McGrath of Harlow,

Early in this thread, you tried to change the subject away from Arafat by demonizing Sharon. Interesting that you did that on the day that the left-wing Israeli peace movement rallied massively in support of Sharon and his plan to withdraw Israeli settlements and soldiers from (the formerly Egyptian territory, that Egypt didn't want back, of) Gaza. A plan that was rejected by Likud, the right-wing party that Sharon leads. A party whose membership encompasses less than 1% of Israel's population.

Then, you reenter the fray with a comment whose only basis is in Arafat's personal, and thoroughly discredited, propaganda about his own mythology. When your comment was shown up for the falsehood that it was, you disappeared.

CarolC,

The beliefs of the Iraqi Jew that you extensively quote have little currency among the overwhelming members of the Israeli and diaspora communities of Jews who have been forced out of Iraq in the past 56 years.

In any community there are iconoclasts. There are also examples of Palestinians who acknowledge that Israel is right and that the PLO and Hamas are wrong in the current struggle. That doesn't mean that such Palestinians represent the "truth" as their community knows it.
And we all know, for example, that you, yourself, are often out of step with the mainstream of political thought among trailer park communities in the American South.

Brucie,

Love your verses. Very clever stuff.

C-Watch and beardedbruce,

Give it up. You'll never be able to compete in debate with CarolC in this forum. She's completely relentless and she'll wear you down like she's worn down many who've come before you. Ask Irwin, Musicmic, Wolfgang, etc.