"We can perhaps ask England for Cyprus; we may even consider South Africa or America until the day of Turkey's dissolution."-Theodore Herzl, in the July 1, 1898 entry into his diary, in the context of the growing anti-zionist mood as well as the restlessness within the Zionist Organization.
In an effort to find a closer territorial objective, while retaining Zion as the ultimate aim, Herzl momentarily considered these alternatives (not to mention the well known Uganda Plan of 1903) to the True Jewish Homeland.
America? Hmm, this got me thinking. It isn't exactly p.c. today to suggest "transfer" as a solution to the Palestinian problem, however, I was rereading Obama's Cairo speech, and noticed that he actually invited all the Palestinians over to his country! Yes, that's right, he slipped it in about a quarter way through the speech. It went unnoticed by many, but not me.
First, Obama noted that, "freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one's religion." This was to warm the Arabs up to the notion. Then, in order to make them feel at home, Obama assured them that, "there is a mosque in every state in our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders." And lest they think that they would only be allowed to feel at home within their places of worship, Obama clarified that even the "US government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab [in public], and to punish those who would deny it." And finally, to hit it home, "let there be no doubt: Islam is a part of America!"
First, Obama noted that, "freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one's religion." This was to warm the Arabs up to the notion. Then, in order to make them feel at home, Obama assured them that, "there is a mosque in every state in our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders." And lest they think that they would only be allowed to feel at home within their places of worship, Obama clarified that even the "US government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab [in public], and to punish those who would deny it." And finally, to hit it home, "let there be no doubt: Islam is a part of America!"
Now, if that's not an outright invitation for all Arabs to get up and settle in the US of A, I don't know what is. Actually, my sources tell me that Obama deleted from his speech at the last moment, that there is currently a sale in Wal-Mart on rugs.
Well there you have it - an alternative solution: send the Palestinians to the US! There are vast tracts of land in the mid-west that are larger than the entire state of Israel. The Palestinians should have no problem acclimating to their new surroundings, considering Obama's alluring description of a flourishing Islam on America's shores.
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