Oh the anarchy of these threads. "run the show" came from an earlier thread. I now see what you said was "seized US foreign policy". Interestingly prior to 1948 influential Zionists (like Martin Buber) felt that there only needed to be one state and that Jews could live respectfully as a minority in the state of Palestine. A Jewish state wasn't necessary. Actually a more literal translation is "the Jews' state" not "the Jewish state". After 1948 this position could no longer be held. Terrible things went on in 1948. Many Palestinians were forced out of their homes. Many have remained in refugee camps (like the one in the news recently in Lebanon). Yes they have been used as pawns in a bigger game. And yes 60 years is far too long, though even Palestinian mayors admit they lack the infrastructure to take back in the descendants of all the refugees. I would argue that it is not Israel that does not want to see a resolution to this problem. And while Israel has undoubtedly blown many opportunities for peace the Palestinians have not helped themselves either. Yasser Arafat and his cronies set back the Palestinian cause as does Hammas (who only won 30 % of the vote against a divided split-list Fatah in the most recent elections). Now the Palestinian clans of the strong men fight it out in Gaza. Terrifying and disappointing the Palestinians once again.
And yes Israel is a secular multi party democracy with a free press, an independent judiciary, trade unions, religious freedom etc. In fact Israel is the only such democracy in the middle east. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
