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Old 05-27-2011, 04:51 PM   #1
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Default Obama's FP Speechwriter: Jewish refugees should be on the table
First off FP mag put the term in quotes which I don't like. Secondly they have regular column with Stephen Walt which is worse. None the less

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/po...e_on_the_table

Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security advisor for communications and President Barack Obama's chief speechwriter on foreign policy, talked about what's known as the "Jewish right of return" during an off-the-record conference call with Jewish community leaders on May 20, only one day after Obama's major speech on the Middle East. A recording of the call was provided to The Cable.

In response to a question asking why there is a great deal of focus on the Palestinian refugee issue but almost no focus on the Jews who departed Arab lands, Rhodes declared that the Israelis and Palestinians should negotiate on the Jewish right of return to Arab and Muslim countries and that the United States could play in role in mediating that issue.
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Old 05-27-2011, 06:53 PM   #2
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Somehow I don't envision queues of Israeli Jews seeking repatriation to countries like Libya and Iran. The issue is dead as far as repatriation is concerned purely because Israel embraced these people and gave them a home, citizenship and security. The only reason this should not be forgotten is because of the possibility of compensation in the case that the Palestinians insist on playing this card.
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Old 05-27-2011, 07:07 PM   #3
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The point is it's an issue. Give the Mizrahi Jews 50 or 80 billion dollars reparations. Then we can talk about the god damn Palestinians.
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