Gaza And Hamas

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

And the Israelis are civilized and prosperous because ... ? Because maybe they work very hard ... obey the law ... and treat each other ... and foreigners who don't share their religious beliefs ... with respect and courtesy

Hmmm ... and when are the Palestinians going to do the same for themselves?

Enough with the b.s. excuses for these hateful, vicious people.

Brooklynite, I don't defend or support terrorism in any way, shape or form, but you forget the Israelis are civilized and prosperous because they are supported by the USA.

Explain to me how, cut off by walls from their own lands, and devoid of any sort of financial support, how the general rank-and-file Palestinians are supposed to get any kind of financial leg underneath them? I'm curious to hear your plans for nation-building.

Israel/Palestine is as complicated a political situation as any of us will ever see-- Marshall warned Truman back in the '50s that recognizing Israel would lead to decades of violence. Was it right or wrong? After what happened to the Jews in WW2, it's hard to argue that they didn't have a right to a homeland. But people who had no part in what happened in WW2 were kicked out of their homes because another group of people said God promised them that land. Right or wrong?

Do I know the solution? Hell, no. But deciding the Palestinians are just being lazy and violent is simplistic at best. In a perfect world, Israel would surrender the West Bank, the Palestinians would give up the right of return and the Holy Cities would be put under UN control so no nation owned them. But fat chance that ever happening.