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To: Petrosius

You are obviously not open to reasoning that conflicts with your view that derives from the MSM. I gave you some pretty comprehensive argument and all you can reply with is moral equivalence between genocidal Palestinians and Jews who kind to survive.


34 posted on 08/18/2023 2:17:57 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe <)
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To: arthurus

Your “comprehensive” argument conveniently leaves out the reason for the Palestinian Arabs’ rage, treating them as irrational and rabid animals. Israel is at peace with Jordan and Egypt, and the Israeli Arabs are relatively peaceful. Then why the rage among the Palestinian Arabs. While the Israelis and their allies do not want to admit it, the Arabs have been subject to Israeli aggression since the founding of Israel.

In 1947 the Arabs were 2/3 of the population of Palestine. Yet the UN decided to divide the territory and give half of it to the Jews, who represented only 1/3 of the population, without their consent or even negotiations. After the War for Independence this 1/3 of the population ended up with 70% of the land. Then after the Six-Day War they conquered the rest. During the following 50+ years Israel has granted the Arabs in the territories neither citizenship nor independence. They have had to endure military occupation with no rights. And one wonders why they might hate the Israelis.

And before you can make the claim, no, I am not justifying their acts of terrorism. I completely condemn them. But I also condemn Israeli violence against the Arabs that are justified by these acts. Despite their self-image, the Israelis have not been innocent victims in this conflict. Nor is it helpful to try to justify one’s actions by claiming the other side is more guilty. There is blame on both sides. And until both sides can admit it, there will be no resolution.

And finally, the aspiration for the annexation of the territories without the Arab population is unrealistic. It is just not going to happen. To continue to hold out for this only prolongs the conflict, just as an Arab dream of expelling the Jews does. The land has a mixed Jewish and Arab population and it is just a fact that neither one is going away. A resolution of the conflict has to accept this reality, accepting that both populations are legitimate residents and with equal right.


35 posted on 08/19/2023 7:24:54 AM PDT by Petrosius
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