Would you support a Palestinian state?
971142
They can support themselves as far as I'm concerned.
639309
absolutely.  for example, egypt.  they haven't had a native egyptian ruling them for millenia.  all because pharoah wouldn't let the isrealites go.
121206
i think no and to know about your goverment so go out your country and see what they do. All what they care about is to help Israel and the huge bussnes men that conltrolling the USA
881215
Support the existence of the state of Israel and discourage anti-Semitism.
742330
Moot question.... *NO* Arab country has *ever* made such an offer. In fact they have *repeatedly* rejected resettlement of *any* of the Palestinians.  Nor is it likely at all that such an offer *ever* will be made. If it were possible I'm sure the Jews would *gladly* pay for the Palestinians to go. Wouldn't you pay to keep your children safe from idiots?
830013
I think the message should be that the Palestinian people believe with every fiber of their being that they are entitled to that land and that there will not be a resolution to this that both sides find agreeable.\n    These people are willing to give their lives in the hopes that one day their children will have a land to call their own. They are willing to give up their lives for this cause, once someone is willing to do that, there is little you can do to stop it. They will continue doing this until the end of time or they are given back their land.
636176
ISRAEL of course!! (Never underestimate a sh it disturber) I should know as I'm one. Seriously though ...think about it...considering their location and the fact that they are the only Jewish Nation and they are surrounded by Muslim countries...wouldn't you think it would be in their best interest to promote peace and to have a peace agreement. Sometimes you have to give a little to get a little. To me not having to live in fear everyday of my life and constantly look over my shoulder and wonder if that day will be my last or if my kids school will be bombed that day etc is a huge deal. I would be willing to cut off my right arm (literally) for such a compromise. Israel however has the great USA backing them so they can afford to stir the pot, piss in the faces of their neighbours and stomp on their faces, kill their women and children etc cause they have a trump card which is don't mess with me or I'll set my big brother on you! This is the reason for all the terrorists acting like maniacs...they are mad at the USA for helping Israel kill their people by providing them with money and weapons. If the US hadn't been doing this all these years Israel would have been more compromising long ago and the world would be a better place. I think the USA is a great country but they would be better off giving their vets and poor people the money or better health care, housing and education instead of throwing the money at Israel every year. Even the Bible tells you to look after your own first. (Charity begins at home) so they should look after their own peoples needs first then help others after (if they really need help) Just my opinion!
730652
Turn the Israeli army loose, no holds barred, no politics, screw the UN, and there would be no more palestinian problem. That's my solution.\nBTW, there was never a country of "Palestine". It was just a name for the region. It's kind of like saying there should be a new country named "Outback" in Australia. "Palestine" is a made-up cause, promoted by islamists in order to justify terrorism.
507053
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.
480927
Didn't Palestine make it's choice?  They chose a leadership that refuses to give up it's stated goal of "driving Israel into the sea".  You want them to stand still, continue to be attacked, while Palestine and the rest of Islam holds up a paper governement whose onlyt goal is to say, "Don't attack me, I didn't attack you!  It was individuals!  And you can't attack within my country without me saying so!"\n\nWho are we kidding?  The U.S. offered help because Islam wants to dominate the world, always has.  Israel has kept to their borders (pretty much, and when they didn't, like the Suez canal, we jumped on them to move out!).  Israel has no stated goal to destroy any other nation.  Israel has been repeatedly attacked after every cease fire by Palestine which cannot control it's own people.  If Palestine won't control it's own people, Israel cannot do less than retaliate against a government that through it's own inept and criminally negligent behavior allows attacks on neighboring regions.
422541
Hamas was elected in a democratic election and should be able to form their government. At the same time, they should uphold the rights of other human beings. If they are serious about turning away from terrorism and brut force, they should know actions speak louder than words. \n\nIf the Palestinian government won't recognize Israel's right to exist then why should Israel keep giving the Palestinians money? Stop crying for funds from someone you say doesn't exist.\n\nNo one can have it both ways. Shake hands and take the money or ignore Israel and find your funds elsewhere.\n\nFor the second part of your question , terrorism is the most effective means radial people have found to get their cause in the media. Mass terror(ak a) bombings sales newspapers. Doesn't matter if it is a suicide bomber in the Middle East or a bomb at a clinic.
899702
Yes, it's true, and let me tell you something else that may surprise you: they are not more beloved now.\nThe only reason that Arab and Muslim countries help the Palestinians with their wish to have Israel is that they don't want to have them as immigrants.\nIn fact, I've been told by an Egyptian guy once that they enjoy the Israeli- Palestinian conflict because they cannot decide whom they hate more. After one of the sides win, he said to me, the Arab world will finish the other side.\nMaybe he was just radical, but his words are still shocking me.
