I don't have any respect for this woman. She was a biased jewish activist who was mainly interested in looking for solutions of so called "jewish problemes" She never had any interest in solving problems caused by jews and when she did her proposals were of a pure racist nature. The book " Refugees into Citizens: Palestinians and the End of the Arab-Israeli Conflict" she wrote about a solution of the Palestian " problem " was utterly racist. In th elast 70 years there have been developed some 40 plans which in essence are all on the same with some minor variations. Each of these plans is based upon the notion that (a) the Palestinians are not a nation, but just a bunch of Arabs for whom it makes no difference to live somewhere else in the Arab world;(b) Palestine doesn't exist but only and exclusevely an Eretz Israel ( the land of Israel )(c) The Palestians are not entiteled to have the same rights on the land as the jewish Israelis do have; and(d) Israel – in a humanitarian gesture – can help these Palestinians to settle themselves somewhere. Needless to say that these are unadulterated racist ideas. In her book Arzt proposes a perhaps at first sight humanitarian plan to settle Palestinians all over the world, except in their homeland. In essence, Arzt's plan is to move 1.5 million people to various locations and force others to stay where they are today: in exile. (5) Many buses, trains and planes are required. It gives a sad view of the moral character of those who - more than any other people - should have learned lessons from past tragedies. In today's world, ethnic cleansing is a war crime. Forced resettlement as well. Under the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) and the Rome Statute (1998), the establishment of people belonging to the occupying power in occupied territory is also a war crime. Expelling people from their homes is a war crime, as well as preventing them from returning there. Why should the Palestinians have different rules than refugees from Kosovo, East Timor, Kuwait and countless other places in the world that have been able to return home? Palestinian refugees have solid backing from international law. UN Resolution 194 (December 1948), which talks about the right of return, has been reconfirmed 135 times by the international community in the 52 years that have passed between 1948 and 2000. This is an inalienable right, to which any political agreement is subject and which cannot be limited, nor can it be negotiated by proxy or by any other means. The right of return is enshrined in Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Man (1948) and in the inviolability of private property, and cannot be undone by sovereignty, occupation or by time. It is clear that this woman has strange views on humanitarian law and that she propagates a clearly racist, privileged view despite her studies. In fact, it is a problem that many Jews (certainly not all) face. The idea that the historical suffering inflicted on Jews is unique and that it entitles them to impunity for all the crimes they commit in the international political arena and motivates the Jews to blame anyone who classifies it as a criminal of anti-Semitism. It is about time to judge the behavior of the state of Israel as that of any state, especially when its behavior leads to indescribable injustice for another people. I miss this observation, this assessment, in Donna Arzt her book and with that she disqualified herself.
I don't have any respect for this woman. She was a biased jewish activist who was mainly interested in looking for solutions of so called "jewish problemes" She never had any interest in solving problems caused by jews and when she did her proposals were of a pure racist nature. The book " Refugees into Citizens: Palestinians and the End of the Arab-Israeli Conflict" she wrote about a solution of the Palestian " problem " was utterly racist. In th elast 70 years there have been developed some 40 plans which in essence are all on the same with some minor variations. Each of these plans is based upon the notion that (a) the Palestinians are not a nation, but just a bunch of Arabs for whom it makes no difference to live somewhere else in the Arab world;(b) Palestine doesn't exist but only and exclusevely an Eretz Israel ( the land of Israel )(c) The Palestians are not entiteled to have the same rights on the land as the jewish Israelis do have; and(d) Israel – in a humanitarian gesture – can help these Palestinians to settle themselves somewhere. Needless to say that these are unadulterated racist ideas. In her book Arzt proposes a perhaps at first sight humanitarian plan to settle Palestinians all over the world, except in their homeland. In essence, Arzt's plan is to move 1.5 million people to various locations and force others to stay where they are today: in exile. (5) Many buses, trains and planes are required. It gives a sad view of the moral character of those who - more than any other people - should have learned lessons from past tragedies. In today's world, ethnic cleansing is a war crime. Forced resettlement as well. Under the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) and the Rome Statute (1998), the establishment of people belonging to the occupying power in occupied territory is also a war crime. Expelling people from their homes is a war crime, as well as preventing them from returning there. Why should the Palestinians have different rules than refugees from Kosovo, East Timor, Kuwait and countless other places in the world that have been able to return home? Palestinian refugees have solid backing from international law. UN Resolution 194 (December 1948), which talks about the right of return, has been reconfirmed 135 times by the international community in the 52 years that have passed between 1948 and 2000. This is an inalienable right, to which any political agreement is subject and which cannot be limited, nor can it be negotiated by proxy or by any other means. The right of return is enshrined in Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Man (1948) and in the inviolability of private property, and cannot be undone by sovereignty, occupation or by time. It is clear that this woman has strange views on humanitarian law and that she propagates a clearly racist, privileged view despite her studies. In fact, it is a problem that many Jews (certainly not all) face. The idea that the historical suffering inflicted on Jews is unique and that it entitles them to impunity for all the crimes they commit in the international political arena and motivates the Jews to blame anyone who classifies it as a criminal of anti-Semitism. It is about time to judge the behavior of the state of Israel as that of any state, especially when its behavior leads to indescribable injustice for another people. I miss this observation, this assessment, in Donna Arzt her book and with that she disqualified herself.