When Arabs kill Arabs, when Arabs divide the land

[Behind the Aegis]

There is nothing more intoxicating, more soul-stirring, nothing more thrillingly, unstoppably transcendent, than nationism.

Until, that is, the moment that you begin to become a nation.

Take the Palestinians. Take this week.

Time was, if a large explosion rocked Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing a Hamas official and wounding his eight-year-old son, you knew at once where to point the finger. Directly at Israel.

Time was, if there were a severe governmental dispute over partitioning the Holy Land, over the concept of having two independent states, over a national unity government, over the pre-1967 borders of the West Bank, over the possibility of holding a referendum to decide the issues, you knew precisely who was having the debate - Israel.

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[theoldman]

1. Some one need to remind them that "United we stand, divided

we fall".

[xchrom]

2. of course -- ala ben gurion -- just relocating people

and dividing up the land isn't anything but the gift that keeps on giving.