Could someone please explain the present situation with Israel and Plalestine?
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It is complicated, but here goes.......\n\nBack after WWII, displaced Jews needed a place, and a lot had gone to that area.  To make a long story short, Isreal was divided for the Jews and the Palestineans.  The Jews got the lion's share because other countries felt sorry for them about the Holocaust.  Later, Israel attacked and took more land to create a buffer zone between them (the Gaza Strip).  The leaders signed a treaty in the 1970s on the White House Lawn, but the two peoples of the two lands have not been cooperative in ending the violence.  Israel would be in trouble if not allied with the U.S., and Muslims side with the Palestineans.  The problems never seem to resolve, and show no signs of resolution any time soon.
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Everything smells like anti semitism to most Israelis  and I am sick of it   When will you jerks realize that you are in a religious state - and when someone speaks out against Israel, he is not necessarily anti-semetic - it just means they disagree with the policy of your government.  While we are talking about the Jewish State - when will Israel give us its illegal stockpile of nuclear arms?    I woul dlike to see the US begin to distance itself more and more away from Israel and would also like to see us curtail the defense "gifts" in foreign aid we send you --- and if you think that makes me an anti Semetic - Then Damn it, I am, and I am proud to be one....
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This is a very good question and plummets to the heart of the matter. \n\nStates have borders. Israel's borders are in dispute. There have been numerous UN Resolutions calling for Israel to release the lands it has seized illegally. These resolutions haven't been enforced!\nThe Economist magazine recently had an excellent map of the lands Israel has illegally occupied since the 1967 War. It's astonishing Israel is getting away with stealing soooo much land.\n\nRemember, all Saddam Hussein tried to do was get Iraqi land (namely, Kuwait) back that was taken by imperial British map-makers (who had a new fleet of oil-powered ships that needed cheap oil).\n\nHypocrisy run amok in foreign policy is what it is. I think that's a reason why the terrorists are angry.
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Yeah, I have heard about some christian groups wanting this; also wanting israel to invade areas in the middle east because some prophecies say that this is necessary in order to bring about the end of times.  These people are literally insane.
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Actually pretty soon if we don't handle those deceitful Iranians! If we let them get a nuclear weapon, they WILL use it on Israel. Since 1949 Israel has been a sovereign nation, the Lord Jesus christ said that once this happened, he would never let the world push the Israelies out of their promised land again. Thats why if we don't deal with Iran, the day of the rapture will appear. So look busy, cause GOD is coming. The Russians who have been helping numerous terrorist states for the last 30 years will join with Iran when they do decide to attack Israel. This is the Army of the North God warns us about!
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Read the book of Revelations with a concordance. There's mentions of "the dragon of the East". And there's referrences of Assyrian armies attacking Israel. All in all, it's not a pretty picture for the future of our world.
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Actually, this war in Iraq is an extension of the first Gulf war in 91' because Saddam did not abide by 17 UN resolutions.  You could also say that the hatred Arabs have for Israel stems from WWII when the Holocaust occurred in Nazi Germany.  It was realized that the Jews had no homeland of their own and that is when the Jews obtained Israel.
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The UN is currently dealing with it.\n\nIran doesn't like that and so they bait us.\n\nIf something more is needed, it will become obvious with time.\n\nIran's biggest problem is their vocalized threat of nuclear attack on Israel.
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umm... lets see... the holiday just ended, people are still recovering from the suicide bombing in tel aviv, the new government was sworn in, israel is trying to decide how to respond to the outrageous bombing... \nthings are pretty much the same- the arabs are being barbaric and hypocritical, the world is blind to the arabs evil and the total lack of justice...\nthat pretty much sums up whats going on around here- yes, i live in israel!!
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Does that mean that they will throw the two Israeli soldiers back that they kidnapped? Does that mean that Hezbollah will pick up the pieces of the suicide bombers they sent over to Israel that blew themselves up? Just how far should these countries go to pick up the pieces? By the way is English your main language or could it possibly be Arabic? Have a great day
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I am a member of the Socialist Party USA which is a common leftist third party organization. I also have ties with the Revolutionary Communist Party and the Anarchist Black Cross. From my experience people who believe leftists are antisemitic and that is someone's personal opinion are failing to seperate two different issues. Almost all leftist either a) Do not the support the right of the state of Israel to exist b) Are strongly criticial of Israel or both. Our problem is not with the Jews. Their are amny Jews who are leftists themselves. What we have a problem with however is the corrupt way the state of Israel manages it's affair as a nation we have no problem with Jews our problem is with the nation of Israel. Isael is currently threating to nuke Iran and provoke World War III. I think any nation that would use nuclear weapons in this manner needs to be diarmed by force. Iran is also a country that is very corrupt. There are differences though as well. a) Iran didn't force people out of their country to create it they have always lived there. b) Iran has been condemned by pretty much the entire world for their actions Israel has not been condemned by anyone that has the military force to keep them in check for their actions. Our problem once more is with the state of Isael not Jews. I would have no problem with letting everybody in Isael move to the US if they so choose to create a Palastinian state.
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Get it through your heads.  Israel has controlled American policy since 1948.  It's the "New World Order".
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elven rangers: could you please list any of these treaties you claim Israel broke? The UN passed a vote in 1947 for the creation of the Jewish State of Israel.  The Arab nations that surround Israel refused to accept the UN borders, and Israel agreed to accept the UN borders.  The Arabs then started fighting the newborn Israel, and Israel shockingly won.  \nWho's breaking agreements here?\nTHis was the beginning of a pattern...
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Israel is a very small piece of land. God promised this to Abraham, Isaac, and (Jacob later called Israel). God said I will bless them that bless you and I will curse them that curse you. If God was not on Israel's side it would be owned by the Palestinians by now.
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My best guess would be around the time of the Oslo Accords.\n\nDetails from the following link...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_accords
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The attack has probably won the election for acting Premier E. Olmert and the new Kadima (Forward party)founded a few months ago by Sharon. It also inflicted further damage on moderate Palestinian opinion & given yet more ground to hard liners .. incl. those like Hamas. The withdrawal of US/UK monitors (police) from the prison hours before it was attacked has exposed the HONEST BROKER role they play on behalf of the Palestinians for what it is.
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You could give all of Israel to Palastine and it wouldn't be enough.  It's that the Jews are despised in the mid east and have been since biblical times.  I don't think the Arabs would be happy unless Jews were wiped off the face of Earth.  Then they would concentrate on someone else.