<<The problem is Jerusalem>>
You are either sadly misinformed of the history of this conflict or you are feigning it. Here are some simple facts and try to remember them before your next post:
Arabs were murdering Jews in the land of Israel since 1295. The most recent major events were:
1929-1936 The "Arab Uprising" massacre of most of the Jews of Hebron, the massacres in Jerusalem and Jaffa and many others.
1948 The invasion of the seven Arab armies into Israel in defiance of the UN resolution for the split of Palestine into a Jewish and Arab states - over 20000 Israelis were killed in the war of survival against the far larger Arab forces. That was the first big mistake they made.
1956 Palestinian "Fedayoon" (now they call them Shahids, Suicide bombers etc.) attacked Israel from Gaza and the west bank on an almost daily basis killing farmers and other civilians at random with the protection of Egypt and Jordan. Israel went to war and kicked Egypt ass all the way to the Suez canal, only to give it all back for a promise that was never kept.
1967 Abdel Nazer of Egypt again led a call to war for the annihilation of Israel. Syria was shelling farmers in the Gallilee on a daily basis from the Golan Heights. Israel had to go to war again to survive and took all of Sinai, the West bank (King Hussein did not heed the warning to stay out of it and fired his artillery on Israeli towns) and the Golan Heights.
1973 on Israel's holiest day, Yom Kippur, the Arabs tried once more to throw the Jews into the sea. Israel was caught unprepared but luckily was able to recover and kick the Arabs back, not before losing 4000 men.
1973-1982 Arafat and his gangs of terrorists hit the northern villages and towns of Israel on a regular basis, using Lebanon as their base. They murdered children in a school in Maalot, blew a school bus in Avivim, murdered the Israeli team in the Munich Olympics, hijacked planes etc etc. Until he got his ass kicked out to Tunis by Sharon.
Ever since, every time Israel is making offers to the Pals it gets more terror attacks in return. It is not Jerusalem only they want (Barak gave them half of it) its not a Palestinian state (they were offered one in 1948, again in 1967, and again in the Oslo agreement and even now, by Sharon) Its not even the right of return to refugees (which is a casus belli demand - leading to the demographic annihilation of Israel), what they really want is a Palestinian state from the river (Jordan) to the Sea (the Med, not of Galilee).
So, until this hallucination is changed, Israel has no choice but to fight with all its might for its very survival. |
