Jeroen wrote:
>> As I have posted earlier, I believe Israel should stick to
>> the borders it was given when the State of Israel was founded. IOW, the
1948
>> borders, not the 1967 borders.
>> It would be too much for Israel to expect to be left alone then, but
Ithink
>> it would greatly stimulate the peace process if Israel would cease the
>> occupation and oppression of the Palestinians and retreat to its original
>> (1948) borders.
Ummmmm....... could you explain why after being viciously attacked on four
separate occasions, Israel should then rstop defending itself and retreat
*before* the aggresor parties even sign a peace treaty? I think that I
have asked this before but I don't seem to recall your answer.
Its simply really - if the Palestinians want peace, they need to sue for
peace in the same way that defeated armies have sued for peace since time
immemmorable. Otherwise, they shouldn't complain that Israel responds to
armed attacks against the families of 12-year old girls by evacuating
Palestinian civilians from certain areas and then blowing up the
infrastructure that the Palestinians use to conduct their evil campaign.
JDG
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