While when Israelis fight for thier self-declared "Percieved" rights that are purely based on Theology (That Palestine is thier "Promised" Land and that they are God's "Chosen" people), they are given the "right" to kill Palestinians?\n\nI have a problem with this. I would be very angry if Jews, or who ever came to Washington D.C. tomorrow, and said that God Promised them the United States of America 4000 years ago, and then let's say, China, comes and supports them and calls US Resistance fighters "Terrorists".\n\nIsn't Palestine an occupied territory and isn't Israel a Theological Racist Aparthied Terror Using Extremist Jewish Fundamentalist State? \n\njust a question.\n\nObjective answers needed. \n\nThank you very much.
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Jews are not chosen by anyone much less God.But they suffered inhuman treatment from Nazis and are facing insults from Neonazis.For Jews it is a question of survival.They get military support from U.S.A.whose presidents need electoral support from immigrant Jews.Jerusalam(literally means land of peace)is divided into three parts theologically and emotionally among Christians,Jews and Muslims.(Past) History does not decide present politics.One country`s terrorists are another country`s freedom fighters.One hopes Jews and Palestinian Muslims recognise the right of each other`s existence,and super powers co operate with both to find lasting peace.May God help all.
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Israel is a leader of International Terrorism.\n\nThis entity has occupied an entire country, Palestine, and kicked FOUR MILLION Palestinians out of it using brutal force.\n\nIt invaded Lebanon and Syria and Egypt. It is based on EXTREMLY extremist ideologies that claim JEWISH SUPREMACY. It is a theological aparthied state where Jews reign supreme and are allowed to kill Palestinians at will. \n\nMore than 1000 Palestinian CHILDREN! have been killed by Israel since 2000. \n\nIsraeli terrorists (Soldiers in the IAF, Israeli Agression Force) attack Palestinians daily. \n\nIsrael has Nuclear weapons, more than 150 warheads, that's enough to destroy the entire world. \n\nIsrael assasinates political opponents and has no respect for human rights.\n\nWe do say that Israel is a terrorist, just click on www.pacifica.org and enjoy the webcasts, it's only the "confused" mainstream media (bought a zillion centuries ago) that portrays the Palestinians as terrorists.\n\nLike Michael Moore said, "YOUR TIME IS UP!" and we tell those arrogant fools the same thing, "YOUR TIME OF KILLING PALESTINIANS AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT IS UP!" \n\nNO TO FUNDAMENTALIST TERRORISM CARRIED OUT IN THE NAME OF JUDAISM OR CHRISTIANITY OR ISLAM!\n\nThe world CANNOT sustain such sickening Jewish supremacy arrogance, where it's never again only for Jews, We say never Again for the Palestinians!!!\n\nLIBERTY TO PALESTINE FROM JEWISH FUNDAMENTALIST OCCUPATION IS THE ONLY SOLUTION.
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Wow, bit of a controversial question, right? \n\nFrom what I've heard, most Middle Eastern nations protest the existence of Israel because its creation took away land from the Palestinians who had been living there. Yes, the land was originally given to Israel, but in the minds of Arabics, all that was 3000 years ago or so, and it shouldn't be valid any longer. \n\nPlus, many Palestinians are now living in refugee camps or have fled to other nations, and now those nations are having to help them/feed them, etc. The way the nations see it, if Israel had never been created, the nations wouldn't have this problem.
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I like Israel, personally. I can't say I agree with EVERYTHING Israel has done since 1948, but I do believe they only want security for themselves. This is understandable since they are surrounded by enemies who want them wiped off the face of the Earth. Keep up the fight. America still loves you. Shalom.
