Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO wrote:
> IOW, you think it is OK to oppress millions of civilians because their
> government refuses to sign a peace treaty with Israel.
>
How about it's acceptable to take measures to control an element of
the population that is making war on you. In peacetime, Israeli
Arabs arguably have greater rights and freedoms than the rest of the
Arab world.
I would go so so far as to say that the real reason for continuing
conflict in the Middle East has less to do with Palestinian
sovereignty and more to do with the threat of a free, democratic
nation in the midst of kingdoms and dictatorships. As long as Arab
despots can get their people to hate Israel for whatever reason,
they have little to worry about the infectious influence of a free
democratic republic.
> However, Palestine as a sovereign country does not yet exist.
> The Occupied Territories belong to other countries (Egypt,
All the territory that Egypt wanted back was returned to them. As I
understand it, they don't want Gaza back.
>Syria
who refuses to negotiate with Israel.
>and Jordan)
I have also read that Jordan does not want the West Bank back
either, though I may have misunderstood.
You must realize, Jeroen, that if the Arabs really wanted peace with
Israel, the conflict would have been over decades ago. This is
painfully obvious to any one that pays even the slightest attention
and harbors no bias.
--
Doug
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Irreverence is the champion of liberty.
Mark Twain - Notebook, 1888
