One has to remember that the 2 State solution is essentially an American policy designed to shape Palestinian opinion into accepting the idea of a Palestinian country living in peace next to Israel. A viable alternative would be for them to form an economic union with Jordan and/or Egypt. The rational is that a people concerned with trade and civil infrastructure will shy away from war - the real problem is to get the Palestinians to that point.

Its still a good idea but you are right that the Palestinian leadership has indicated both in word and in actions that such as state might serve as a springboard for future aggression and that the long term goal is the destruction of the Jewish State.

Diplomacy is the art of exploiting ambiguity. If enough Palestinians come to realize that their best option is to build an economy, a nation, a future, rather than letting their own nabka define their existence, then there is a chance for peace.

In the first place, people who charge racism for the mere flyspeck of including a shot of white female celebrity in an ad denouncing a black man's celebrity status, have to have testicles the size of Montana to take others to task for the failing to note the distinction between "anti-Semite" and "pro-Palestinian." I'll grant you "anti-Israel" is more precise; trying to make the difference between the completely supportable "anti-Israel" and the slightly inaccurate "anti-Semite" into an accusation of bullying and racism, is beyond the pale. You are a demagogue, and should be horsewhipped publicly.

In the second place, I accuse you of deliberate obtuseness regarding the Palestinian cause. These "pro-Palestinian" activists who "...accept the idea of a Jewish state, but disapprove of Israeli expansion into the West Bank and Gaza" have been playing the same game with the West for 30 years now, and anybody who is still falling for it is either too foolish to be trusted with our credence, or to dishonest to be trusted with our credence. They talk this way to the Western press, and then, when they're among their own, they talk of driving the Jews into the sea. They're not even waiting until they can do it an Arabic anymore; they announce their intentions in English, just so long as there's no hostile press nearby. There wasn't even a day's respite between the turnover of Gaza and the first attacks into Israel. How many times does this have to repeat before you get it? Answer: it doesn't matter how many times, Joe Klein isn't interested in the truth on this matter.

I repeat: in a fair world, you would be driven from the profession of journalism in shame an dishonor. It's a measure of the corruption of journalism that you are not; but honest citizens have taken note, and your name, sir, is deservedly a malediction.

The Tank Media is partisan Democrat, and can not be trusted to put out anything more than just propaganda for Liberals.

Whatever Klein is writing is worthless.

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_spine/archive/2008/10/30/excuse-me.aspx

Hopefully the LA Times can persuade their anonymouse to give permission to show the tape, so this 'bombshell' will fizzle just like all the other ones did. And if this kerfluffle increases Khalidi's public profile, it's all good.

Look at the evidence--this came from a story in the LA Times that is 6 months old. What kind of research and thinking went into making this a focus of the campaign? Somebody--probably lots of somebodies--have been sitting and poring through reams and reams of internet material for months.

They have not been looking for evidence of problems with Obama's campaign platform, they are looking for what will do maximum damage to his credibility. Of all the things they came up with, they are pushing Khalidi.

What attracted them to this old story? His name and ethnic background. Period, full stop. The links to the PLO are so insubstantial that they would never on their own be an issue. This is no Bill Ayers, but they are being treated as equivalent. Why? Because of the name. You don't need to go further than that to know that this is a venomous racist attack.

I can't wait for November 4.