Thank you for the insight, Black Baron. It's nice to see. Believe me, I am more of an Israeli supporter than not -- I sympathize greatly with the dilemma of being surrounded on all sides by enemies. And, I respect the Israeli army/special ops especially -- who can argue it has been the best counter-terrorism fighter in the world?
However, assuming Palestine is to have a nation it should include all lands that were not defined as Israel prior to '67. Those lands are not Israels. While the Israeli action in '67, attacking the troops amassing on the border, was completely justifiable, keeping some of the bordering non-Israel lands was not. Post-WWII, international law simply forbids annexation. These territories (Golan HEights, etc.) were held under a "buffer" theory, that theory (1) had no backing in law and (2) it turns out the "buffer" territories are where the lion's share of the problems are.
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We cannot economically put everyone out. we must build a lot of homes for the thrown away, roads, infrastructure. they are stuck there. it will cost us more than 50 billion dollars to evacuate them.
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I say, fine. However, settling Israelis there is wrong. For Israelis, you should only build in Israel. Building in the occupied territories is fine so long as Palestinians are settling there. But, the Israeli "settlers" are settling an annexed land, and that is simply wrong.
[ 10-06-2003, 12:48 AM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]