, not according to their Muslim calendar.
In his speech Abbas clearly repeated his conditions for returning to negotiations with Israel. His three pre-conditions are.
#1: Total stopping of settlement
#2: Release of prisoners
#3: Negotiations for just one year.
This set of pre-conditions set by the Palestinian leader is pie in the sky. That is why the starting point of negotiations for Israel is NO pre-conditions.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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