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To: Elroy who wrote (217407)	2/4/2005 2:57:50 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575191

Israel is the most expansionist country in the Middle East, moreso even than Iraq under Saddam. You realize Israel still occuppies and is trying to "settle" land it captured in the 1967 war and has been ordered to return by the UN? Israel has some of the trappings of a democracy but not all its citizens share the same rights. All that can be said about Israel is that its better than its neighbors but it is not a full fledged democracy. ted

To: Elroy who wrote (217407)	2/4/2005 9:50:08 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575191

Israel is the most expansionist country in the Middle East, moreso even than Iraq under Saddam. Iraq under Saddam invaded and tried to conquer other countries, it did conquer Kuwait even if it was later pushed out. I don't think Saddam's intentions where to take over all of Iran but he did conquer more area then the area of the West Bank and Gaza (of course he was kicked out of that as well). If Israel were a democracy, then the population in the Israeli occupied territories (which we refer to as Palestinian refugees) would be allowed to vote, right? They did vote, in Palestinian elections. They would only get to vote in Israeli elections if the land was annexed to Israel and they became Israeli citizens which isn't going to happen. Arabs who are Israeli citizens do get to vote. Tim