--- sloppy  wrote:
 
> Israeli abuse of Palestinans? Israeli men aren't strapping themselves
full of explosives and shooting their way into Palestinan settlements.

No, but Israeli soldiers have killed hundreds of innocent Palestinians,
in addition to lots of guilty ones. The Israeli Army occupies
Palestinian villages and refuge camps, and supports colonization (heh,
had to stick a TW term in here) of land that does not rightfully belong
to Israel.  Who do you think lived in Israel before 1948?  It wasn't
the Jews. 


> We should stand by Israel because they have been dealing with
terrorist attacks for years, and maybe, just maybe if the Arab world
(besides Egypt and Jordan) would accept the right of Israel to exist,
steps could be made to end the violence.

Israel's policies towards the Arabs have brought on the terrorist
attacks, just as US policy in the Middle East brought on Sep 11.  I'm
not saying terrorism is justified, far from it.  But just because
someone is attacked by a terrorist does not mean they are right and
that we should support their policies. What do you think would make the
rest of the Arab world recognize Israel's right to exist?  And why do
you think the Israelis should have the right to exist but the
Palestinians should not?


> I personally believe however that there can never be peace in the
Middle East until "Palestinans" are gone. And why are they called
Palestinans by everyone? They are just Arabs that happen to be living
in that region of the Middle East.

So your answer is genocide of the Palestinian people?  They are called
Palestinians because they live in Palestine, just like we are called
Americans because we live in America. According to your logic, most
Americans are just Europeans that happen to be living in America.  We
should just be called Europeans, and whoever is strong enough to push
us around and occupy our territory is justified in doing so.

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