| First, don't bother citing the RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT/RED NOTHING ELSE. Beyond being an anti-semitic organization, it's also the group who messed up Canada's blood supply. They're both incompetent and biased.
You can't deny that Israel has repeatedly sought peace (most notably under Rabin and Barak), while Arafat refused to even make a counter-proposal. That matters very much.
Palestine has received truly enormous sums of aid. But it is wasted or embezzled.
Israelis have hired Palestinian workers. But they lose those jobs when security has to be tightened due to terrorism.
Yes, Israel is going to take some land, but the wall will also exclude settlements - and Sharon is committed to withdrawing from land. It should be noted that Israel has been repeatedly attacked, and won numerous wars of self-defense. Historically, all that territory would be forfeited by the Arabs after the first war they launched and lost. Israel, facing extermination, seeks defensible borders. That's certainly understandable. Some settlements have to be abandoned, yes - but that's already government policy.
Military means may not solve the situation, but they will reduce the number and effectiveness of terror attacks. And until there is a real change of leadership among the Palestinians, there's no point trying negotiations again.
[img]smilies/abduct.gif[/img] [img]smilies/read.gif[/img] __________________ The Universal Friendship League? Could it sound any creepier? |