Israel is an International Pariah - Refuses to listen to the UN

I agree that terrorism by the Palestinians is a horrible crime and shouldn't be tolerated. That doesn't negate the wrongs committed against the Palestinians by the Israelis. Nor do those wrongs excuse Palestinian terrorism.

 

I agree that there are discriminatory laws against non-Jews in Israel but what do you expect? If there is a large group of people calling for the destruction of the government/nation they are living in, I would discriminate against them too.. especially if they are acting upon their belief. For example, an arab MK member is probably going to be tried for treason saying that the Shalit kidnapping was justified.

I am not saying that certain policies are right.. but when you are at a constant state of defense and/or war, then your policies will be built around that.

I also agree that the Palestinians are being kept from being self-sufficient. What are the true reasons for this? Is it Israel's fault?

 

How about the same world community that defines Palestinian refugees in a different manner than they define every other refugee on the planet? In the rest of the world, only people that were forced to leave their home are considered refugees, but the Palestinians get to pass on refugee status to their children, making kids that have never even been to Israel refugees that supposedly have a right of return. Using the UN to determine what is right and wrong, especially in this conflict in which the UN has consistantly sided with one party, is not the way I would go.

 

Some of it is Israel's fault. When the military has orders to destroy any business that can compete economically with an Israeli business then yes some of it certainly is their fault. The fact that they can't travel around to productive jobs are both their faults.

Both sides need to do what is right starting now, so they can start building trust and understanding for the future. That's easier said than done.

But corrupt Palestinian leadership for decades has hurt them as well.

 

IDF raises alert on Syrian border

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885919995&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer

The IDF has raised the level of alert along the northern border with Syria out of fear that President Bashar Assad would launch a strike against Israel in response to a recent IAF buzz of his palace.

Syrian military forces, IDF officers confirmed Tuesday, have also gone on high alert, and the assumption in the IDF is that Assad would order a harsh military response if Israel decided to take additional steps against Damascus in relation to the kidnapping of Cpl. Gilad Shalit in the Gaza Strip.

The type of response is unknown at this stage, but officers said it could be a missile strike on IDF installations or communities in the North. Another possibility, military sources said, is that Syria would use its proxy - the Hizbullah in Lebanon - to launch an attack against Israel in its place.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday issued a veiled threat against Syria, vowing to strike "those who sponsor" the terrorists in the Gaza Strip who abducted Shalit. Speaking at a business conference in Beersheba, Olmert said he had ordered the IDF to push forward with efforts "to strike terrorists and those who sent them and those who sponsor them," an apparent reference to Syria. "None of them will be immune."

On Monday, Defense Minister Amir Peretz issued a similar threat, warning that Assad would be held personally responsible if Shalit was harmed. "We will know how to reach everyone involved in the kidnapping and everyone who is responsible for his fate," Peretz said.

Last week, four IAF fighter jets buzzed Assad's summer residence in Latakia, Syria, to try to pressure him to persuade Damascus-based Hamas leader Kahled Meshaal to release Shalit. Senior defense officials said Tuesday that Israel was considering taking additional steps against Syria as part of its overall effort to retrieve the abducted soldier.

According to the officials, Syria has raised its level of alert along the border in wake of last week's flyover of Assad's palace and would try to demonstrate military might if Israel took a similar action. Last week, the Northern Command was warned of the flyover before it happened, to give commanders stationed along the border time to prepare for a possible violent Syrian response.

 

What kind of weird-ass post is this?? With all due respect.



Keep D&D Civil.

 

No respect is due for a post that ignorant.

 

I believe by the economics of Israel.

 

When I use, "with all due respect," in reply to something like that, you can be assured that I am being sarcastic.



Keep D&D Civil.

 

Damn it.. gotta take my sarcasm meter in for a tune-up