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By: Kateland

Kateland — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:45:46 +0000

@stageleft So the PLO has always claimed, but this failure to keep it local also lead directly to the PLO orchestrating international airline and cruise ship hijackings, embassy hostage situations, contributed significantly the the Lebanese civil war and attempted coup in Jordan...and now this attempt to involve the Canadian government via the Dead Sea Scrolls which will probably result in the scrolls never travelling outside Israel again. And that case of a Palestinian state being established via international pressure; well its 2010 and its still not happening.

By: stageleft

stageleft — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:03:19 +0000

@Kateland: You're right, it is politics, and I would put to you that [1] Palestine needs to conduct as many disagreements internationally as possible because they, and a great many others, see no change in the Palestinian situation without international pressure being applied, and; [2] Israel wants to keep everything local because of that international pressure.

By: Kateland

Kateland — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:24:14 +0000

@stageleft Its not that I don't agree with the sentiment SL but everything is now in the realm of the political. Although, I do find it an interesting pathology that the Palestinians want to conduct every disagreement internationally wherein the Israelis try to keep everything local. I suspect it signifies nothing much and is merely one of those little oddities.

By: Kateland

Kateland — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:20:10 +0000

@SnoopyTheGoon And everybody knows Hebrew is just an Arabic patois.

By: SnoopyTheGoon

SnoopyTheGoon — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:59:27 +0000

Oh, of course, being a proper Arabic cultural treasure, the scrolls should be in Amman. Or Beirut. Whatever.

By: stageleft

stageleft — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:25:40 +0000

My question on this is “why now”? I recall seeing The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit when it came to Ottawa a few years back and it didn’t seem to be an issue then?

To me the scrolls are interesting historical artifacts and little more however I find it sad that, given their cultural/spiritual significance to others, that they cannot be a shared cultural/spiritual treasure as opposed to something to be fought over.

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