Ilana wrote <<You wan Israel to put itself in bigger danger, that it is now, but when it came to finding place to only 13 murderers I didn't hear *you* government volunteer.>>
Jeroen asked <<Huh? What do you mean by "finding place to only 13 murderers"? That sentence makes no sense.>> Ilana The ones from Nativity church in Beit Lehem? I don't remember Holland volunteering to take them in. Jeroen <<The fact that there are *almost* no terrorist attacks in Arab countries actually proves my point. Apparently the various Arab governments cannot control their populations to such an extent that they can guarantee none of their citizens will ever kill anyone else.>> Ilana As far as I can remember in last 5 or 6 or years there were only two terrorist attacks in Jordan. I am sure that Israel can live with *this* numbers. Jeroen <<It is by definition impossible for the Palestinian Authority to control everyone within the Palestinian population to such an extent that the Palestinian Authority can guarantee no Palestinian citizen will ever kill an Israeli citizen. This applies to any government and any population. For example, the Israeli regime cannot guarantee that no Israeli citizen (in Israel or in a settlement in the Occupied Territories) will ever kill a Palestinian.>> Ilana But Israel is doing it's best - "Jewish Underground" is blamed in 4 or 5 deaths, while there are more than 500 Israeli victims in this intifada. Jeroen <<I think this is a good thing, BTW. If a government *could* give such guarantees, it would mean their country would be a police state that makes countries like Iraq, the former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany look like havens of democracy and freedom in comparison.>> Ilana If you can judge by the way Arafat governs his people now - it *is* police state. Ilana
