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1. almost 14 years ago on Jeff Danziger

   Yes, leerab78. In 1948 when the Jewish population in the newly formed state of Israel (as approved by the UN) was perhaps 500,000, tens of millions of Arabs surrounding Israel decided to attack. Today, there are perhaps 6 million Jews in Israel but hundreds of millions of Arabs surrounding them. A good portion of those Arabs would be happy to have no Jews in Israel and thus support terrorists to do their dirty work. It is not just Hamas/PA against Israel, it is the entire Arab world. Israel has been under attack from day 1, it is amazing that it survives.

2. almost 14 years ago on Jeff Danziger

   Israeli war planes attacked two tunnels used by terrorists to bring in weapons to Gaza. They did not wantonly and randomly attack innocent people as the picture would have us think. Leave that to Hamas.

   I’m surprised there’s no international uproar to prosecute the terrorists for needlessly killing an animal. Where the SPCA when you need them?

3. about 14 years ago on Pat Oliphant

   Sure, Jews have nothing better to do than intentionally kill other Jews.

   In 1948 between 800,000 and 1,000,000 Jews living in many Arab countries were FORCED to leave despite the fact they they had lived there for hundreds and hundreds of years. All their money and property were confiscated and it amounted to quite a significant sum. No one seems to care much about that, after all it was only Jews.

   A note from Wilipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JewishexodusfromArablands): The Arab world consists of 22 countries in which Arabic is the main language. In those countries North of the Sahara a Jewish presence dates back to the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BCE and, outside of Arabia, PREDATES (my emphasis) the Arab presence by a thousand years.

   And of course the bombing of the WTC was also a Zionist plot to scare American Jews into leaving America.

   The bottom line is that almost the entire Arab world does not want Jews to have their own independent state in the Middle East. Until this changes, no amount of land or concessions that Israel makes will make any Arab country happy. There is no desire for peace with Israel, only its destruction. The statements by the PLO are two faced - to the Arab world they speak of the destruction of Israel but to the European and American audience they put on a face of peace.

   Here’s a better source of the truth - http://www.camera.org/

4. about 14 years ago on Pat Oliphant

   Israel has a right to attack those who attack it. The leaflets were to warn the civilians (and terrorists BTW) where they were going to attack so that they get out of the area.

   Digging tunnels under the Asqa mosque is a pure lie. It is the Waqf who is digging underground without permission and destroying invaluable history.

   Palestinians can enter Jerusalem except when all they want to do is throw rocks on Jews praying at the Western Wall. Israel gave the Temple Mount back to the Arabs after they defeated the Jordanians in 1967 when they were attacked. Who else would have done such a thing? Everyone else would have kept their spoils of war from self defense.

   What “thousands” of mosques and churches are you talking about? Again all you have are lies to spread because the truth that Israel did not ethnically cleanse anyone but begged the Arabs living in Israel to stay in 1948 when they were ordered out by Jordan, Egypt and Syria who were going to wipe Israel off the map.

   My point of Israel living in the pre-1967 borders from 1948 until 1967 was to show that the demand by the Arab world to return to the 1967 borders is just an excuse because even when Israel did not have those borders, the Arabs world wanted Israel destroyed. there are no borders small enough to satisfy the Arab world.

   Thank you believecommonsense for your comment. Yes, there are too many lies going around in the Middle east and only the truth is worth discussing.

5. about 14 years ago on Pat Oliphant

   For every website stating East Jerusalem is not Israel’s, there’s a website arguing the opposite (http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf1967to1991territoriesoccupiedor_not.php)

   Just because archeology has not found something doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. King David established his rule in Jerusalem over 3,000 years ago. This is my belief even if there is no physical proof (though I continually read about new finds in excavations in the area just outside the Old City where it is believed that King David actually lived).

   If the Waqf would stop destroying the underground of the temple area and throwing it in a garbage dump, they might be forced to see for themselves the truth of what was once there. Since King David’s time and on Jerusalem has been the holiest city to the Jewish people and only when they were forcibly evicted, was there no Jewish presence there. As soon as the ruling powers allowed, Jews returned to live there in some number. In truth, Jerusalem had great significance for the Jewish people even before King David’s time as the Temple Mount is where Abraham was tested with sacrificing Issac and where Jacob slept and had his dream of the ladder rising to heaven. of course. This is all religious belief and may not be accepted by everyone. But it all happened way before Christianity and Islam were founded.

   As far as Britain bringing Jews to Israel without regard to the people who were originally there, the Jewish people have always been there for 3,000+ years except when excluded by force. Please note that the Jewish people never excluded anyone from any nation to enter Jerusalem, unlike what happened most recently between 1948 and 1967. Nor do they desecrate the churches and mosques of other religions though this has been done to them throughout the centuries.

   The only way peace will come is when direct talks are made between Israel and the Palestinians without the US or any other getting in the way. Israel is ready to create a Palestinian state but since day one the Arab world has not recognized Israel and continually tries to destroy it.

6. about 14 years ago on Pat Oliphant

   Since the day Israel was recognized as an independent country by the UN it has been under attack. From 1948 until 1967 Israel lived in the pre-1967 borders and the Arab world was not happy. In 1948 Egypt, Jordan and Syria told the Arabs living in Israel to leave and they will be able to return after all the Jews were pushed into the sea. It didn’t happen so the displaced Arabs remained where they were, mostly disregarded by their Arab brothers. The hundreds of thousands of Jews who had lived for hundreds of years in Arab countries were thrown out and stripped of all their possessions. But Israel accepted them with open arms.

   Where was the PLO when Jordan was in control of the West Bank from 1948-1967 and the Palestinians did not have their own country. In fact, Jordan was supposed to be the Palestinian State when the area was under the British mandate, but the Palestinians were denied a state by their own brothers. Then in 1948, what was supposed to be the Jewish homeland was further split by the UN with a good part given to the Palestinians. But the Arabs want the Middle East to be Judenrein so no matter how small Israel is, it will never be small enough.

   Israel gave back Gaza and instead of building up the economy, Hamas has destroyed it and uses it as a base for attacks on Israel, shooting rockets from populated areas knowing Arab civilians in Gaza will be bombed by Israel in response. For two years Israel did not respond and the attacks grew fiercer. What would you do if your neighbor continuously shot into your home when your family was present and the police did nothing or were unable to stop it?

   Israel was ready to hand over 90% of the West Bank to Arafat but instead he started an intifada in 2000. He was afraid to end up like Anwar Sadat. It is amazing that the right wing hardliners in Israel are the ones ready to give up land for peace but Arab leader seems to be brave enough to take the offer.

   BTW, you probably didn’t notice as the biased press didn’t pay attention to it but during Biden’s visit a square in El Bireh was named in honor of the terrorist Dalal Mughrabi who killed in cold blood 38 Israeli civilians and American photographer Gail Rubin who was taking pictures of birds on a beach in Israel when Mughrabi’s team landed by boat. Is that not an insult to the peace process?

7. about 14 years ago on Pat Oliphant

   As a Jew I protest the rockets fired by Hamas at civilians in Israel, I protest the hit squads of suicide bombers sent out by Hamas to set off bombs to kill men, women and children and I protest the PLO’s and Hamas’ arrogant disregard for world opinion in not recognizing Israel as a country that has a right to exist. I protest the ensalvement of women and blacks and disregard of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. A thinking Jew has to see both sides of the coin, unless of course he doesn’t want to.