tWiStEdD said:
The Palestinian question extends back into biblical times and before it.
The Muslim fathers had it most recently.
The Jewish fathers had it first (we're talking ages ago and for thousands of years)
Each claim side claims God gave it to them, each side is so totally entrenched in religion that the policies reflect the religious beliefs.
The rock throwing that dark_angel questions is a direct result of pent up Palestinian anger over their displacement and the lack of representation politically. The first Intefadah (1987) was a result of the death of a Palestinian boy at the funeral of a man who was killed by a Jew driving a truck.
The chaos continues.... it would take a long time for any of you to truly understand the causes and the effects of the issue.
Arafat is basically the only leader that the Palestinians have ever had. I do not doubt that these will be times worth watching, but I highly reccomend that NONE of you judge what is happening without knowing what it is that is causing it all.
That is incredibly condascending. Israel has no claim over the land, you should know that, i know that, even the fucken father of Israeli himself knows that:
"Why should the Arabs make peace? If I were an Arab leader, I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country. Sure, God promised it to us, but what does that matter to them? There has been anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They only see one thing: we came here and stole their country. Why should they accept that?
David Ben-Gurion quoted in
"The Jewish Paradox"by Nahum Goldmann,
former president of the World Jewish Congress.
If you want to know about the issue, go to
http://www.zmag.org/content/Mideast/jewsfjustice.cfm
Writen by a group of Jewish men, a proper starter on the matter.