07-17-2003, 11:06 PM
There's a nice article over at frontpage megazine discussing the Israel Palestine conflict, while not entirely objective (although have yet to read half truthe in the entire article) and a little off on some things ("The Jews got a sliver of land without oil, and created abundant wealth and life in all its rich and diverse forms." - Not entirely true but compared to neighbouring states it is true).
Even if you refuse to accept any portion of what the author said in the above article, there's a few points that can't be ignored:
1) Despite Ehud Barak's proposal of enormous amount of territories (and the Galil among them, one of the biggest water sources to a country in a greatening water shortage).
2) Har HaBait, the place Sharon visited and was the OFFICIAL reason for the start of the Jihad, was and still is the holiest place for the jewish religion and ironically, Jews are not allowed in there.
3) Another incredibly ironic thing, most of the Arabs in Israel have an Israeli citizenship while other Arabs in the rest of the Middle East have yet to even recieve any sort of aid from the neighbouring arab countries.
I know that me being an Israeli could effect my opinion toward Israel, and to an extent it's true, but do not diss me BECAUSE I'm an Israeli speaking in favor of Israel.
Even if you refuse to accept any portion of what the author said in the above article, there's a few points that can't be ignored:
1) Despite Ehud Barak's proposal of enormous amount of territories (and the Galil among them, one of the biggest water sources to a country in a greatening water shortage).
2) Har HaBait, the place Sharon visited and was the OFFICIAL reason for the start of the Jihad, was and still is the holiest place for the jewish religion and ironically, Jews are not allowed in there.
3) Another incredibly ironic thing, most of the Arabs in Israel have an Israeli citizenship while other Arabs in the rest of the Middle East have yet to even recieve any sort of aid from the neighbouring arab countries.
I know that me being an Israeli could effect my opinion toward Israel, and to an extent it's true, but do not diss me BECAUSE I'm an Israeli speaking in favor of Israel.
"Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards, and seal the hushed casket of my soul" - John Keats, "To Sleep"