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2005-08-15 Israel-Palestine

"Today Gaza, Tomorrow Jerusalem" Daniel Pipes

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Posted by anonymous5089 2005-08-15 09:03|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The arabs should keep in mind that if they want a fight the Israelis could scortch the earth and lay waste to all of palestine. This move has been perverted from a peace gesture to a sign of weakness that hamas is going to use to sieze power and rally the idiots. God save the jews from these animals, I hope they know what they are doing.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-08-15 14:45|| 2005-08-15 14:45|| Front Page Top

#2 I respect Pipes, and completely agree with the points he is making - but he completely avoids the more compelling argument for Israel doing what they are doing - circling the wagons to keep from getting picked off one by one. It will be easier to retaliate when you don't have to worry about keeping 8,000 hostages safe.

Posted by 2b 2005-08-15 14:49|| 2005-08-15 14:49|| Front Page Top

#3 They should have expelled the Arabs in 1967 when the world was still in shock over the 6-day war and they had the moral high ground. If not then they should have done it in 1973. Barring that...

Israel should have convinced the settlers to build in East Jerusalem and surrounding areas hoping to tip the demographic balance there a way that was militarilly defensivle and that didn't leave them spread all over the map.

They should have built two walls in areas of the west bank and zoned the area in between for industrial parks that might use Arab workers, thus preventing the Arab workers from going into Israel proper every day.

They should have walled up Gaza before the Sinai was handed over, and even if Egypt didn't officially accept the strip along with Sinai they should have acted as if they did.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-08-15 15:14|| 2005-08-15 15:14|| Front Page Top

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