Judith- Yes, from the traditional (Biblical) perspective you would be correct that "Israel's not a colonizer". If this is land you feel was given to you in Biblical times, how can you colonize what's already yours?
But in terms of the modern State of Israel, the West Bank was not part of the original borders. Had the Arabs decided to "leave the Jews alone", as you so aptly put it, end of problem <ha>. I will not dispute the necessity of the Six Days' War in 1967 for the survival of Israel against attack after attack by its Arab neighbors. I will not dispute the right of the State of Israel to live within secure, defensible borders. However, the existence of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, in land the Palestinians think of as their homeland and hopefully state, is undeniably a tremendous irritant to the Arabs, as is the presence of the Israeli military, seen by them as an occupying army of a colonial power. Much smarter people than I have yet to find a solution to this. But my gut level feeling is that there will have to be "some" border, wherever it is drawn, beyond which there are *no* Jewish settlements. None. And then any violent incursions across that border into the State of Israel by Arabs would be both de facto and de jure acts of war. -Ben At 02:35 PM 6/9/02 -0400, you wrote: >>It took my country 400 years to decide that colonies are not worth it. I >>hope the people of Israel make up their mind faster. > >Israel's not a colonizer, and it never has been. I hope it takes the Arabs >less time to decide to leave the Jews alone. They've been trying to kill us >for at least 1400 years. > >Judith > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
