Posted on 08/24/2002 8:04:05 AM PDT by elcaudillo
Just call me "insensitive".
".. all Israeli settlements be removed from the disputed territories of the West Bank (is forced deportation)".
Naw, more like asking your mother-in-law to leave after a two week visit. Kind of, we'd like our house back now.
And the US Senate ratified this treaty when, Henry?
Yea. But the Jews got their house back in 1948 and in 1967.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/736913/posts
Their neighbor never did think this was fair (since other neighbors didn't do it to each other when they disputed), and have been wanting their property back for the last 35 years. Finally, ten years ago, they started to play rough.
You are ommiting historical facts. Did the arab neighbors not attack Israel on the day of its independence? Was there not a war of 1956? Did Arafat's PLO come about not prior to 1967??
After a dispute with their neighbor in 1967,
Dispute with their neighbor? Arabs were conducting raids against Israel all up to (and after) 1967. Nasser ordered UN "emergency force" stationed at Sinai since 1956 to waithdraw. UN complied (and people wonder why Israel doesn't trust UN), after the withdrawal of UNEF the Voice of the Arabs proclaimed (May 18, 1967):
As of today, there no longer exists an international emergency force to protect Israel. We shall exercise patience no more. We shall not complain any more to the UN about Israel. The sole method we shall apply against Israel is total war, which will result in the extermination of Zionist existence.
An enthusiastic echo was heard May 20 from Syrian Defense Minister Hafez Assad:
Our forces are now entirely ready not only to repulse the aggression, but to initiate the act of liberation itself, and to explode the Zionist presence in the Arab homeland. The Syrian army, with its finger on the trigger, is united....I, as a military man, believe that the time has come to enter into a battle of annihilation.
Peaceful neighbors, eh? On May 22, Egypt has imposed a blockade on Israel by closing Straits of Tiran. etc.etc.etc. Read more on the so called "dispute" here
they built an addition to their house on their neighbors property (which they annexed as a result of the dispute).
Did Germany not loose territory as a result of WW2?
Their neighbor never did think this was fair (since other neighbors didn't do it to each other when they disputed), That all would make sense if it was true. But it's not. If you go back to history you would see that parties that lost wars - lost territory. Add to the fact that Israel won those lands in the defensive wars and the fact that those lands hold a strategic value and you would see that arabs have nothing to complain about. As for "fair", arabs didn't recognize Israel (and still don't) since 1948 - not since 1967. PLO was organized prior to 1967, etc.
and have been wanting their property back for the last 35 years. Finally, ten years ago, they started to play rough.
35 years? Are you claiming that the period between 1948 and 1967 was a period of peace and quiet? Are you saying that Israel was not attackeded on its very day of independence? War on 1956? Nothing I love more then posts by people like you - they truly show the ignorance of the other side of the argument. Thanks!
What a great show we would have if she could debate Field Marshal Hitlery von Rottenham Klinton!
Can you blame them? Egyptian's blockade on the Straits of Tiran constituted declaration of war (block any country's only maritime passage and see how it will react). What's more there were well over a 100 raids against Jews by arabs in the period of 1965-1967. Syria constantly shelled Israeli kibutzim from the Golan Heights (on april 7, 1967 Israel shot down 6 syrian migs in a retaliatory strike)... On may 15th Egyptian troops began moving into Sinai and massing on the Israeli border, Nasser kicked out UN's force from the Sinai. Declared his intent on May 18, 1967 "The sole method we shall apply against Israel is total war, which will result in the extermination of Zionist existence" on May 27th he declared "Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel. The Arab people want to fight, We will not accept any...coexistence with Israel...Today the issue is not the establishment of peace between the Arab states and Israel....The war with Israel is in effect since 1948"... etc.etc.. Should I go on? Ok, I will:
On may 30th Nasser announced:
The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel...to face the challenge, while standing behind us are the armies of Iraq, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan and the whole Arab nation. This act will astound the world. Today they will know that the Arabs are arranged for battle, the critical hour has arrived. We have reached the stage of serious action and not declarations
Still not enough? President Abdur Rahman Aref of Iraq joined in the war of words: "The existence of Israel is an error which must be rectified. This is our opportunity to wipe out the ignominy which has been with us since 1948. Our goal is clear -- to wipe Israel off the map." On June 4, Iraq joined the military alliance with Egypt, Jordan and Syria.
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