>Ilana >And he is absolutely right. A. Region called "Palestine" includes Jordan, >which population is about 70% "Palestinians" and which is much bigger than >Israel. Brad DeLong, may I ask if you can find Palestine region on map and >look how much of it takes Israel? >Thank you for telling me that there is somebody who *is* looking at the map. ><G> >I don't know what you do or do not know about history of our region - in >1948 when Arab countries attacked newly formed Israel, Arabs that lived in >the area were advised to leave it - only till Israel would be destroyed.
You should go read Benny Morris, _The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949_. You need to know your own history as it actually happened. >(You can find some of the documentation on the net). But Israel won. Thus >was created "Palestinian nation", it's representatives scattered in almost >every Arab country, living in refugee camps, not allowed to become citizens, >honed to be Arab countries' weapon against Israel. >Palestinian state? I am all for it. At the other side of the Jordan river - >plenty of place there *and* plenty of water.( West Bank is mostly desert >(not sands - the way "desert" defined in geography books.) I am grateful to >Dick Armey for understanding it and for telling it. > >Ilana from Israel Understand two things, and understand them well. Tell everyone you know who does not understand them that: (1) The policy of the United States--Democrats and Republicans alike--is that our commitment to the security of Israel is absolute. We were late to the party that was World War II (although when we arrived we brought a *hell* of a lot of refreshments): we are not going to make the same mistake again. (2) The policy of the United States--Democrats and Republicans alike, with the exception of a few politicians like Dick Armey, and then only until his handlers remind him of what U.S. policy is--is that there is enough land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River for everyone. We are not going to be a party to--to assist in--or to look on without taking action should any Israeli government decide to "ethnically cleanse" Judea and Samaria and expel 2,100,000 Palestinian Arabs from their homes. Should such a policy be put into action by any Israeli government, we will treat that government as we treated Slobodan Milosevic. Brad DeLong
