If you are being terrorized by a people that are led by despot who promotes antisemtism, does not allow for freedoom of speech or a free press or open dissent and foregoes negotiatons to pursue his ends via terrorism you have to fight back and forget about talking,imo.
Assuming for a moment that this is a 100% correct description of the situation, could you define who you would "fight"? A definition of the target, that is....
I'm sympathetic to the PA cause, but Arafat chose to leave the negotiating table and pursue, whatever it is he wants, by way of violence.
Perhaps he thought something better would come along, who knows? So what to do? Should Israel continue to build more settlements, oppress and humiliate Palestinians, not to mention, kill indiscriminately?
All I am saying is that the answer to the above question is "No" - not only because of humanitarian reasons, but because it is counterproductive to the goal of security and happiness.
If I were in charge of Israel's government, I would come up with a peace plan, open it for negotiations, call on all Arab nations to get Arafat to agree, draw a line in the sand, leave the Palestinians to their own country (possibly to starve with their non-existent economy, I think) and not cross that line for a decade. No more suicide bombings, since I would not let them cross the boundary, either.
or a free press or open dissent
This reminds me - Do you have any idea why Sharon refuses impartial UN observers in occupied territories? I remember something of the sort and never really understood why... |
