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To: BrooklynGOP
The Jews were given a house in 1948. After a dispute with their neighbor in 1967, they built an addition to their house on their neighbors property (which they annexed as a result of the dispute).

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.

10 posted on 08/24/2002 10:09:50 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
The Jews were given a house in 1948.

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!

12 posted on 08/24/2002 10:38:22 AM PDT by BrooklynGOP
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To: robertpaulsen
The problem is, a bunch of the Jews' neighbors decided to attack them in 1967...

13 posted on 08/24/2002 11:20:14 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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