And you're inferring that the Jews are not native inhabitants of the area? Your saying that there were no Jews in Gaza?
But lets stick to your idea that the only native inhabitants are Arabs (a false idea, but....) The Arabs who are Israeli citizens and have accepted the fact that Israel exists have full rights, including their own political parties. The Arabs who reject Israel's existence are not given the right to control the disputed border as they have shown time and again that such control results in attacks. Again, this is DISPUTED territory that was NEVER part of Israel, Egypt or an Arab Palestine. Who controls the borders may be up to debate, but I err on the side that is NOT trying to blow people up at weddings. See, this is where we have a distinct difference of language. To be occupied, the territory has to be owned by someone other than the occupier. As there is no clear cut owner of the land (country wise), there can be no occupation until the dispute is settled and the land is part of a country. Are you saying that Gaza should be its own country? Ok, lets make it Arab Palestine. Now when a terrorist attacks Israel from Arab Palestine, Israel can declare war on a sovereign country and invade it. Then we'll have a true occupation rather than the current dispute. > You are bypassing the question. The question is whether the native > inhabitants get the same rights as the citizens of Israel. And the answer > is a resounding "no". And one country taking control over a territory > through military means and not treating its citizens like its own > justifies the use of the term occupation. > Whether that occupation is justified due to a legitimate interest to > protect itself is utterly irrelevant because motive never enters the > equation. > > Jochem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169452 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
