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2006-09-26 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Minister says Israel should raze Gaza villages

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Posted by Steve 2006-09-26 10:21|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He's right but in the wrong way. Knocked down buildings are soon rebuilt, and the status quo continues.

That is why I advocate the Israelis start a program of "eminent domain" in response to attacks from Gaza. They *purchase*, involuntarily, and at a fair price, a parcel of land from its Paleo owner adjacent to the wall, not from deep in Gaza where the attacks originate. Then they build a new section of wall around the taken land and it ceases to be Palestinian--forever.

It does not become part of Israel, instead while everything on it is razed, it becomes "training area" for the Israeli army--no settlements allowed. Legally, it is no-man's land.

The first land taken will be empty farmland and desert. But by taking more and more land, in a methodical process every time they are attacked, it erodes the Gaza Strip. Over time, the Paleos will be forced to either stop attacking, live shoulder to shoulder, or leave entirely.

And Israel must never, EVER, give any taken land back. No matter what. It is non-negotiable, even for promises of peace. It is permanent.

Only by being permanent does it ever have any chance of success. Enough of the "carrot and stick" approach, it does not work. The Paleos are no more responsive to it than are career criminals responsive to offers of rehabilitation.

The Paleos do not care about their prosperity, or their lives. They do not want peace. They do not care if their children are brutalized. All they care about is land and hate. So they must be trained in the Pavlovian manner. As they hate and attack, they lose their precious land. If they stop attacking, then they can keep what they have.

The mistake has been in promising them more if they behave. The offer should be that they can keep what they have only if they behave. Otherwise, someday they will have nothing and live elsewhere. It is their choice.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-09-26 11:39|| 2006-09-26 11:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Ne. Lets go after the root cause---Persian Gulf oil fields.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-09-26 14:20|| 2006-09-26 14:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey, hey! No arguing. Annex the land and appropriate the oilfields! Any questions?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-09-26 22:46|| 2006-09-26 22:46|| Front Page Top

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