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Thread #71709   Message #1235302
Posted By: CarolC
28-Jul-04 - 12:23 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mideast: View From the Eye of the Storm
Subject: RE: BS: Mideast: View From the Eye of the Storm
Little Brother, what do they have to fight for?

Continued occupation? Continued expansion of the settlements and confiscation of their land and demolishing of their homes? What do they have to fight for? When they did stop fighting, for two years during the time when they still had hope for some degree of independence from Israel, what did Israel do? It expanded the settlements. Not only that, it increased the rate of settlement expansion. The only thing for them to fight for right now is their freedom. Israel has shown them that being peaceful will not bring them freedom. Israel must give them something to fight for besides their freedom. Right now, to many of them, them it looks like Hamas is in a better position to help them get their freedom than the alternative, since Israel has rendered the alternative completely inefectual.

Do you honestly think that if you were in their shoes, you would not be fighting for your freedom in any way you could? The European Jews who helped bring about Israeli independance used terrorism to help them accomplish their goals. Do you wish that their terrorism had never been rewarded?