Originally posted by: Lemon law
Well, I must say, Common Courtesy asked the right questions, but then managed to come up with all the wrong answers in saying, " Many would like a two state solutions.
One of those state does not.
Therefore how can you have a two state solution.
And the governemnt of a state MUST accept the responsibilites of securing its citizens. If it can not or will not, then it should be replaced.
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Personally, I think those are all the wrong answers. (1) There was nothing wrong with creating a State of Israel, the mistake was not, at the same time, creating a State of Palestine, or demanding that Israel assimilate with equal rights the Palestinians. The only giant mistake is what we have which is unacceptable.
The Arabs did not want a state for the Palestinians nor did the Arab Palestinians ask for a state
(2) The second mistake we made is that Palestinians and Israelis will be able to make peace, especially when Israel has taken the bulk of the land and has the military hegemony. And in that case, we need binding third party arbitration based on what was a fair division in 1948, with both a Palestinian and Israeli State that must live in their borders, and other military powers will insure they live within those borders on a like it or lump it basis. And the government of the Palestinian people has also failed to secure the rights of its people, and why, in a nutshell, Fatah was replaced by Hamas.
The question is, by totally over reacting, killing 425 Palestinians to avenge a whole 4 Israeli citizens killed by missiles from Gaza, is Israel protecting its citizens by building Arab anger and world condemnation to the point where the State of Israel cannot be sustained?
The Anger of the Arab world means nothing to Israel. You do not see Jordan or Egypt (those who are closely affected by the issue condemming).
Israel wants either Hamas destroyed as a militant group or to accept the responbility of a government. As long as Hamas wants to wage war using what ever means it desires, then Israel should not be held back from doing the same.
The size of the military should not matter, it has not mattered from the Arabs POV from '48 through '73.
Just as in Lebanon 30 months ago, Israel is not any safer and terrorists rather than Israeli support is what is growing. The USA may be almost the lone anomaly Island of Israeli support left, and the press is a tricky thing, Israeli could lose even US support by over reacting.
As long as Hamas continues to poke and break the truces/promises, the US is not going to drop the support for Israel. When Israel actually TARGETS civilians, then it becomes a different story. Hamas playing the injured party is not going to fly for the majority of the US and/or the world. The evidence is to daming that they are the ones starting the incidents.