[SJackson]

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[tictoc]

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[MoJo2001]

Palestinians don't need a state. They have a country for which they should move to: JORDAN! The Palestinian people may be suffering, but whose fault is it? They need to grow some balls and find some Kahunas to get the job done. Yasser Arafat hasn't done anything for them. Yet, they insist on his being their leader. So? It's either freedom and democracy or Yasser Arafat? What have they chosen to this point? Well, they can't complain that Americans don't have sympathy. They are too stupid to understand.

[Sparta]

I'm looking forward to the next article by the Elder of Zion.

[Blennos]

Why do the so-called palestinians need a state? The answer is quite clear. This will help the arabs fulfill their oft-stated goal of removing Western influence, Jewish and Christian, entirely from the Middle East.

Such a state, if established, would simply a more effective base for terrorism, internationally sanctioned, and very difficult to undo once established.

Just what we need, another arab terrorist state to add to the list: Libya, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq,Yemen, Sudan, Somalia et al.

[Dog Gone]

Fine. Annex the West Bank, and soon the Jewish State becomes an arab state.

Or, if you don't annex that land, make it a country. I think everybody is entitled to citizenship in a country, and the West Bank is limboland.

[ladyinred]

Why can't they live in one of the Arab countries that surround little tiny Israel for that matter? Most of them came from one of these countries to begin with. The whole idea is they want Israel not to exist at all. That is the real truth, hidden by the PC crowd.

[white trash redneck]

The best argument for a Palestinian state is demographic. The Arabs will soon outnumber Jews in Israel.

[Dan from Michigan]

Why Do Palestinians Need a State?

They have one. Jordan.

[onedoug]

No Arab state in Eretz Yisrael. EVER!

[Puck from Michigan]

They need their own state. That way, when they start their crap & terrorize Israel in a state sponsored way, Israel can legitimately wipe them off the face of the earth. From one government to another.

[neutrino]

Why do the palies need a state? Well, the answer is obvious! How else can they stay in a State of Confusion all the time?

[freedumb2003]

About a year ago, Either William Safire or George Will (I can't remember which) noted that there were over 50 MILLION displaced persons in Europe after WWII and they were all assimilated in less than 40 years.

Compare that to the few million Palestinians that were displaced (if you even buy that) by the creation of Isreal. By now, the Arab states -- their "brother Arabs" who are so damned concerned about the Palestines' welfare they are willing to die for it, have yet to assimilate anyone (yes, Jordan -- which is where Palestine should be -- comes to foremost to mind).

Quite simply, the Palestinians are there for one reason: to be a festering wound in the side of Isreal in particular and the West in general.

Do not be fooled -- we have no "friends" in the Arab world. On the other hand, neither do the Palestinians.

[antaresequity]

If they have land and they are a people they should have their own state.

If they act like monsters then they should be treated as such.

Thats the rock and a hardplace right now...

[Ichabod Walrus]

Jews as a people needed a homeland as a refuge from 2000 years of all forms of abuse, which culminated in the murder of six million of our brethren.

If that's the case, why are there more Jews living outside Israel than will ever live there? Furthermore, why are they increasingly migrating to places like Germany and Austria? Furthermore, are Jews the only people who have suffered abuse in the last 2000 years? Or is the author suggesting they are the only ones who matter?