I'm not taking any side with the very complicated Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Ive just always wondered, with such a strong and wealthy Arab presence in the Mid East; How come the other Arab countries have never provided the resources to assist in the development of the West Bank for the Palestinian people?
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well some countries do help but not enough,and other countries are developing there own countries,and also Israeli army is always destroying roads buildings,house and everything else\nand you have countries that want to suck up to western countries government and put the blame on the Palestinians and do not care except for themselves
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I think it is very foolish to blindly support Israel. The Arab/Muslim world's voice is ignored, and while this is being done, we will NEVER have world peace. (Here it comes: I am going to be branded a nazi anti-semite.... again, which I am NOT) I am saying: Let's LISTEN to what they have to say. I am not proposing the destruction of Israel, but sadly, Israel is regarded as a bastion of western democracy by some in the west, but as a cancer by most in the Arab/Muslim world, and the ONLY solution is to sit down and LISTEN to EVERYBODY'S view.\nI have had people writing to me pointing out that Egypt is a shining example of the acceptance of Israel in the Middle East;\nwhat a misconception, while they are receiving billions of dollars from the US, they are only paying lipservice to this socalled acceptance. The people in the Middle East allege that the state of Israel was IMPOSED on them, (which is partly true) and this will remain a festering sore in the search for peace in the region. Certain interest groups in the Western world have equated the call for a serious and analytical look a the situation as being 'anti-semitic' (the 'last taboo', as mentioned in the question.) While this 'equation' is heeded by western leaders, terrorism will flourish. Israel is acting like a little boy whose older brother is the strongest in the the school, and by extension, the little brat is going around doing whatever he likes, knowing that his BIG brother will protect him.\nWe should ask ourselves: For how long are we going to allow this situation to continue? Until we are FORCED to sit down and LISTEN, or until we have a war between religions? Is it too much to ask to LISTEN?
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congratulation to all the Nazis !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!you forgot to say that the Arabs living in the state of the  Israel  has all the civil rights like any body else they are even in the Parliament and have the right of voting\nwhat rights  do they have in there territories?????????!!!!!!!!!!!\nhave you seen Jews in Arab countries siting and voting in there Parliaments???\nand  being Jewish  is not a crime like being Cristian or Muslim so far  in your definitions \nand Palestinians die of hunger in T H E R E      T E R I T O R I E if the Jews don't give them money food jobs medicines \nwhy don't they built there own economy instead of spending money on terrorism they should spend money ,and they have a lot on there own development\nis there any JEW  who                   killed   American people or any other one because they are not Jews ???\ndo you even know that a JEW HAS 2 EYES A NOSE A MOUTH AND AN A*****and no special tales and is a person like you??\nwhy are you all of you so afraid of Jews??\nall you GODS are Jews ,so appreciate us
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These days most middle eastern countries claim/want to be US allies. The rest want to be the opposite. I live in Dubai and the conflict in the US government lobby regarding the Dubai Ports World deal created a lot of bad publicity in the press about the US, however i have not encountered even one comment that says the US-UAE relations should be severed. \n\nFact is, even though US supports Israel from the beginning, most countries in the region are and have been allies of the US, the most obvious cause of that being the US support of Kuwait when it was attacked by Iraq in 1991. A lot of the money from the region is invested in the US.\n\nFrom the point of view of the US, they want to have as many allies the region as possible. They do have all the oil here, don't they. And the petrodollars do flow into the US in most cases. However, this is indeed changing now.
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The whole situation in the middle east is so complicated. I do not even know where to start. The worst thing they could do was to try and start a war with Israel. Not very smart. Hopefully they can rebuild their country and try to live a peaceful life. I hope they do along with everyone else in the middle east.
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Yes, Israel is a threat to its neighbours and worst of all to itself. The power Israel holds now is based on the support it gets from the US and the spineless UK, but these countries' influence is on the wane, look at events in South America, and the Israeli government will get isolated further. This isolation, I believe, will result in desperation from the Israeli government which might result in some "pre-emptive strikes" from them that would send the region deeper into conflict.
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Id say people in the Middle East have an extremely biased view (if any) on the Holocaust. Im Lebanese, living in Lebanon, and i can say that the Holocaust is praised (unfortunately) in most Arab countries since Israel is viewed as the main enemy (along with the US). It's sad to see educated people praising Hitler and the horrible genocide he commited against Jews. Being an Arab Christian, my backgroud education gave me the right idea about the genocide. However, most Muslims have this haine for Jews (mostly because the Sheikhs and Arab leaders examplify Israelis and Jews as the force of evil and war in the world). I dont want to sound too pessimistic but a better education will not be the solution because Imams (or Sheikhs, as in muslim religious leaders) will still endoctrinate their followers... The only solution in my opinion is the creation of two states (Israel and Palestine) after both forces recognize one another according to international law. It's a shame extremism (whether ultra-orthodox jews or fanatic muslims) is the obstacle of bringing people together..
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Historically or Biblically? This area has been occupied more the a Greyhound bus terminal toilet. If you mean during the last 100 years, Isreal was created by land taken from Arab farmers. When Palestine was still a British protectorate, Jewish terrorists organized groups to blow up train tracks, power stations and government installations(sound familiar) When the state of Isreal was declared, paniced Arab farmers fled the region and Jewish settlers took over their lands. These farmers settled in Syrian, Lebanese and Jordanian refugee camps which became known as the Palistinian problem. More land was taken over after a series of almost comical wars(where the US military supplied and backed the state of Isreal defeated all Arab states) occupied those lands run over during the wars and did not attempt to give them back until recently. What caused this? Collective world guilt over the Holocaust, the common belief at the time that the general Arab population of that area were just ignorant and itinerant farmers that had no real right to the land, a Zionistic , and sometimes hysterical approach of Jewish settlers in the 60's and 70's along with the generally unsupportable stance of many successive US governemnts has led to the intolerable situation that we see today. The Gov. of Isreal, the US Gov. The UN, the British as well as the intransigient position of the Arab world where Isreal is concerned has led to this mess. The world should back off and let those in the area determine their future.
