Posted on 12/08/2007 11:19:41 AM PST by PRePublic
Jacob Amir: Palestinians brought problems on themselves A letter to the editor — 12/07/2007 10:07 am
Dear Editor: The authors of the column "Jews need to speak out on abuse of Palestinians" blame Israel for the difficulties facing the residents of Gaza.
One wonders if the authors can imagine what would have happened if, immediately after Israel left the Gaza Strip, all terror activity from there ceased. Which means no rocket launching, no weapons smuggling, no efforts to bomb the border crossing points, no efforts to send suicide murderers into Israel.
Then all the crossing points would have remained open, there would have been free merchandise exchange, thousands of Gazans would have been able to work in Israel, and it would have been possible to travel between the West Bank and Gaza. The Gazan economy would have been much stronger, and the daily life of the citizens would have been much better.
The authors do not tell us that the Palestinians chose to continue with their war of terror. As a result they brought nothing but disaster on their people. They infiltrated into Israel, killing two soldiers and abducting a third. In the last two years, since Israel left the Gaza Strip to the last inch, more than 2,000 Kasam rockets have been fired at Israeli villages and towns.
Like any other country Israel will do its best to protect its citizens.
Jacob Amir, Jerusalem, Israel
http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/letters/260896
Yep. That pesky Geneva Convention. That Israel signed. That Israel is not honoring.
Yup, and they got drilled. They learned their lesson. They didn’t like it but they negotiated peace.
Palestinians, Saddam...those people clearly can’t learn these lessons.
Ask all you want, but until they quit targeting innocent people on buses in cafes...and get serious about peace, as opposed to destruction.
Here’s a question, why can’t they build a nice port along the coast of gaza as opposed to exporting terror and launching attacks into Israel even after the Israelis pulled out?
Where are their arab brothers?
And no wonder...I know it would be too much to ask where in the Geneva convention it’s OK to blow up innocent men women and children on buses, in cafes...
that might be too much like addressing a clear agenda.
You're kidding, right?
No more ridiculous than asking someone to do 100% and not 95% while your side murders and does absoutely nothing but poison the whole process for decades on end.
Only WHERE IS their arab brothers?
I'm guessing that, after 20 years, the Palestinians got tired of waiting for Israel to honor the Geneva Convention.
Riiiiiight.
These are only recent problems. None of the killing began until after the peaceful Palis were patient after 20+ years of Isra-eeeeli violence...LOL
oh wait...there’s that pesky Munich Olympics...
and...
I'm not going to re-live 4000 years of history. Find someone else.
You’re not going to READ history, let alone re-live it!
http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_independence_refugees_jews_why.php
http://www.netanyahu.org/whattheydont.html
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/charen012699.asp
http://www.mideastweb.org/palpop.htm
http://www.zionism-israel.com/impact_of_zionism.htm
http://www.mideastweb.org/oslofailed.htm
http://www.mideastweb.org/israel_disengagement_map_2005.htm
So what would you suggest that Israel accept the dismantling of its nation and the slaughter of its citizens in order to make you and the Arabs happy? Israel did not take from the Arabs. The Arabs attacked and lost. There is a price to pay when you do that. You and they should stop whining like little pansies and get on with life.
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