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To: Hermann the Cherusker
Germans had lived in Silesia for millenia too, and Poles in Galacia, and Serbs in Kosovo, but I don't see you campaigning to restore Silesia to Germany, or Galacia to Poland, or Kosovo to Serbia. Why not?

Treating the Middle East and the Israeli-Arab conflict like you would the ethnic squables of Europe is one of the reasons we are in this mess. The British partioning Palestine after WWI and WWII in hopes that the two parties would sit down peacefully and negotiate their land claims is why there is a problem now. Europe is not the Middle East. The Germans, Poles, and Serbs have not vowed the annialation of the other from the face of the Earth, like the Arabs have of the Jews.

How many Christian Holy Sites have been desecrated by the Jews in Israel? Lots.

Name one.

Need we recall only last year the armed assault on the Holy Sepulchre by the IDF?

No, I don't recall. But I do remember Arab terrorists holing up in the Church of the Nativity in order to hide from the IDF, who respectfully didn't storm the place for fear of harming the innocents inside. The Israelis negotiated a surrender in order to avoid harming the Church.

The Arabs did nothing for two millenia against Jewish Holy Sites.

This is nothing but delusion.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was destroyed by the Arab Caliph Al Hakim in 1009 AD; thankfully it was rebuilt in the 14th century. While the Holy Sanctuary has been kept open throughout the entire intifada, the Western Wall was used as a market bizarre when it was under control of the Jordanians.

If Israel were to annex the territories, she'd also have to make the Arab inhabitants citizens.

If there was peace, I don't think the Israelis would have a problem with that, seeing how 20% of Greater Israel is Arab. Oh, by the way, the Arabs living in Israel have more rights and more freedom than in any of the 21 Arab countries.

53 posted on 05/08/2003 12:34:21 PM PDT by GunRunner
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To: GunRunner
It is interesting that people forget that Israel is a democracy, not just for the Jews, but also for the Arabs that live there. In fact, using the word, Israeli, doesn't mean you are a Jew.
57 posted on 05/08/2003 8:57:23 PM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife (Lurking since 2000.)
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