[lbo-talk] article idea

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Marivin:
> I like the perceptive and principled POV about the Gaza pullout posted by
a
> German contributor to Louis Proyect's Marxmail list, as follows:
> 
> "...I am not in favor of ethnically pure territories. I have in
> principle nothing against Jews living in Gaza or whereever in the
> world.
> 
>    The state of Israel should not forcibly remove them from where they
> chose to live.
> 
>    They should simply have done three things:
>    1. dismantle the fortifications of the settlements (not the houses)
>    2. disarm the settlers
>    3. withdraw all armed forces and police from the Gaza strip and
> thus hand over the administrative authority over _all_ people and
> places in Gaza strip to the Palestinian Authority.
> 
>    The same applies to the settlements in Westbank.

That, I believe, dove-tails with the Left's position advocating a single,
multiethnic and secular state - which imho is a far more sensible solution
than the "bantustan" approach favoured by US liberals.

Wojtek