You missed the point

Post #90,652 by bluke 3/23/03 11:38:15 AM Reply	You missed the point Before 1948 whose house had Israel bulldozed? From 1948-1967 whose house had Israel bulldozed? Yet, the Palestinians still were brought up to hate the Jews and Israel. How many Palestinian houses do you think hve actually been bulldozed? The fact that Palestinians are still sitting in refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria and other Arab countries 55 years later is a much bigger part of the problem.
Post #90,656 by boxley 3/23/03 11:40:51 AM Reply	your missing the point, Viega thinks you should all leave will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org] To a lot of people in California hunting anything but the wild tofualope was equivelent to sacarificing babies to satan. S.M. Stirling
Post #90,670 by rcareaga 3/23/03 11:56:28 AM Reply	Clearly not If I had a realistic and humane solution for that mess I'd put it in writing and wait for Stockholm (Oslo?) to call. Actually, I favor American noninterference in Israeli affairs. cordially, "Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist."
Post #90,658 by rcareaga 3/23/03 11:42:45 AM Reply	From "The Glittering Prizes" "Israel was paid for with the blood of six million Jews!" "Maybe that's not what the Arabs wanted for it." --Frederic Raphael, The Glittering Prizes (novel & teleplay, 1976) cordially, "Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist."
Post #90,661 by bluke 3/23/03 11:46:23 AM Reply	With 22 countries and 99%+ of the area of the Middle East is it too much to ask? In 1948 when India and Pakistan were born there was a transfer of population over 20 million people switched sides. The fact is that between 1948 and 1953 over 800,000 Jews were forced to flee Arab countries to Israel.
Post #90,664 by Brandioch 3/23/03 11:50:11 AM Reply	Then scrap your previous plan. That's the WHOLE point. What has been done is NOT working. Nor do I see any way that it WOULD work. All I keep seeing is excuses for why you have to keep killing them. And their excuses for why they have to keep killing you. And the "justification" for both based on how someone killed someone else 50 years ago.
Post #90,667 by bluke 3/23/03 11:52:14 AM 3/23/03 11:54:28 AM Reply	What do you suggest? As I said it takes 2 sides to make peace. In fact, Barak did exactly that, he said enough interim agreements lets make a deal and made a very generous offer, basically all the West Bank and Gaza and a compromise on Jerusalem. We all know how Arafat responded. Edited by bluke March 23, 2003, 11:54:28 AM EST Expand All History
Post #90,699 by Brandioch 3/23/03 1:02:04 PM Reply	Actually, that depends upon your view. As I said it takes 2 sides to make peace. That is true, if you see the world as "us" against "them". In reality, there are MANY sides in this issue. Israel's problem is that it treats ALL the Palestinians as terrorists. That is why Israel does not see a problem with rocket attacks against an apartment building, as long as Israel kills the "bad guy" it was going after. Even Yasser has/had to deal with different factions in his organization. Work towards reducing the problem. Find the factions that Israel can work with and help them expand their power base. Work with the other nations there and through the UN to get those factions some land of their own. It doesn't all have to come from Israel. Hell, you have the maps. Offer them something GOOD like the chunk where Egypt, Israel and Saudi Arabia and Jordan meet. It's water front property. I'd have a bit of trouble selling that to Jordan, but it could be done. If not there, slice bit from Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. They'd end up with access to the Mediterranean Sea. If you can't stand for that either, then move them over the Gaza strip and run it up along the border 'tween Egypt and Israel. But get the UN to buy into it so you can get UN support for weeding out any terrorists (without helicopters shooting apartments) that try to setup a home there. No Palestinian is born a terrorist. They can be raised that way. And Israel can help raise them that way. Or Israel can help those who are NOT terrorists to setup a better life for themselves.
Post #90,733 by boxley 3/23/03 3:28:13 PM Reply	another vote for transfer YES :-) will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org] To a lot of people in California hunting anything but the wild tofualope was equivelent to sacarificing babies to satan. S.M. Stirling
Post #90,739 by Brandioch 3/23/03 3:52:18 PM Reply	Not far and to a GOOD spot. And that most likely means that some people in Israel will have to move. And this will NOT be all of the Palestinians. This will be small factions that are willing to live in peace with the Jews. So, initially, the Palestinians would have MORE land and Israel would have LESS land. I trust that you've looked at maps of the area. Any problems with the locations I've picked?
Post #90,743 by boxley 3/23/03 3:55:15 PM Reply	Nope, I dont live there so its fine with me as long as there is a defensible spot for me to get to if needed. thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org] To a lot of people in California hunting anything but the wild tofualope was equivelent to sacarificing babies to satan. S.M. Stirling

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