AH>SK> If Israel wants the Arab world to recognize their existence...the
AH>SK> least YOU can do is recognize the FACT that Palestinians 
AH>SK> exist.People that lived in the Palestinian territories were there
AH>SK> BEFORE you/ your country (and the world) displaced them!

AH>Steve, my friend, you are full of feces. 

As I oft state...Just because we disagree doesn't mean YOU are right. ;)

AH>Israel, other than their
AH>continued  settlement expansion (which they shouldn't be doing)

YOW! At least you'll give me ONE cookie!
 
AH>has bent over backwards for the Palestinians and other Arabs. 

Ummm, it's the initial "invasion" I'm talking about, mostly.

Gee, think about it, someone breaks into your home and kicks your ass 
into the back yard...then they bend over backwards to treat you nice?
What would YOU do?

AH>When do you plan to ask (Trans)Jordan, which sits on the 
AH>majority of the proposed 1948 Palestinian state, to give 
AH>that land up?

I was talking of ignoble history. 
I don't know what the solution is right NOW!

I DO think that Israel should start treating the Palestinians with a 
little more respect. That couldn't hurt.

AH>SK>>I'm an Atheist! I could care less about YOUR religion!

AH>That's "couldn't care less."

I'll accept the correction.

Picking at grammar, and generally accepted colloquialism, isn't MY bag 
though. ;)

AH>If they shot children for throwing stones, there would be a lot of
AH>dead  children.  There aren't. 

I've seen the footage of kids being shot at, and hit, for throwing 
stones at tanks and other armored vehicles. And if such was caught on 
tape...it happened tens of times more often without being caught on 
film.

AH>They bulldoze homes of terrorists who attack Israel, not 
AH>stonethrowers.

O.K. Let's take your word for it.
They punish communities by bulldozing homes without trials.

Yeah, that's freedom.

AH>And the territory, 
AH>like it or not, belongs to Israel 

Yep. And when someone steals your home and boots you and your family out 
it'll be theirs. After all, they won it in a war. ;)

AH>Gaza, but Hamas chose to keep attacking Israel, which has 
AH>the same right as any nation to defend itself.

The fact that the want their land back from invaders isn't a reason to 
attack and fight and to not accept tiny offerings?

AH>SK> Them's facts.

AH>Yes, I posted facts.

Your opinions, that is.
Mine differ.

AH>SK> I have ZERO problem with Jewish people though. Well, save that 
AH>SK> they are religionists. I simply think that they are as dumb as 
AH>SK> any other religionists. ;)

AH>Religions are based on faith, not evidence.

My point exactly. ;)

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