I always find it odd when I read about how \u201caggressive\u201d the state of Israel is. Let\u2019s see: Israel is a country that is barely the size of New Jersey, surrounded by much larger nations who constantly condemn it and have as their stated policy its obliteration (As a clear example, perhaps the interested reader should pick up some of Nassar\u2019s speeches from the 1950\u2019s and 1960\u2019s). So obviously Israel is aggressive if it dares to react when invaded by these countries. And a country in such a situation is going to want to fight wars with its larger, and at least on paper, better armed neighbors? It stretches credulity, I\u2019m afraid.<\/p>\n
\tThe Palestinian authorities claim to desire peace, yet make inflammatory speeches (rarely reported in the English language presses) and do nothing to prevent terrorist incidents. Odd sort of peace, where one side keeps on shooting, then cries foul if the other side dares to react. <\/p>\n
\tIn this country, if we were to limit where a specific ethnic group was allowed to buy or build houses, we\u2019d call it discriminatory. But in Israel, it is a threat to peace if a Jew decides to live next door to a Palestinian? Guess letting those sorts into the neighborhood really lowers the property values…<\/p>\n
\tIf the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza by Israel is so evil and the cause of all the problems in the Middle East, then why was the occupation of those same territories by Egypt and Jordan for thirty years (1948-1967) not a similar evil? And if the PLO were really interested in gaining control of those regions, then why, when it was founded in 1964 (3 years before Israel won the West Bank, Gaza and Sinai in a war begun by its Arab neighbors), did it only direct its attacks against Jewish targets?<\/p>\n
\tIf Israel didn\u2019t want peace, why was it so happy to give back the Sinai peninsula to Egypt in exchange for a peace treaty and normalized diplomatic relations — especially when one considers that the only oil wells that Israel had then were in that peninsula?<\/p>\n
\tI\u2019m puzzled when I see otherwise reasonable people buying into the propaganda of a group responsible for terrorist acts. Personally, I tend to be very skeptical of the pronouncements of those who have no moral qualms about killing innocent civilians. <\/p>\n
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