> The same goes for Israel. Shortly after WWII, the least > unfair solution probably would have been taking a > good-sized chunk of land from Germany to form a Jewish > homeland, while negotiating with the Middle East world to > get them visitation rights to their holy sites. Instead, > Europe decided to pay its debt by giving the Jews somebody > else's land. It's too late to change that decision now. The > best we can do now is try to get a decent two-state solution > to work. >
You're ignoring the Balfour Declaration and the fact that there was a nascent Israel in Palestine - 1948 didn't just happen out of thin air. You're also ignoring the fact that the UN declared a partition in 1947, but the Arabs said no. There should have been a Palestinian state alongside Israel, but as always the Arabs and Palestinians refused anything other than total victory (from their point of view). Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last." - Dr Jerry Pournelle _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
