<< There is one major difference between the situation then and the situation
now. This time, there is a (quite reasonable) peace proposal from the Arabs on the table. All that Israel has to do is accept the proposal. If Israel would for once do the right thing, they might actually get to live in peace with their Arab neighbours. >> There is no peace proposal on the table. There is the vaguest beginning of a peace proposal. One that not all the Arab countries have accepted. Iraq hasn't accepted it. Syria hasn't accepted it. Lebanon hasn't accepted it. Iraq wants Israel not to exist anymore. Syria doesn't give a damn about anything except recovering the Golan Heights; if Israel were to offer them the Golan back without doing anything for the Palestinians, Syria would sell the Palestinians down the river without a second thought. Lebanon just wants to throw its Palestinians out instead of giving them a chance to live peacefully there (Israel, by contrast, will take any Jew from anywhere in the world). Israel does the right thing all the time, and only an anti-Semite could possibly think otherwise. Israel is not perfect, and their recent conduct has been counter-productive; but Israel is a stable, thriving democracy that strives to protect its people. What Arab country does the same for its people? Saddam Hussein has murdered thousands of Iraqis and Kurds; so did Hafez al Assad when he was alive. Did you say a word of protest about that? When do Arab countries ever do any right thing for anyone? Tom Beck "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I didn't realize I'd also see the last." - Jerry Pournelle
