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What price would Israel pay if she didn't act to stop the terrorism?
Until the wall went up, suicide bombers were almost an epidemic inside Israel. Until the IDF went back into Gaza, rockets were fired daily.
You blame this solely on the occupation but Palestinian terrorism against Israel started before 1967 despite the fact that at that time Egypt occupied Gaza and Jordan occupied the West Bank. (I wonder how many attacks against Egypt and Jordan in that time?)
You blame this solely on the occupation despite the fact that the 1967 war was initiated solely by the Arabs (remember, they were the ones who insisted the UN peacekeepers leave Israels borders just before the war began and the UN happily obliged) and there was no occupation then.. only those uppity Jews with their own state.
The only way to accept that this is TRULY about just the occupation is to accept that the occupation means Israel's existence. Do you honestly think that there isn't an Israeli alive who doesn't understand this? Do you honestly think that no matter how much most Israelis want out of GAza/WB that they also know that even if the occupation ended today and Palestinians got everything they say they want, the terrorism would not end because Israel's existence is the issue?
Who do you think will step in? THe UN? Hardly, they left last time at the Arab's request. The US? Europe? Nope, we always just sit back and watch everytime Israel is attacked.
You want the occupation to end? The Palestinians have got to put down their guns, rockets and suicide belts.
Even the Palestinians are starting to figure this one out
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In the West Bank, [Abbas] called on Palestinian militants, as he has before, to stop firing rockets into Israel. ... "What is happening in Gaza as a result of rockets fired in vain must stop right now because there is no interest in this continuing," he said.
Ghazi Hamad in the NY Times
After so much optimism when Israelis pulled out of Gaza a year ago, he wrote, "life became a nightmare and an intolerable burden." He urged Palestinians to look to themselves, not to Israel, for the causes.
After so much optimism when Israelis pulled out of Gaza a year ago, he wrote, "life became a nightmare and an intolerable burden."
He urged Palestinians to look to themselves, not to Israel, for the causes.
How did I live without him?
by Pumpkinlove on Fri Sep 08, 2006 at 08:23:17 AM PDT
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When the camel stumbles, the knives come out. (Arab proverb)
by Ptah the Great on Fri Sep 08, 2006 at 08:33:48 AM PDT
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