680103
It is still supporting Hamas.  The goal is to not have peace with the Palestinians and to steal thier land, having a reactionary government that Israel can falt out reject and ignore diplomatically is exactly why Israel supported Hamas in the first place.  It is ideal if the goal is to ignore efforts such as the Road Map, because of course, they "don't recognize Israel".  The fact is that Hamas could be brought to the table and would recognize Israel, but a long pattern of negotiations where Palestinaisn offered all and Israel offered ntohing reasonable by far (camp david) has made the Hamas line hard.  Palestinaians elected Hamas because they are tired of leadership that acts in accord with Israels rejection of peace and in doing so capitulates to the oppressor.  But Israel is in control (because the US allows it) and can only be brought to justice if the American people put pressure on them to do so, it is in our hands, make a call, write a letter, it is the least we can do.
407701
Sheesh......talk about a difficult question!  First of all what do you mean by Palestine?  The Palestinian homeland is Jordan.  You haver to consider what each side wants and what each side fears.  We'll start with Israel.  What Israel wants is a safe and secure Israel, with an internal Jewish majority.  They don't want to have to rely on foreign powers for security...or even aid.  The Israeli policy towards Jerusalem and the occupied territories are all under intense debate as ways to achieve this end.  The real problem that Israel faces is their internal Muslim population outnumbering its jewish population due to higher birth rates.  Their biggest fear is surrendering land for peace....the Government they made a deal with being overthrown...and having attacks launched against them through invasion routes they gave back by new fanatic governments.  You have to remember that Israel came very close to destruction on several occasions....and that the stated goal of Hamas has always been to push jews into the sea.  The Palestineans want a homeland/country.  They are laregely secular/capitalist as a group...and better educated then any other region in the muslim mid-east.  Because of this they are seen as a threat by other nations in the Arab world.  This is why so many Arab nations pay lip service to the Palestinean cause....but do little for them.  In polls most Palestineans supported the peace proccess that Arafat began and then stopped with the Initifadah.  The recent election of Hamas had less to do with Israeli policy then it did with corruption in their security apparatus.  Palestineans fear losing their claim to any part of Jerusalem...which is what they might face with current Israeli policy of a unilateral withdrawl.  The solution has to be something that gives the Palistieans a homeland....while giving Israel secure borders and national security.  I don't know what the answer is....but I kow the current system of anti-semitism that is blared in Arab media sources doesn't help matters.  I also think that if the other Arabic nations budded out (and they have their own agenda which has NOTHING to do with the well being of Palestineans) a solution could be reached.  I think a secure and stable western styled government in a Palestinean homeland would be the only outcome that all sides could be happy with.  The problem is the rest of the Arab world wouldn;t be happy with it.
517125
Of course they should, but they never will. Hamas is a terrorist organization whose soul purpose is to destroy isreal and resetablish the palastinian state. They also stand no benefit from recognizing isreal. Sure they will aid for the palastinian people from the american governemnt but they will lose all of the funding given to them from Iran and Saudi Arabia.
50797
Israel does not "attack" "Palestine," but rather takes military action to defend itself from terrorist attacks on its people.  No country in the world would be expected to tolerate the constant terrorist attacks on ordinary civilians that Palestinian Arab terrorists subject Israel to.\n\nOne must ask whether Israel is obligated to grant a Palestinian state considering the area's history including the Biblical promise of that land to the Jewish people to the British promise of a homeland in Palestine (which at that time included Jordan) in the Balfour Declaration.  The fact is, Britain detached 80% of the land promised to the Jews in the years following the Declaration, creating the nation of Jordan, meaning that there already is an Arab state in 80% of the Palestine mandate that was originally promised to the Jews.\n\nFinally, one must ask if Israel's giving up more land would really bring peace.  Do a size comparison between Israel and the Arab world: Israel is tiny by comparison to the vast Arab world.  Arabs are demanding land that has a total of half a million Jewish residents including those in East Jerusalem, Judea and Samria and the Golan.  But the same as Hitler's "deportations" never satisfied the Nazis, the removal of these Jewish residents will not, looking at the picture realistically, satisfy Israel's terrorist enemies.
310943
Yes, and Us supported Pinochet in Chile, Batista in Cuba and many more bloody dictators, as show the link below.  Do you know that US give Israelis arms to kill palestinans? USA are not so friendly.