At 07:50 30-12-01 +0200, Ilana Halupovich wrote: ><<Probably not, but it would reduce Israel's problems. The Palestinians see >themselves as a people under Israeli oppression; this is a perfectly valid >reason for them to attack Israel. If they no longer live under Israeli >oppression, they do not have to fight that oppression (because it is not >there anymore). As a result, Israel can then focus its attention on >defending itself against its neighbours, rather than having to devote some >of its attention to those damned Palestinians who do not want to live under >Israeli rule.>>
>Reduce? Israel left Gaza strip and several cities to Araft to govern. (The A >territories?). Arafat? Is that not that Palestinian leader whose offices (in A-Territory!) you completely surrounded a few weeks ago with tanks and troops? Did Israeli not that same day destroy a Palestinian radio station in one of those A-Territorities that are supposedly under Palestinian control? Gaza? Is that not one of those territories that are supposedly under control of the Palestinian Authority, but where Israel still pretty much does as it pleases? I do not call that "left to Arafat to govern" -- I call it a farce. >Israel gave weapons to Palestinian police. Result? Armed >intifada. So, enlighten me, pls, how giving them more with keep *me* safe? One of the things they want is a sovereign Palestinian state. Give it to them. If the Palestinians can live in something they can call their own country, they will no longer be living under Israeli oppression, which means they have no oppressor to fight anymore (unless of course Israel then promptly decides to invade Palestine). The Jews wanted a country for themselves and got it; why not extend the same courtesy to the Palestinians? They certainly have as much of a valid claim to the region as the Jews have. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
