Shifting boundaries of the imaginary state of Palestine

Many Palestinian apologistas were quick to applaud and laud Costa Rica for recognizing the imaginary State of Palestine this week and did not think the Israeli state had any cause to be alarmed or peeved. (See this post for further background on why Costa Rica is late to the party).

I would like to believe, that just like Costa Rica, they just don’t have a fracking clue as to what they are talking about, and were applauding Costa Rica’s actions out of a sense of fair play rather than actively rooting for the destruction of the Jewish state, though some days I really have to wonder.

The problem with even supporting an imaginary Palestinian state is often the various Palestinian leaderships do not actually recognize any kind of obvious boundaries for which to establish their state on outside of the middle east region. Think Jordan 1970 or April 1975 in Lebanon. Furthermore, it has never been considered sound to actively encourage the deluded as it often spurns them to further heights of outrageous behaviour. Here’s a prime example of what I mean, taken from a Arutz Sheva report, which tells how the current mayor of Sderot offered to meet the Hamas leadership directly to negotiate some kind of hudna. And Hamas’ response:

A Hamas website carried the following response: "The Zionist colony of Sderot, which steals our occupied land in northern Gaza, will continue to be a legitimate target for the jihad warriors of the Al-Kassam Brigades, as are the other colonies and Zionist positions surrounding "The Zionist colony of Sderot... will continue to be a legitimate target.

Sderot, part of ‘pre-June 1967’ Israel is now ‘northern’ Gaza and the people of Sderot are Zionist thieves who do not deserve rest. There is no compromise short of agreeing to commit suicide with these people.