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Nope, Israel has the right to defend itself from the Palestinian aggressors who are sponsored by Arab extremists who want all JEWS dead. Jews do not want ALL Arabs dead. Jews do not want ALL Muslims dead. Nowhere do you  see a Jew, A  Rabbi or otherwise standing in front of a congregation or crowd, screaming through megaphones calling for the death of all ARABS, the way the MUSLIM CLERICS DO calling for murder of all JEWS..  This is a right to defend the JEWS as A Nation of people who only have a Tiny piece of land.  The PPalestinians are all MUSLIMS why do they not accept that they will have to live peacefully next to the Jews if they want to co-exist, Because they do not want to coexist. Most Israelis recognize the alestinian right. But when they encourage the homicide bombers from the age of 2, then they become unacceptable neighbors. Jews do not teach hate to their children, they teach love kindness and self defense.  Muslim extremists , Palestinians teach hate and murder to very young children.   You CANNOT teach love and hate at the same time.  \n\nGOLDA MEIR was asked, when do you think there will be peace in the middle east. She said when the Arabs start to love their children as much as they hate the Jews.\n\nSHALOM. SALEM
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Here's the deal:\nAccording to the Bible, the Jews were ordered by God to take over that land, which was then called Canaan. The Jews did conquer it but were forcibly removed by the Romans in 70 and 135 AD from the land after their revolts were crushed.\nThe Jews returned to that land in 1948 after Israel was re-established as a nation by the UN, so don't let anyone tell you Israel is a rogue nation. Israel has the right to exist; it came into being legitimately. The Palestinians claim to have ownership of that land, but this is not true.\nThey claim that the Canaanites were Arabs, when they were not. According to the Bible, Noah had three sons, one of whom was Shem, the ancestor of the Jews and Arabs. The Canaanites came from the line of Ham, Noah's other son. So the Canaanites were not Semites, therefore they were not Arabs. The Canaanites are gone and so are their descendants, so there is no one left to rightfully fight the Jews for that land.\nThe main problem is misdirected nationalism. The Palestinians didn't even call themselves Palestinians until AFTER 1948. The Palestinian people are merely a ploy being used by the Muslim nations to regain land that was lost to the Jews. After all, according to Islam, any land that is conquered in the name of Allah can never again come under non-Muslim rule, or a Jihad, or Holy War, must be declared in order to regain that land.\nThere are elements in the media that affect this conflict. The Palestinian media greatly brainwashes the youth of Palestine into believing a warped view of history.\nSo in short, religion has everything to do with this conflict, nothing else really matters. It's Judeo-Christianity vs. Islam.
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Personally, I believe Israel has the right to exist but at the same time Palestine's rights are being violated by not existing. If you read Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations", he'll say yes, this war is a clash between Western civilization and Islamic civilization. Much of this conflict, according to him, was brushed under the carpet during the Soviet era both the Islamic World and the West were fighting communism. Do I agree with him? Not really, but he does bring up some strong points.\n\nThe West (particularly the US) interfered to a great extent in the Islamic World in the post- WW2 era and supported some very corrupt regimes such as the Shah's government in Iran. Many of the governments of this time were Arab Nationalist, but people got tired of these governments with their abuse and corruption and turned to Islamist governments. In some instances, the US encouraged the Islamists because some of the Arab Nationalists were too anti-American for their tastes. Israel is the most blatant example of Western interferance because the US uses it as its foothold in the Middle East, to the resentment of the rest of the Arab World especially since they were so thoroughly defeated during the Six Days War in 1967 because throughout most of Middle Eastern history Jews and Christians have lived in Islamic states without a lot of abuse. So, really, the West cannot be considered innocent of the current situation in the Middle East and though, of course, much of it is a reflection of events occurring there, a large part of it is a reaction against the West and Western ideology.
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Israel is not to blame Muslims' assisted by most of the world press, will twist the story. Anyone who deliberately enters a battle zone to protect combatabants on 1 side is asking to get shot. I think they deserve Darwin awards.
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You know, I never realized this until the last year or so, and see how old I am! A bit dense, I guess. I feel like some of this goes back to the U.S. being so Christian and religiously based. They probably feel like the Jews are still 'gods' chosen people, and want to protect and be in league with them.\nIn a way, I undestand wanting to protect helpless people. However, Israel is not a helpless country any longer, probably more powerful than a lot of other countries.
