12-31-2008, 10:37 AM | #901 |
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I think it's difficult to ask Israel to take the first step towards Hamas when Hamas have consistently shown little interest in conciliation and in fact have a clear and vested interest in prolonging violence against Israel.
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12-31-2008, 10:38 AM | #902 | |
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Obviously. And my point is that the Palestinian people took the wrong step here with regards to statehood. Nobody takes Hamas seriously at the political level and Hamas' disdain for the international processes and insistance in their use of thuggery and terror completely overshadow any good they might do at the ground level. And what have we learned about Hamas? They are having trouble acquiring humanitarian aid and food...but easily can get rockets, bombs, and suicide bombers. Let's face it, the Palestinian people chose poorly. |
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12-31-2008, 10:43 AM | #903 |
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I always thought that election was more a reaction against Fatah's corruption and absolute inability to govern than any real affinity for Hamas. Of course, when those are your only two options, you're kind of screwed.
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12-31-2008, 12:25 PM | #907 | |
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Although the idea that Israel is a 'Jewish state above all' is an idea that is increasingly debated within Israel itself. The current reality is that Israel is a multicultural state. This is not just a result of the Arab minority population who never left, but also due to the influx of non-Jews who have emigrated to Israel in the past 20 years (especially from Eastern Europe). I think that I read somewhere that, these days, the majority of immigrants aren't even Jewish. This is a reality that Israel can't ignore, regardless of the Palestinian issue. Last edited by Klinglerware : 12-31-2008 at 12:28 PM. |
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12-31-2008, 12:38 PM | #908 |
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If Hamas were to recognize Israel's right to exist, would Israel recognize Hamas as the rightful government of the Gaza Strip?
I tend to sympathize with the Palestinians to some extent, but they need to get over themselves and realize that Israel ain't going away. Likewise, the hardcore Jews (Orthodox? I'm not up on Judaism) need to realize that they aren't going to create some utopian Jew-land free of any non-Jew. What is it with extreme stubbornness and that side of the world? Emphasis on extreme. |
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That and Hamas was really the only political party interested in helping the people out. Hamas would build schools while Fatah would take international aid and use it to stuff crony's pockets. The problem with a lot of the Mid East is that those who aren't corrupt are fundies. The "who you know" system has been the primary system for centuries and its a bit difficult to change.
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Well, you do leave out what Hamas was teaching in those schools, but I guess at least they were building them.
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How is that any different then what any school teaches?
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I don't think schools in most Christian places tell their students that to be a good Christian, you have to convert or kill all Muslims.
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Hopefully we have advanced in the last 900 years where that is no longer necessary to teach. Hopefully other religions will similarly advance at some point.
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I think you might have missed my point, which is that Christianity has evolved since the Crusades where they no longer teach that killing other faiths is Gods will.
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I don't think Christianity has come very far to be honest. However for the sake of not trying to kick the hornets nest I will not press the issue.
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I'll kick it.
I grew up Roman Catholic and am non-practicing now. While I was educated publicly, I did go to CCD weekly until I was 18. I don't ever remember being taught that anyone was evil, or that anyone should be hated, let alone that God wanted me to kill anyone. To me, that means Christianity has come quite far since the Crusades you mention.
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It had switched over to youth group at that point, but the idea is similar.
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In all honesty, I don't think Israel would. However, if Hamas were to recognize Israel's right to exist and stop terrorist acts, Israel would certainly stop retalitory attacks against Hamas and let Fatah/Hamas work things out between themselves. It doesn't look to me as if Fatah/Hamas can work things out. Maybe there will be a defacto West Bank government that Israel can live peacefully with and a Gaza government will continue to be contentious. Last edited by Edward64 : 12-31-2008 at 10:09 PM. |
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I agree. I also grew up Roman Catholic and am non-practicing now. I went to church, catholic schools etc. and don't ever remember "being taught that anyone was evil, or that anyone should be hated, let alone that God wanted me to kill anyone". Christianity has definitely gone beyond the Crusades. |
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Where do you want him to go, Aspen? They're all trapped in Gaza with no place to escape. If was was trapped and knowing death was probably in my short term future, I'd absolutely be with my family too.
