NightHawk, I'm quite familiar with the history of the Palestinian People and it does not stop in 1973. History is always in the making, you may not like it, you may not agree, but modern history dictates that Palestinians are a People and that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank is their land and is currently illegally occupied by Israel and that is a FACT. Why is believing that Palestinians are a people with a country that is occupied anti-Jewish ? If I disagree with US foreign policy does that make me anti-American, if I have the odd big Mac does that me an American??? I have trouble following the logic to your arguments
To me it is fine for Palestine to become a county, but only under the condition that the militants stop the terrorism, but since you and I both know this will NOT happen - what do we do? Make them a state anyway? Help them have a military so they have a better chance of fighting back?
According to one web site: 'We want peace but we do not want this peace process'
Ref. https://www.hejleh.com/countries/palestine.html
This web site seems detailed in that it also has a lot of links for study.
Nighthawk, that is interesting how the Israeli army fought all those countries at once, do you think it was US tactical skills training or equipment that helped this? (We did have a discussion on this before, but I cannot remember where)
Offtopic but,
I have been accused of that here, but I believe because the US has so much 'hands' in everything that it is difficult to get away from having a point of view every time a world event comes up. |
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but modern history dictates that Palestinians are a People and that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank is their land and is currently illegally occupied by Israel and that is a FACT. |
I believe its tomorrow that Bush meets with Sharon.
It will be interesting to see if Bush will go against all conventional wisdom and support Sharon's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and in return maintain the 200 plus illegal jewish colonies in the West Bank
President Hosni Mubarik of Egypt has stated to President Bush his non-agreement to the Plan and Tony Blair advised Bush that to accept the Sharon plan would not be well received in Europe.
If the US is to gain any credibility, it most demonstrate far more neutrality and objectivity in this conflict. Only the US has the means of getting the peace process back on track and to do so, the US will have to be firm with Israel.
Abdel Aziz Rantisi, leader of Hamas in Gaza, was badly wounded today when his car exploded in Gaza City Ref. CNN
I believe that any two people who agree to open-mindedly listen to each other's point-of-view and who continue sharing back and forth can resolve any disagreement without contentiousness. Using this proposition as a starting point, if the Israeli and Palestinian non-politicians who want peace (and there are many) would keep talking, planning, and organizing, it's possible they could bring about a solution that would bypass the politicians.
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if the Israeli and Palestinian non-politicians who want peace (and there are many) would keep talking, planning, and organizing, it's possible they could bring about a solution that would bypass the politicians. |
And it is forbidden for a jew to marry a Palestinian. Would you not call this racism??
Once again, against unanimous condemnation by the international community. include England, of the assassination of the Hamas leader by Israel, the US confirms its 100% agreement with Israel.
How will now be possible for the US to be seen as a credible and trustworthy player in the middle east?? If the US continues on this track,it will soon loose the vital support and cooperation it is getting from several Arab states.
Who is advising Bush on foreign policy??