[MrEdd]

No, I suppose someone who has never fought over there would.

Even though it is very simple.

When Israel was formed, devout Muslims from all across the Islamic world traveled to Israel to wipe out the Jews. The Mufti of Jerusalem travelled to Berlin to gain collaboration on eliminating the Jews, and in return Muslim rebels worked to sabotage middle eastern oil supplies for the allies.

The whole purpose these people went to Israel was to exterminate the Jews.

That is still their purpose.

There are no positive results possible from dealing diplomatically with the Palestinians, and every dollar sent for any supposed humanitarian purpose is really a dollar spent to kill Jews.

Let Israel handle the Palestinians.
Under Palestinian administration the land returns to its desert state and will not feed the Palestinians.

[be-baw]

Thanks. I get your point now. My comment about Kushner was because it seems he and Trump seem to be considerably less accommodating to the Palestinians than the Obama or W Administrations were.

[af_vet_1981]

Under Palestinian administration the land returns to its desert state and will not feed the Palestinians.

Israeli agriculture is more technologically advanced and bountiful. However, agriculture under Palestinian administration, which depends on cooperation from the Israeli authorities, still functions and bears fruit.

Around 183,000 hectares of land in the Palestinian territories are cultivated, of which around half is used for olive production.[66] Olive products earn more in export income than any other agricultural crop.[66]In 1998, the total cultivated area amounted to 185 011 ha of which 90 percent lie in the West Bank. Fruit trees occupied 113 840 ha of which 105 483 ha in the West Bank and 8 357 ha in the Gaza Strip (Table 2 and Table 3). With the exception of the Gaza Strip, the Jordan Valley and some parts of Qalqilya, most fruit trees are grown under rainfed conditions. Olives constitute over 70 percent of the area planted with fruit trees, while almonds and grapes occupy 8 and 7 percent respectively. Field crops are planted on 52 011 ha (48 075 ha in the West Bank and 3 936 ha in the Gaza Strip), but only in Jericho are they predominantly under irrigation. Wheat and barley are, with 32 and 28 percent respectively of the area under field crops, the main field crops planted. Field crops can also be found intercropped in orchards, especially while the trees are still young. Vegetables, grown in the open, in low plastic tunnels and in greenhouses, are planted on 19 160 ha (13 144 ha in the West Bank and 6 016 ha in the Gaza Strip). Tomatoes, squash and potatoes occupy the majority of land under vegetables (between 10 to 15 percent each). The majority of vegetables are grown under irrigation, although watermelon, cucumber and some pulses tend to be grown under rainfed conditions (FAO, 2001). In 2005, the total cultivated area in the Occupied Palestinian Territory was 222 000 ha, of which 107 000 ha annual crops and 115 000 ha permanent crops (Table 1).