----- Original Message ----- From: "Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:26 AM Subject: RE: CNN Breaking News
> > Why are you (plural) siding with the group that keeps an entire population > under occupation and oppression and does not seem to understand why those > people fight back with everything they got? > Because that's the normal rules of warfare. When Germany and Japan were defeated, they signed a peace treaty agreeing to terms. The occupation continued years afterwards until the allies were convinced they had set things up well enough so that they could leave. The Palestinians turned down a treaty that gave them 97% of the West Bank and Gaza. Even Jerusalem was not the sticking point. What was the sticking point was the right to take over Israel. There were two sides to this conflict: the Arabs and Israel. Palestinans were definately involved in the 1948 war. When the lost, some stayed and became citizens of Israel, while other left for refugee camps. I'm not sure how many fought in the '56 war, but the PLO was definaly a party to the '67 and '73 war. Further, they fought Israel between '67 and '91. The Palestians were a part of an alliance of agressors. Since that alliance lost, they should not expect occupation to end until they agree to peace terms. They were offered generous terms, and turned them down. They chose, instead, to fight by attacking unarmed, nonagressive civilians. Dan M.
