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crumbbum · 06-16-2003, 04:57 PM

Two comments based on things I read in this thread-

1. Each side is not trying to exterminate the other. Israelis do not want and have never wanted to exterminate the Palestinians. Never have they attacked civilians targets (civilians have been killed and injured, collateral damage, but they are never targets). Israel has been trying to make peace since it's inception.

2. The Israelis that don't want a Palestinian state don't want it because a. it would be rewarding terrorism, and b. it would likely be an existential threat and another warfront against Israel. These are totally legitimate fears, and it is not right to call people that have them "extremists". You are talking about a LOT of people.

Also, while if a Palestinian state were established in the "West bank", some settlements would need to be removed in order to give it territorial contiguity, don't believe the spin that the settlements are one of the roots of the conflict. They weren't built on arab land. Also, there was Palestinian hatred and terrorist attacks long before any settlements were built, and even before the 6 day war. Obviously the real root of it is something else. Of course they want the settlements to go- just like they want the whole state to go. The arabs say the settlements are the issue, but this is an attempt to obscure the real source of the conflict- Palestinian racism, hatred and xenophobia (aided and abetted by the PA and other Arab states).

06-16-2003, 04:57 PM	#17 (permalink)
crumbbum Crazy Location: CT,NYC,NJ(have been all over)	Two comments based on things I read in this thread- 1. Each side is not trying to exterminate the other. Israelis do not want and have never wanted to exterminate the Palestinians. Never have they attacked civilians targets (civilians have been killed and injured, collateral damage, but they are never targets). Israel has been trying to make peace since it's inception. 2. The Israelis that don't want a Palestinian state don't want it because a. it would be rewarding terrorism, and b. it would likely be an existential threat and another warfront against Israel. These are totally legitimate fears, and it is not right to call people that have them "extremists". You are talking about a LOT of people. Also, while if a Palestinian state were established in the "West bank", some settlements would need to be removed in order to give it territorial contiguity, don't believe the spin that the settlements are one of the roots of the conflict. They weren't built on arab land. Also, there was Palestinian hatred and terrorist attacks long before any settlements were built, and even before the 6 day war. Obviously the real root of it is something else. Of course they want the settlements to go- just like they want the whole state to go. The arabs say the settlements are the issue, but this is an attempt to obscure the real source of the conflict- Palestinian racism, hatred and xenophobia (aided and abetted by the PA and other Arab states). __________________ Truth is peace. We are all souls in bodies.