I Don't Understand the Israel/Palestinian Problem

What I don't get is how any rational person, with adequate access to full news media resources cannot see that Arial Sharon is a madman bent (at the very least) on the murder of all of his old rivals, if not the total oppression of the Palestinian people ​ ... ​ Or how about some histories of Sharon? Has no one read about the attrocities this man has commited? I totally agree that it doesn't absolve any terrorist actions by Hamas and Jihad, but it should certainly make one rethink who the real problem is in this equation.

According to United Press International's newspaper article on September 7, 2001, the Hague Tribunal seeks Sharon for trial for his part in massacres at Chatila and Sabra. He won't travel to Belgium for this very reason.On February 16th, 2001, in an Israeli newspaper called Ha'aretz (By Levy Gideon (Article number - 869933 , 3250 Words )), a witness recalls Sharon leading a massacre in a village called Kibya in 1953: "The soldiers of Major Ariel Sharon killed 70 Palestinians in the reprisal raid, most of them women and children."Basically, I agree with you.------------------

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All the boys think she's a spy

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, 08-22-2003

I think he might even have meant me! ------------------

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Originally posted by holmes:you don't predicate peace with moderates by the total inactivity of the fringe groups. You predicate it on peace with the moderate government

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Having read more & more on this situation, I completely agree with you on this point. However, Israel's and America's Administrations DON'T:

The White House on Wednesday dismissed Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's call to reinstate a Middle East truce and said peace efforts should focus on dismantling militant networks. ​ "Actions to dismantle terrorist organizations and to dismantle terrorist networks are what is needed and what's most important," White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan said. ​ ... ​ Israel has discounted Arafat's cease-fire call as "propaganda" and said it would continue targeting militants until the Palestinian Authority dismantles militant organizations.

Continuous warfare indeed .------------------

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, 08-27-2003

AS you rightly say, extremist groups here cause all these problems (as they have done throughout history on our good little planet). Unfortuantely, in Israel's case these Extremists have complete governmental control of their country.

Start another topic in which you can detail your lifestyle, use it as a springboard for discussion, etc. When you start it, make sure you provide a link back to your post in this topic, so people can refer to your subtopic in this thread.

I don't want to offend anyone with what some people may perceive as 'blasphemy', but "Jesus fucking Christ!" leapt unbidden from my mouth when I saw this:captioned with:

Israeli soldiers blow up a Palestinian building in which a Palestinian gunman was hiding during a gunbattle with Israeli troops in Nablus September 5, 2003. The destruction of the building left 28 families homeless.

It comes from a Reuters News Article. They did it to get ONE GUY.