Jay Currie

Palestinians need the courage to do one very important thing – stop questioning Israel’s right to exist. Israel does exist and no amount of wishing it away is going to change that. Just as the Palestinians are indigenous to the land, so are the Jews. Imams and clerics need to stop portraying Jews as if they are foreigners in Jerusalem, or an extension of European colonialism.

Many of us may not agree with Zionism, but the reality is that Zionism is the founding philosophy of Israel. Jews have longed to return to Jerusalem for well over 2,000 years, long before any Christian or Muslim walked the holy paths of Palestine.

Palestinians need to stop saying that Israel is an artificial state, and therefore doesn’t have any historical right to exist. That is a toothless argument: Half the states of the Middle East are artificial constructions – this is the legacy of the colonial era. If Israel has no right to exist, then explain Lebanon and Jordan. The first was a mountain and the other a gift by the British to the rulers of Hejaz – who now claim a land called Saudi Arabia, which too is an artificial construct. Natasha Fatah CBC

Now the poor woman has to share a page with Heather Malick, but she gets stuff right.