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Yep. I agree with you.  It is really hard for us to understand the Palestinian/Muslim culture.  Everything there is backwards, meaning opposite of what we consider forwards, or correct.  Of course, there are many people over there that say WE in the west are backwards, and they are forward.  But you and I both know that's rubbish. Every time within our nation's history that we went to war we used airplanes that were clearly marked with symbols and words identifying them as United States military craft.   Even when we used the atomic bomb on Japan we warned the nation through diplomacy and we warned the Japanese people days ahead of time with millions of leaflets from above.  Furthermore, the US aircraft involved were clearly marked as military craft, as well as the bombs themselves.  Likewise, every single time we have sent our soldiers to combat to kill the enemy or to walk amongst civilians we have sent them in wearing uniforms that bear the United States flag on their shoulders and clearly marked "US MARINES" or "US ARMY" on their chests.  The EXACT SAME can be said of the army of ISRAEL.  Like the West, the Israelis always transport themselves and present themselves in combat and in peacetime as clearly marked representatives of the government, as official military combatants.  That goes for every plane, every helicopter, every vehicle, and every soldier they use to combat the disgusting Palestinian pig that targets civilians like the coward he or she is.  You see the Palestinians marching down their own streets with weapons and banners and all that whenever they feel like rioting.  But let me ask you, when is the last time the Palestinian walked into combat with a banner?  NEVER.  They rid themselves of identification, sneak onto buses and into marketplaces and kill children and other innocents.  \n\nThe best thing the United States could ever do is to completely step out of the whole situation with Palestine and Israel.  Every single American president enters office with a new end-all plan for peace in the middle east, and it's just a fruitless effort because no matter how much Israel grants the Palestinian the pig still kills.  Several years ago Israel drew up a peace treaty in which Palestine would gain literally 99% of the land they always fought for, and Israel also proposed granting Palestine autonomy.  And the pigs rejected the offer.  THEY GOT WHAT THEY ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR AND DECIDED TO KEEP FIGHTING ANYWAY!! So any claims they had that they were resisiting Israel because of Israel's oppression is complete BULLS**T! Even now, every single day, even as I type this the Israeli military is removing Jews from their homes throughout villages in the Gaza stip in an effort to give Palestinians even MORE land and MORE autonomy.  Entire Jewish towns, where people have lived for decades, have been dismantled as a result of the Israeli government bowing to pressures from the US and other Allies in an attempt to please the Palestinian by giving him more land and more autonomy. Did you hear me?  JEWS were forced out of their homes by the Israeli government to please the Palestinian pig, And yet DAILY the terrorist groups in Palestine fire rockets into Jewish towns and blow up themselves on buses and near schools and restaurants to kill dozens of innocent children and their families.  What the hell are they fighting for?  They've gotten nearly everything they've ever asked for, yet they still kill innocents?!? Had it not been for the US holding Israel back all of these decades, the Israli Army would have wiped the terrorist in Palestine off the face of the earth.  Even if Israel were attacked by other Muslim nations, I have no doubt they would defeat them all completely in a number of days or weeks just as they did in the "6 Days War."  Had the US and other Western Nations stayed out of the political quarreling following that conflict, Israel would still today own completely
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There is a tendency to see the Israelis as the perennial victim because Hitler savagely butchered 6 million jewish souls.\nThis makes Israeli behavior in the occupied territories seem somehow less brutal than it is.\nFor information on this, amongst other sources, you might want to read the accounts of Israeli journalist Amira Haas on Haaretz newspaper.\nBut must 6 million Palestinians die before their plight is given the urgency that it needs?\nIsn't it a bit gross banking on the death of six million martyrs to forward political/territorial gains?\nI understand Palestinian anger,though I do not condone the violence.\nThe death of innocent people is never justified, no matter which side they are on.
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The problem with that idea comes from restraint.  Not all governments have it.\n\nThere are many countries in the Middle East that have said that Israel has no right to exist and it should be wiped off the face of the Earth.  Seeing as how many of them believe that if they were doing Allah's will when they die, they will be rewarded, they may not hesitate to do "Allah's will" by unleashing nuclear weapons against Israel.
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Those were massacres against the Palestinian people right after the PLO's departure from Lebanon. \n\nLebanese Militiamen, with major Israeli support, spent 4 days going through the refugee camps slaughtering every living Palestinian woman, child and man. Young and old. The US stayed silent even though it assured the Arabs that it will not allow such a thing.\n\nThis was all because the Palestinians were kicked out of thier country by Israeli terrorists. \n\nI fully sympathise with the Palestinian right of return and not only return, but also compensation for decades of torture and injustice. The Horns must be blown and the Bells must ring, Jewish Extremism is the worste disease of our present age and time. \n\nThe Israeli Zionist Jews must stop being racists, they must surrender all thier tools of agression, and they must live under a Palestinian flag, just like they were in the past living in peace under the Ottoman rule. It's Jewish Extremism's arrogance that is going to result in the collapse of Zionism's prize, Israel. \n\nNo to Aparthied.\nNo to Racism.\nNo to Ethnic Cleansing.\n\nYes to Peace and Security to Palestinians Jews, Christians and Muslims and all others.\nYes to Equal Rights in Palestine\nYes to Dialogue!
