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tedzbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 01:08 AM
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What is it that Israel can give Palestine and vice versa that will stop...
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...this senseless bloodshed? It can't be as complicated as the American media is making it sound!

What I am trying to figure out is WHAT is the one thing the Arabs want and what is the one thing Israel wants? I assume for the Arabs it is an independent nation of Palestine with all land returned, and for Israel, I suppose it's the opposite: very little land returned and no more suicide bombers.
Isn't Israel entitled to keep the occupied territories because it won them fair and square in the 7 Day War? After all, they were attacked first in that war and they won the war in self defense. That is the spin I have always heard in the U.S. press. Israel wouldn't have these occupied territories if Egypt hadn't invaded it first.

Since the U.S. supports Israel with billions of dollars in military foreign aid no wonder we are hated by the Arabs. I used to think the Israelis were the good guys but not any more. It seems like Israel and the United States have avoided a truly peaceful resolution just as much as the Arabs have. Today I saw a bumper sticker on a Lexus saying, "United States and Israel: United against Terror." I thought to myself, oh boy, I wish it was that simple. Israel and United States "the good guys?" without any blood on their hands??? I don't think so.

Here is my link:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=2&u=/afp/20030820/ts_afp/mideast_blast_030820005427
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