Israel Against the World
The Jews Just Want Peace
Let's back the truck up a bit here. I've been reading quite a bit lately about how the Palestinian terrorists are the good guys and the Israelis deserve whatever they have had to suffer in the past and no doubt will suffer in the future.
The pro Arab group wants us to believe that Israel is illegally occupying land not ceded to it way back in 1948. As Lorrie Goldstein says, "Gee. I wonder who started those wars, who threatened to drive whom into the sea and which nation was attacked for the first time by its "Arab neighbours" the day after it was created in 1948?" The pro active group conveniently ignores the fact that Israel today occupies only 77% of the land originally given it in 1948. It seems to be too big a leap for them to make that perhaps if Israel were given back the land given to them back then, maybe they would give back some of their "illegally" occupied territory. By the way, just who is occupying that other 23%? Are they there legally? Food for thought.
The pro Arab group wants to discount the Camp David Accords. As David Frum writes, "At Camp David in 2000, for example, Bill Clinton and Ehud Barak offered Yasser Arafat the most favourable deal ever offered to the Palestinians. Arafat rejected the offer, and started a war to get better terms." You remember Clinton? The guy who only had one bone in his body and it didn't turn out to be a spine. If you can't get a liberal like him to give you everything you want, you've got major mental issues.
The Iraq Study Group, also known as the Baker-Hamilton commission, which includes former secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger and Vernon Jordan, certainly could not have produced anything quite so feeble and unconvincing as they have all produced together. Among the report's big ideas is a major new American diplomatic push to negotiate peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Gee, I thought the Americans have been trying to get peace in the mid-East for umpteen years now. Granted, now that Arafat is out of the equation, there might be a better chance of achieving this goal, but not while the Palestinians hold on to the belief of annihilating the Jews. As Mr. Frum writes, "The Arabs could have had peace with Israel on easy terms at any time since 1949. They have persistently refused it. The Palestinians could have had a state in the West Bank and Gaza at any time since 1967. They have disdained that offer too. Might it not be closer to the truth to say that Arab radicalism is the cause of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute -- not the result of it? There is no peace because Israel's neighbours -- and too many of the world's Muslims -- cannot accept the right of a non-Arab, non-Muslim minority to live unsubjugated in the Middle East. That is the true "core" of the dispute."
The supporters of the Palestinians refuse to recognize this fact and would rather you didn't believe it either. They swallow the liberal pap they are fed every day and are in just as much denial as the Arabs who send suicide-murderers into the streets to blow up innocent children.
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Post a CommentSalut! I completely agree with you!
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Of course neither side is completely clean in the struggle. And although I find myself mostly in agreement with Paul, Jim makes good points too. And to those who staunchly defend Israel, what if it was your land? What if the natives in your area were given your homes? Might you not be a little angry? So although there have been many wrongs throughout the history of the area, the newest wrongs are the most remembered. The truth is, the problems there can't be solved as long as religion is the prominent player. Do away with religion, and see how much easier it is for people to get along...
Paul, you complain about Israel destroying Palestinian homes and witholding their tax money. Fair enough. But if you check your history, the Palestinians treated Jews as second class citizens from back as far as 800 AD. Their houses were looted and they were charged higher taxes than anyone else. And they got nothing for it. They were robbed and murdered in the streets without any thought of repercussion to the Arabs. Jealous that they are finally getting some of their own back?
I don't know about "Stray Reader", but I listen to the news, Paul. Ahmadinejad has made a huge point of bragging up his intentions to have nukes. He has made a huge point of saying he thinks Israel should be removed from existence. He has refused the demands of the international community that he stop his nuclear experiments. Isn't he still the pres. of Iran? I'm sure Israel has nukes and it's a testament to their integrity that they haven't used them. What do you think would happen if any other country, nuclear armed, were threatened in the same way? Any other country would make a preemptive strike, unless it's pres. was a wimp like Clinton. How's that for "new material?"
Also, Stray Reader, Israel has probably has hundreds of its own nukes pointed at Iran right now. Under these circumstances, what should Israel expect other than Iran wanting to develop nukes? That is if they even desire to...
Stray Reader, just because you only hear about Palestinian suicide bombers, doesn't erase thefact that Israel is killing Palestinians, destroying their homes, witholding their tax money and occupying their lands. These are realities that the US media ignores in favor of the poor-little-Israel angle. News flash Stray Reader--Iran doesn't have nuclear weapons, hasn't expressed a desire to make any and even if they do begin to create weapons, they are about 10 years away from having even one missile ready to launch at Israel--So maybe you should calm down.
Stray Reader, thanks for reading and for the comment. Sometimes I think Paul is more Palestinian thann some Muslims.
Funny, Paul, how we only get to hear about atrocities AGAINST Israel. Guess your idea of Palestinians being the innocent victims loses a little water on that one. I suppose you even object to Israel making pre-emptive strikes against Iranian nuke facilities. Maybe they should wait til Iran attacks them before they do something about it? Maybe you should become a "human shield" and sit around in front of the Iranian nuke spots to see if Israel will really fire or not.