Destroy it all--Turn the homes of Gaza settlers over to the Palestinians? Never!

Jerusalem Post ^ | 5-6-05 | URI DAN

[CanisMajor2002]

Somebody's been watching episodes of Little House on the Prairie again...

[SouthernFreebird]

So – destroy it all!

But wait until the Palis move in...then raze it.

[SJackson]

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[EQAndyBuzz]

Bulldoze everything that cannot be carted off and used in the resettling of these people.

IMHO I think they are going in the wrong direction. I would move the Israeli settlements more into Gaza, build a wall there and then give whatever is left back to Egypt.

[hershey]

Whatever Israel gives the Palestinians will never be enough. They're a bottomless pit.

[elfman2]

Looks like if the FR “goons” didn’t exist, you’d have no reason to live.

Buh Bye

[ikka]

Destroy it all. Salt the earth.

[ikka]

Apparently the handicap you are referring to is a mental rather than physical disability.

[blueminnesota]

But that's what they want! They want the Israelis to go through the trouble and expense of tearing everything down and cleaning it up and then they expect(and will get, sadly)that some UN or NGO will build something more to their liking free of charge. No! Let the Israelis haul everything away that has the slightest value and leave it like it is. Don't go to one more bit of effort for them. They can use the greenhouses as refugee camps or whatever. It will all fall to pieces anyway pretty soon with no maintenence.

[Non-Sequitur]

If the government is compensating the settlers then the government owns the houses and facilities, and can do with it as they wish. If the settlers want to burn the houses then fore go the compensation and flame away.

[massgopguy]

Pistols or swords?

[DesignerChick]

It those homes at 30 years old their probably not in tip top shape - leave em. It will only cost more to build new.

[Sender]

Absolutely right! The settlers should take their belongings, take the appliances, heck take the light fixtures and the blinds and the doghouse too. Take everything that is of value to them, then just walk away. Leave the buildings for the Pali occupiers. This is just because I think it's a sin to destroy perfectly good habitation, regardless of who's moving in.

And you are also correct that the Palis would like to have everything cleaned off the land for free, and then have UN and EU grants build them new concrete apartment buildings to Pali specifications. And they will get that UN / EU support too.

But in the end, it SHOULD be up to the individual settlers as to what becomes of their homes. If they feel vindicated by razing a home that is being occupied by the Palis, then they should be allowed to do so. Then leave the pile of debris where it lies and wipe the dust from their feet.

[logic]

Since the violence has not stopped, there should be NO withdrawl... that said, I believe if they are going to withdraw, they should leave everything intact. It shows a spitefulness to destroy everything (not that it's not deserved) and if they are withdrawing to promote peace, spitefullness is not a way to promote peace.(again, not that I think they can ever achieve peace because the bible says they can't and the situation confirms it..., but if they are going to show good faith and promote peace, they need to do everything they can to promote it then let the escallation of violence after they withdraw show the world no matter what they do there will never be peace so they don't have to keep wasting time and energy trying...(kind of like how after 8 years of clinton there was NO prescription drug program, then when bush pushed one through, all they could do afterwards was complain it wasn't enough. That should have shown all republicans that no matter what they do they cannot make the liberals happy so QUIT TRYING!!!))

[Alouette]

The Palestinian "leadership" has stated that they want all the buildings taken down, that they only want "the land." This is because they realize, in a tiny corner of their reptililan brains, that the sight of Hamas thugs swarming over the houses and dancing on the rooftops will "make them look bad."

They can have the land. Nothing grows there. All the produce grown in Gaza is raised in hydroponic greenhouses.

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[Betaille]

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[American in Israel]

Problem is Sharon wants to give the farmers greenhouses to the Pali's too. Not only is he taking their land from them but their possessions too.

But the Arabs of Israel are predictable, when being given a chance to own a multi million dollar farm, they promise to burn them to the ground.

They do not want to build a State, they only want to destroy one.

[Slings and Arrows]

The Palestinian "leadership" has stated that they want all the buildings taken down, that they only want "the land." This is because they realize, in a tiny corner of their reptililan brains, that the sight of Hamas thugs swarming over the houses and dancing on the rooftops will "make them look bad."

I thought it was because they could film the destruction and use it for propaganda; e.g., "look at how the evil JOOOOOOOZ destroy houses rather than let them be used by poor oppressed Palestinians!" (I realize that these goals are not mutually exclusive.)

The Arab dietary staples seem to be hummus, lies and bull****.