Would
this situation have existed?
I
can understand the sympathy towards the Palestinians
. However, we must be aware of why this unpleasant
and dangerous situation exists.
Had
the Arabs accepted the 1947 UN partition plan calling
for the establishment of two states, one Arab and
one Jewish, would this situation have existed?
Had
the Arabs not attacked Israel in 1948 with the intent
to annihilate her, would this situation
have existed?
The Jordanians annexed the
West Bank and the Egyptians occupied
Gaza
from 1948-1967. If the Palestinians would have established
a state
during this period, would this situation
have existed?
Had
the Arabs not created an atmosphere (boycotts, blockades,
armed attacks, terrorism,etc) leading to the 1967
war , would this situation have existed?
Had
the Palestinians accepted the Clinton/Barak peace
plan including very difficult Israeli concessions,
would this situation have existed?
Had
the Palestinians not resorted to violence in the
Fall of 2000, would this situation have
existed?
If
the Palestinians would not use children in their
"front lines", shoot at Israelis using
their civilian population as a shield,
support terrorism, teach hatred, would this
situation have existed?
Violence
seems to be the name of the game. Rather than
compromise, even when the sides were so close to
peace, the Palestinians revert to violence. In fact,
when one studies most of the violent situations
in the world (Middle East, Bosnia, Indonesia, India,
Chechnia) Moslems are involved. The moderates
must take action against the radicals, otherwise
the world will fall victim to a difficult and unpleasant
future.
