Gustave, I believe that if one accepts the "right of return" of Palestinians to the pre 67 borders, you will establish a dangerous international precedent. The aggressors (the Arab nations in this case, in 48, 67 and 73), can, when defeated, in an effort to make territorial conquests (throwing the Jews to the Mediteranean), always and legitimately, ask to come back to the territory they lost. No risk in trying to conquer territories since you get it all back. Furthermore, such a precedent will provide a legal precedent for the right wing extremists in Germany to demand back Silisia and parts of Prussia which are currently under Polish and Russian control (Breslau, Danzig (now Gdansk) and Koenigsberg (now Kaliningrad)), Greek to reestablish their prior presence in Turkey and of course complicate what is already quite complex in other parts of Europe. If you feel such a "right of return" is OK after 53 years, why not 55 years. I am sure you are quite familiar with movements within the German societies acting to achieve exactly that, some even would like to get back Alsace Lorraine.
I believe that International law has established quite clearly that an aggressor risks losing some of its territory, and that risk should be visible to all aggressors, otherwise, what will prevent them from trying again and again? They surely have shown that avoiding war to preserve the lives of their citizens is not very high on their agenda.
No, the establishing a "Right of Return" , will destabilize Europe to such an extent that the Balkan conflicts will look like "Children Play".
Zeev |
