Iraqi Author 'Aref 'Alwan: The Jews Have an Historic Right to Palestine

"In an article posted December 7, 2007, on the leftist website www.ahewar.org, [1] 'Aref 'Alwan, an Iraqi author and playwright who resides in London and is the author of 12 novels, [2] states that the Jews have an historic right to Palestine because......."

Then he goes on to say that "the Arabs have no hope of extricating themselves from the cultural and political challenge of terrorism (that they created) unless they come up with [new] and different [fundamental] premises, and with an outlook completely free of the fetters of the religious ritual that they have devised in modern times and called the Nakba (the 1948 'Disaster'/declaration of the state of Israel).

"Although Palestinian senior officials, leaders, educated circles, and public figures, whose patriotism is beyond doubt, have come to terms with the existence of the State of Israel, the aforementioned 80% of Arabs... do not accept this view, and consider it religious apostasy. Leaders of the [Arab] states in the region, and party leaders, inflame sentiment, entrancing them with the drumbeat of extremism.

"With the strident chorus of its secretaries, the Arab League ensures that every car crash in Gaza or the West Bank is interpreted as an Israeli conspiracy against the Arab future......instead of devising creative strategies for cultural and economic development, so as to improve the deteriorating standard of living in the Arab societies."

Read this one man's vision for the region HERE. the follow up question is: Is this possible?