But I don't want to see an Arab Holocaust either.
When has the tiny nation of Israel (I say the nation of Israel) ever in it's history sought to conquer another nation
The
fifties?
quote:
The three allies, especially Israel, were mainly successful in attaining their immediate military objectives, but pressure from the United States and the USSR at the United Nations and elsewhere forced them to withdraw. As a result of the outside pressure Britain and France failed in their political and strategic aims of controlling the canal and removing Nasser from power. Israel fulfilled some of its objectives, such as attaining freedom of navigation through the Straits of Tiran.
In the
sixties?
quote:
Israel captured the entire Sinai Peninsula, and Palestine's Gaza Strip from Egypt, the Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan (which it had ruled since 1949), and the Golan Heights from Syria
The
seventies?
quote:
The 1978 South Lebanon conflict (code-named Operation Litani by Israel) was an invasion of Lebanon up to the Litani River...The conflict resulted in the deaths of 1,100—2,000 Lebanese and Palestinians, 20 Israelis, the internal displacement of 100,000 to 250,000 people in Lebanon
The
eighties?
quote:
By expelling the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the removal of Syrian influence over Lebanon, and the installment of a pro-Israeli Christian government led by Bachir Gemayel, Israel hoped to sign a treaty which Menachem Begin promised would give Israel "forty years of peace.
Now, granted that is not 'conquering' but it is 'taking land and affecting political changes through the use of military invasions'. I think that should give us reason to worry about an Arab Holocaust. But I don't think it's particularly likely. That said, I probably wouldn't have thought the Jewish Holocaust was likely.
Edited by Modulous, : No reason given.
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