There is no Palestinian State. World leaders can say anything they want, but the fact is: you cannot have a state without borders or a government. And the other fact is, the Palestinians have neither.
And for good reason.
The Arabs were actually offered a state by the UN in 1947 and 1948 but they rejected the partition plan outright because they refused to recognize a Jewish State.
Later, this refusal would be codified in the Khartoum Declaration of 1967: No recognition of Israel. No peace with Israel. And no negotiations with Israel. AKA, The Jewish State.
And so the stage was set.
We can rewind centuries or even millennia to trace the roots of this belligerence and the violence that accompanied it, but instead, let’s fast forward to 1993, the first of the Oslo Accords when it finally seemed like peace may just become a possibility.
Spoiler alert: it didn’t.
In this LIVE conversation, Shana Meyerson of YOGAthletica and Danny Seaman discuss the complexities of the Middle East Conflict from Oslo to today, and what recognition of a Palestinian State really means for the future of the region.
If you are a yogi or yogini who thinks that Palestinian Statehood is merely a matter of self-determination, you owe it to yourself to listen to this discussion about why the Arabs never got a Palestinian State and what the so-called "peace process" has really entailed.
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YOUTUBE: https://tinyurl.com/34sruejk
JNS: https://www.jns.org/writers/daniel-seaman/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/danielseaman2.0/
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Danny Seaman is a Jerusalem-based political commentator, media analyst, and advisor to the Israel Defense and Security Forum (IDSF). A 31-year veteran of government service, he retired in 2014 as Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs. Prior to that, he served for a decade as Director of the Government Press Office, coordinating with the foreign press on behalf of the Prime Minister’s Office. Danny also served as IDF Spokesperson’s liaison to the foreign press, receiving the Israeli Civil Service Outstanding Employee Award in 2000. Danny Seaman served his compulsory military service in the IDF between 1979 and 1982, in an elite paratrooper unit and is a veteran of the first Lebanon War. He continued his service as a paratrooper in the reserves for 25 years thereafter. Danny is the host of Straight Up on JNS, and the author of Israel and the Foreign Media, examining media manipulation in coverage of the Middle East.
🎥 YOGA OF WAR PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEk7dn2pk4QXmLMnBCB80yQXIIcBDYsi0 🎥
🪂 🤸 ALSO BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE "A PARATROOPER AND A YOGI WALK INTO A BAR..." PODCAST WHICH I CO-HOST WITH THE ICONIC ANDREW FOX! https://www.youtube.com/@ParatrooperAndYogi 🤸 🪂
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