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Wow...I'm amused by the previous post.  Does he really think that Jews never lived in Palestine?  He should read any history book.  Jewish history in Palestine is well documented, and has been known for generations.\n\nI think today, most of the world recognizes it as a region in limbo...not quite a nation, but not exactly a territory.  It is unique.  \n\nI think it is sad that nations of the world are unwilling to recognize nations that are effectively independent.  I don't know if Palestine quite qualifies yet, since it still depends on Israel for a lot of its financial and trade responsibilities, but it clearly isn't a typical territory.  But clearly there are other places in the world that operate as nations, but the world simply refuses to recognize them.  I think immediately of Somaliland (the northern chunk of Somalia) which has apparently been operating independently for some time, but which the world seems unwilling to deal with.  It seems unfair.  Perhaps there are issues that I'll never understand.  Or Taiwan, which is clearly a separate country from China, but which we continue to ignore to give power to a big bully.  Sad.\n\nI suspect that one day, Palestine will be treated as an independent nation, but I hope they will take time to consider their economic policy before that happens.  If they continue to operate as they are now, the nation will starve.  The government seems to have learned too much economic policy from Israel, and has adopted the Israeli model of socialism.  Sad.  Perhaps they would do well to look back to the history of the Arab peoples and research the Saracen history, in sources like Rose Wilder Lane's "The Discovery of Freedom", to find a model that would make Palestine liveable.  \n\nIf they continue down the current path, it will only lead to more devastation for everyone.
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Hello dear!\nFirst, by the time you ask about our beliefs, most will reply that the land was meant for them, regardless that others had founded cities centuries before the Israelis moved there.\nAnother issue is History: When was Israel? How and who pushed for the formation of Israel there? What were the trade-abouts?\nMore, the striking power of Israel, the USA, G. Britain and others from that side is much stronger that that of Palestinians!
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CUT-OFF ALL AID TO THOSE LOUSY ISRAELIS AND TELL THEM THEIR ON THEIR OWN. THEN APOLOGIZE TO ALL ARAB COUNTRIES FOR DESECRATING WHAT THEY CONSIDER HOLY GROUND.........................YOU MORONS! WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP BELONGED TO THE PALESTINIENS UNTIL ISRAEL STOLE IT FROM THEM DURING THE 6 DAY WAR IN 1967,THEY'VE OCCUPIED IT EVER SINCE JUST LIKE THE NAZIS OCCUPIED FRANCE AND POLAND OR LIKE IRAQ OCCUPIED KUWAIT
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I live in the UK, and the newspapers I read are certainly critical of Israel, but also condemn Palestinian suicide bombings. People here definitely have a different view of Israel than the Americans I know. A few years back a group of Palestinians came to Edinburgh and was hosted by a youth organisation I'm part of. However, I don't think it was a particularly constructive endeavour, as it turned out our visitors were wealthy and priviledged, hardly representative of Palestinians, and had a tendency to steal.
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Whether there was an official country is irrelevant (unless i am misunderstanding the point of these posts)  I would be quite pissed.  Of course, since it has happened and doesn't appear to be chainging anytime soo, the other arab countries could QUITE easily give a little land and money to the displaced people.  I often told my grandmom, How would you feel if a bunch of native americans knocked on your door and said, "we have this 2,000 year old book that says this neighborhood is ours, get out"?  And making the desert bloom is ALSO inconsequential.  I suppose that means we can just kick poepl out of the desert in Arizona if they aren't working hard enough and hand it over to another group of people?  It's their home whether it has a name or is blooming or whatever.
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Considering Pakistan was part of India until the U.K. dismantled India into two countries before it left. I side with India. Same thing as in Palestine. The Israelis have an inch and want a yard.
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Because when Israel was created by the British pull out somewhere after ww2. The land prior to that was known as Palestine the land was annexed and given to the Jews and renamed Israel.. The Palestinians still consider it their land  so they created the PLO to try and take it back .\n\n      I am a neutral person and I know depending on who you ask the other side is responsible. I believe there is a great deal of fault on both sides of the conflict.\n\n     I did a UN tour in Israel and am in no way an expert but I am  neutral .I can say that neither side is Innocent..\n \n     I sent you a site to at least show the chain of events leading up to today.It covers this century.. I hope it helps. The real conflict has been going on since biblical times\n\nhttp://www.masada2000.org/historical.html
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I see that some of the people answered saying that hamas is a terrorist organization,therefore should not be supported. Well the same could be said of Israel. I wish that my tax dollars did not fund Israels terrorism. The U.S. gives Israel 3 billion a year and what do we get in return? A middle east that is constantly on the verge of ww 3, an atmosphere that clearly only benefits the oil markets with the constant instability of the region.
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because we always support the passive underdog...israel is not calling for the extermination of arabs..is it..???..if the arabs would go about their business without bothering israel or supporting terrorists that want to annihilate it, they might be able to get along better with us...why all this WE have to get along with THEM..?? getting along is a 2 way street