----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:14 PM Subject: Re: Israelis in Hebron..Should they stay or go?
> Wow, I love how a story can be 'presented' to both not state all of the > facts and to totally downplay the facts that could be used against it. > Should people who lived in a city before there was an Israel be forced > from > it due to massacres and terrorist attacks? Why not. It'll give in to those > who believe that peace is worth the sacrifice. And the sacrifice. And the > sacrifice. and. and. and. till there's nothing left to sacrifice. nothing > left at all. > > Bottom line is that everyone in Israel is considered a settler by someone > and the left (which may be different than the American left) is more than > happy to leech onto the term settler as much as they use the term > apartheid, > occupied, etc. > > Should they be forced from Hevron? Should they be forced from Jerusalem? > The > argument is the same. >From a philisophical perspective I agree - before there were muslims and christians, or even jews, humans lived in these places- the ancestors of WHO lived there first is kind of a stupid argument. However, from the perspective of resources- 900 people taking all of these military resources - jews in Hebron makes no sense. >From the perspective of potential peace for Israel, it REALLY makes no sense. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264521 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