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Do you support Canada's claim to their territory?  When someone comes around with a constructive idea to use land that no one wanted before all of a sudden it is prime real estate.   Supply and demand.   Even if you look past all the legal reasons why Israel is entitled you will see this is all about pride, jealousy and hatred.\nStinky Pinky:\n1. Israel did not invade Palestine, check your history.\n2. Israel gets money from the US for support of the only democracy in the region.We also pay billions to Egypt just so they won't attack israel, how about stoping the money flow there huh?\n3. Arabs opened their doors to the Jews? Where are you getting your history books?  From Ossama? From fairy tale land?
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what some of the others neglected to tell you is that there is such a bitter hatred of jews among arabs that they can't stand the idea of there being a jewish state at all.  The particular land wasn't that important to the palestinians (a misnomer because there really is no nationality) it was because jews were there.  The other arab states don't even want the so called palestinians.  There could be peace if these people would live in peace.  The Israelis want it but they will no longer tolerate terrorism or a threat to their security.  Can you blame them? \nJust for the record..I am not a jew and I do not hate palestinians.  I pray they can find a way to live in peace.
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If you were naive enough to believe what you hear on the news and media, you would think there is an entity called a "Palestinian people," who lived in a "country/state/area" called Palestine since Canaanite/Biblical/Muslim times. You would almost believe that the Israelis occupied "Palestine" in 1967. And you might even think that the Palestinians want the occupiers out of their land. And of course, you might feel, they are entitled to do whatever it takes to get their land back.  No?  No.  Not at all,  Here are the facts. \n\nWho are the Palestinians? Palestinians are Arabs. They have no historical, national or cultural identity distinct from other Arabs of the region. Most of them came into Palestine in search of economic opportunities after World War I when the British and the Jews began to build up a land that was moribund. \n\nWhat is Palestine? When the Romans conquered Judea, they renamed it Palestine. Since then, no occupying power ever made it an independent state or established a capital in Jerusalem. Under the Ottoman Empire, it was part of the province of Syria. \n\nAfter World War I, the area was mandated to Britain to establish a Jewish national home.  Instead, in 1922, Britain split off 75% of Palestine to establish the Emirate of Transjordan, as a throne for the Arabian Hashemite family. \n\nThe UN decided to split the remaining 25% of Palestine between Jews and Arabs.  In 1948, five Arab armies attacked the newborn State of Israel.  Transjordan annexed the area intended for an Arab state, and renamed itself the Kingdom of Jordan, calling the annexed area the West Bank.  Egypt took over Gaza.  No Arab suggested making the West Bank and/or Gaza into yet another Arab state until 1967, when Israel was again attacked by the Arabs and took these areas. \n\nWhether or not she chooses to exercise the right, Israel owns the West Bank by right of conquest and by biblical rights.  Before 1967, the last previous legal owner was the Ottoman Empire. And Turkey, heir to the Ottomans, has never asked for it back.
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One must really lack basic compassion to call children, women and civilians, who have been under brutal occupation for 40 years thugs..\n\n..in regards to the question, it's not that they don't Want peace, they don't want FAIR peace. the roadmap was a way of achieving peace, as was Camp David as were Oslo talks.. however, what they entailed for ISrael, is total economic, military , socal Domination. For Palestinians, not a state, rather series of buntustan-like regions where they are allowed to exist. \n\nwhat is fair peace, well for starters, listen to international community. Many resolutions for fair peace has been proposed by the UN, 242 for example, which always receives the same vote: all the world for it- US and Israel against.\n\n*EDIT*\n\neven if you go with what the person above said, which for the most part, isn't really relevant, but lets go with it. and accept his argument..that Israel is righ towner of 'the promised land' as God said so..therefore his conclusion is, we can treat Palestinians as inhumenly as we like, kick them out of their homes and keep them in camps surrounded by a wall (sounds like ghettos to anyone?) just because they don't belong on this Holy land of ours. \n\nwell is this not the reason why Jews were persecuited and murdered all over Europe and in Holocaust in Germany..all because they did not belong there..\n\ntoday we Rightly condemn what has been done to Jews, how can we then not condemn when they are doing exctly the same things to Palestine today ..under the pretext of 'defense' or more recently ' War on Terror'.