@ fuster:
The settlements are there because of the Arab refusal to accept Israel.
Israel unilaterally evicted settlers from Gaza. It was severely punished by Hamas and by the whole world for doing this.
In 2005, Sharon said Israel would unilaterally withdraw from most of the West Bank if things worked out well in Gaza. Guess what happened.
@ fuster:
Why are there settlements? Because the Arab states voted for the 3 No's of Khartoum in 1967? Why isn't there a Palestinian state? The Arab world rejected one in 1947. The Palestinians did so at Taba in 2001 and did so again in 2008.
You know this perfectly well, fuster. Although you know all this information, most of the world doesn't. What do you accomplish by blaming only one side?
Israel is in serious danger of destruction. If this happens, all its citizens--Jewish, Muslim, Russian Orthodox--are likely to be killed. I don't know how one should deal with this situation. When Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000 and from Gaza in 2005, anti-Israel sentiment zoomed up all over the world.
I have been an atheist for most of my life. But I feel one needs to consider new evidence as it appears. It seems not too unlikly that there IS a God, and that He's an embittered anti-Semite. As the Haggadah says, "In every generation they rise up against us to destroy us, but the Holy One, blessed be He, saves [two-thirds of] us from their hands. It seems to be time for God to kill one-third of the Jewish people again.
What is the cause of God's anti-Semitism? It's because Abraham ended child sacrifice. Here is my poem:
http://www.jochnowitz.net/Essays/AfterTheBinding.html
@ fuster:
The settlements are there because of the Arab refusal to accept Israel.
Israel unilaterally evicted settlers from Gaza. It was severely punished by Hamas and by the whole world for doing this.
In 2005, Sharon said Israel would unilaterally withdraw from most of the West Bank if things worked out well in Gaza. Guess what happened.
@ fuster:
Why are there settlements? Because the Arab states voted for the 3 No's of Khartoum in 1967? Why isn't there a Palestinian state? The Arab world rejected one in 1947. The Palestinians did so at Taba in 2001 and did so again in 2008.
You know this perfectly well, fuster. Although you know all this information, most of the world doesn't. What do you accomplish by blaming only one side?
Israel is in serious danger of destruction. If this happens, all its citizens--Jewish, Muslim, Russian Orthodox--are likely to be killed. I don't know how one should deal with this situation. When Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000 and from Gaza in 2005, anti-Israel sentiment zoomed up all over the world.
I have been an atheist for most of my life. But I feel one needs to consider new evidence as it appears. It seems not too unlikly that there IS a God, and that He's an embittered anti-Semite. As the Haggadah says, "In every generation they rise up against us to destroy us, but the Holy One, blessed be He, saves [two-thirds of] us from their hands. It seems to be time for God to kill one-third of the Jewish people again.
What is the cause of God's anti-Semitism? It's because Abraham ended child sacrifice. Here is my poem:
http://www.jochnowitz.net/Essays/AfterTheBinding.html