arafat dies
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- laurus0
I know a lot of you are going to hate me for bumping this back up.
Kuz,
I appreciate your sentiment, but feel like you have a few things mixed up.
Most Jewish lands before 1948 were legally bought.
The United Nations ruled (47) that the country will be divided into a Jewish entity and a palestinian entity.
The Arab nation—then seeing itself as one entity, not Palestinians Jordanians, etc. started a war in which 7 arab countries and the Palestinians tried to get hold of all the area. They lost some territorries during that war, as did the Israelies (for example, the Jewish quarter in Jerusalem remained in Jordanian hands).
The palestinian bombimgs and terror against civilians started in the 50s, before the 6 day war. They were living under Egyptian and Jordanian rule at the time. In one palestinian uprising, the Jordanian kings killed 1200 Palestinians in 1 day (Black September).
So it didn't start after the occupation.
All this does not really matter. What matters is not the history, but what can be done now.
What you are suggesting means the end of Jewish life in Israel, because Muslims never (look at all their countries) show much tolerence towrd minorities (look at the kopts in Egypt, the curds in Iraq and Iran or what the Taliban did to the Hindus.
Why can you accept other nations having countries of their own (like completely Arab countries) and are not willing to accept a Jewish country?
Sure, in an Ideal world I wouldn't care if my prime-minister would be Muslim or Christian or in the first church of applied scientolgy. I prefer an atheist, anyway.
Having said that, the Palestinians are completely right to fight against the settlements. I am appalled that my country is backing these people. However, Arafat has done more for them than what the most right-wing religious extremist could have wished for. He was Sharon's best friend.
You say he worked for his people, but many Palestinians admit off-camera that maybe some off the billions that he put aside making him the 8th richest man in the world, could have been put to use in the poverty-struck streets, schools and hospitals of Gaza.
He is like Bush and not like Che becuse he did what he did for himself and for money and power—Just as Bin Laden is doing.
His wife, living in Paris, is now getting a stipend of 20 million Dollars a year. How many mouths could that feed? I don't think Che would have done quite the same.