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Key term being "my". He knew he would probably be killed. His family could have lived though.
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As far as I'm concerned, that's Hamas' modus operandi: if you're going to get killed in conflict in Israel, make sure you position yourself amongst the civilian population in a way that the Israelis will have no choice but to also kill a lot of innocents, especially children. That way, people hate Israel. Mission accomplished.
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Hmmm, I guess I'm making some assumptions that maybe I'm wrong about:
Assumption 1: Gaza is only a few square miles in size, blockaded and essentially barricaded in - which means that there's really not too much distance that any target can put between himself and innocents. Assumption 2: When Isreal shoots each bullet/rocket/etc into Gaza, they don't know exactly where the rocket will land, who will be killed, and exactly what crime each of the vistims were guilty of. Therefore, targeting is an inexact science, killing of innocent people is guaranteed, and your relative proximity to your family at the exact moment an attack is made is irrellevant. Whether that dude (whoever the hell he is) decided to spoon with his wife during his final moments therefore didn't increase the chances of her dying. Like I said, my assumptions might be wrong. *shurg* Now - back to important stuff like my FM2009 career!
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lolz. how do 'we' think, again?
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generally, Id say, on the whole, we'd send our loved ones away if we knew an explosion would engulf ourselves and anyone within 100 feet of us. On the whole.
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Can people living in Gaza that wish to leave and resettle somewhere do it? I know I've heard of refugee camps in Jordan (and probably Egypt) which is not appealing but can a family that basically says "screw it, I want to live somewhere else in peace with a job" go somewhere in the ME with relative ease? I suspect the answer for the masses is no. And therefore, most are really landlocked in Gaza (and West Bank). |
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True, they are stuck there. Egypt has a security fence and blocked all border checkpoints to restrict any movement of the Palestinian refugees (but lets be honest, it's primarily there to stop militia and terrorist movements), and obviously the well publicized Israeli security fence that forces the Hamas to use rockets instead of suicide bombers is the only other option for refugees and that would only open up to Palestinians if the Israeli's are ready to quit and give up their land. Problem is...the Palestinians elected Hamas and did not protest the hundreds of rockets that their own leadership was firing into Israel even during the "cease-fire". So I seriously doubt many of them really want to leave. A democratically elected government can be protested right? Last edited by Dutch : 01-04-2009 at 05:11 AM. |
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and I'll follow that up by saying most of the countries in the ME want the Palestinians to stay in gaza to keep rattling Israel's cage and not to live in peace next door.
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I think even Syria is willing to do peace. Say what you want about Assad Jr. but he is a secularist and just want Golan and project his power in Lebanon. |
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not one rocket from gaza into israel during the cease fire? mmmk, bear in mind that Im not for either side and Im Jewish. If the rockets stopped today and Hamas said we believe israel has a right to exist and were willing to negotiate on a border it would all end immediately. I dont think that's a lot to ask for AND I think the Palestinians deserve a home country. If you want to counter that that is what they want and it contains Israel than you might as well not enter this thread anymore
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....and since we disagree on this and cant prove it we might as well not debate it.
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This is because there is no one to fight and we are not really being pressured. It's not about religion coming a long way, but the people in power. This amounts to humanity itself, which certainly has not come a long way. It's just adapted slightly to a smaller more connected world. If America had a close, real and superior threat people in power would be using every tool at their disposal to create a nation of motivated warriors, religion most definitely being one of them. Don't kid yourself. Last edited by jeff061 : 01-04-2009 at 11:22 AM. |
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Not sure I understand your last sentence. Specific to who broke the most recent ceasefire first, here are some different POV links. Arguments on both sides. Although I do not know how valid it is, there is a wiki that lists the attacks. The "best answer" reponse is pretty interesting. Who broke the ceasefire? Both Israel and Palestine say other side did? - Yahoo! Answers There are western sources (CNN, NYTimes, UK The Guardian etc) have articles claiming Israel broke the truce with the Nov attacks. |
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