[Nachum]

Kahane? C'mon, I met him several times and heard him speak to small groups as well as crowds. He was a nutcase.

That said, I'm beginning to thing an expulsion of the Palestinians (as opposed to the Arab citizens of Israel who have generally not been involved in any of this) is one of Israel's few options at this point.

The very reason I posted the words of Meir Kahane is that people like yourself are now agreeing with what he said. I had also listened to him in person, as well as had listened to him on the Radio in interviews. He was villified for his views at the time. He was an easy person to hate becuase he brashly said what was a basic truth to those who know the Islamic-Arabs of the region well.

Unfortunately, everything he said would happen has happened. You may think he was a "nutcase", but you are agreeing with him now. Matter of fact, it is almost becoming fashionable for the very people who wanted him in Jail (or worse) to sound just like him.

[CatoRenasci]

I think that Meir Kahane and people with views like his have significantly contributed to the situation ending up as it has. In fact, he wanted it to come to this. The fact that there may be no other options now does not make it right, or make him any less than a nasty nutcase or a hate-filled man. Rather like John Brown, perhaps. If Israel expells the Palestinians, it will only solve the problem in the short run, I fear. Truly, as I have said for many years, the only lasting solution would have been one in which the Palestinians as a whole were willing to accept Israel's existence. Conditions, some of which are Israeli induced, most of which are not, have rendered that impossible for at least a generation. It makes me very sad.