RE: Should the Palestinians have an independent state?
March 20, 2015 at 12:46 pm
(This post was last modified: March 20, 2015 at 12:46 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(March 20, 2015 at 12:39 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Property should be treated as it would in almost any court in the land. If the living heirs have a better claim than the possessors then it should be equitably redistributed. The native Indians of Manhattan held claim to a Manhattan of marsh and swamp, they cannot claim the Manhattan of today. Similarly, where the Jews have improved the land they have rights to the improvements, and a settlement would be reached in a fair court of law. It's simpler than you think.
I think it's more complex than you think, because what appears to be fair when read on the paper of a decision handed down in court is often rejected on the basis of emotional attachments, and I think this instance is almost certainly one of those cases. Remember, the goal is not only just treatment, but lasting peace.
Putting together the just settlement may indeed be as easy as you portray, but translating it into the real world and seeing it peacefully implemented is another story entirely.
