Eric, you keep reverting back to the notion that the Palestinians are some sort of innocent bystanders who have been unduly treated at the hands of imperialistic like Israel.. This is one of the main reasons why your argument holds no water. Understand these facts:
1) The majority of Palestinians do not now, did not then and will not in the future, ever accept the idea of Israel as a state.
2) Attacked Israel in an all out war, in effort to destroy it on numerous occasions.
3) Were given the opportunity for land and state hood but decided they would rather be in a prolonged war, sacrificing their children and their children's-children, rather than accept the idea of a Jewish state.
4) Even now, the only reason that some of the population even consider the acknowledgment of Israel is not because they believe in the idea that Jews deserve a government to protect themselves, but rather, they are tired of the never ending war and quite frankly, having their asses handed to them, over and over. But at any given time, the majority of Palestinens and Israels other hostile neighbors, would like to see the Jews pushed into the sea. - Remember Iraq shooting scud missiles at Israel during Desert Strike? Or Iran making statements that the Holocaust never happened?
5) Continue to mount war against Israel in the form of terrorism, supported by hostile neighboring countries that want to eradicate Israel.
Stop pretending that the Palestinians are some group of innocent victims that have been suppressed and taken advantage of by the big, bad, state of Israel.. That's complete and total HORSE-SHIT..
From the beginning the Palestinians tried to eradicate the state of Israel with the help of neighboring hostile countries. And while they may be a people of occupied land, they continue to mount attacks on Israel.
Israel is now and has always acted in an interest of self defense. This is not like the Native Americans and the expansion of the West.
You need to understand Eric, that Israelis re-actions go back way further than the war if 1967. That Palestinians have been killing Jews in that region since long before Gaza and West Bank occupation.
You can't make peace either, with a majority of the people, when there is still a huge minority that wants the destruction of Israel..
Your views and statements that Israel is an occupier, an evil nation hell bent on enslaving and ethnically cleansing Muslims is awfully close minded and one sided.
I'm not suggesting that Israel does everything right. But considering their history, the people who have attacked them, the makeup of their population and the pains the Jewish people have lived through to establish and maintain a homeland... I think their actions have largely been appropriate considering the circumstances..
Jihad does not end with a two state solution. The desire to destroy Israel does not end but Israel not retaliating against rocket strikes. And your idea for peace in the middle east doesn't for one second, take into account, that you as a Jew, are one of the first people they would like to kill, provided they had the opportunity, simply because of your religion.
You should thank your stars every night that there is a nation, a homeland, a place that doesn't even know you, but would protect you till the ends of the earth, because they know the world's history and the prosecution that your ancestors before you had to live with in order to survive..
Cause without the state of Israel, this is what many regions of the world would try to do to you:
