shootinstudent
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After the 6 Day War, Israel's leaders fully expected to negotiate a peace agreement with their neighbors that would involve some territorial compromise.
So that's why Israel started building settlements in the territory immediately, especially around the most important part for the Palestinians (Jerusalem)?
RH, please post a source for the information...I think you are relying on secondary comments from quite biased sources, and that's why you are making the claims you do. The primary documents (at least that I can find) do not support this assessment.
Indeed, there are still Israeli troops poised for the whole territory except for Gaza, which is certainly not 93 percent...in what way was it "given back"? What's the Israeli plan for East Jerusalem?
Yes, it is possible to blame Arafat for a good deal of this. But noone yet has repudiateed this. And again, the return to an armed congflict was definately unilateral on the Palestinain side (for awhile at least).
Again, given the history, why would they believe the Israelis will actually allow them a state? The first thing that happened when Israel was created was that the Israeli forces expanded to occupy a land area more than double the size of the one envisioned by the partition...they also refused all cease fires and bans on the importation of weapons and additional immigration. As for 67 being a defensive war...there's no good evidence Egypt was going to attack, and I posted a source to document that even Israeli leadership didn't believe there was.
To paint these all as "defensive wars" when religiously important targets were seized and "settlements" were built almost immediately to me defies reason...if you don't intend to keep a piece of land, why on earth would you start building houses and encouraging your citizens to move there?
I do agree though, with you on the point that the Palestinians inability and refusal to deal with the terrorists effectively is only hurting them. The problem is that if even if they don't stop those people from the Palestinian side, if the violence continues, it's possible that in the future an Israel without military allies will be victimized while an uninterested world sits by. I don't want to see that, and I think the only way to avoid it is to do everything necessary now to secure peace between the majority of the people in all the countries involved.
Shaldag, it looks like you are in Israel...I am editing this to add that I sincerely hope none of this madness ever reaches you or your loved ones (or anyone else). Good luck to you and I hope we'll see an end to this conflict that leaves the good society you have built as a model for the rest of the middle east to follow.
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