-> I've read that most of the peaceful Arabs living within Israel are
better
-> off than their brethren in any of the bordering countries, whether or
not
-> they're 'Palestinians.'  Apparently Israel *does* provide for those
arabs
-> living within its borders.

Of course they do Bob, much as the Brits did in India with the native
population.

If they, the Palestinians, ever wake up and go the route of Ghandi, Israel
will be finished.  As with the Brits/Indians. The Israelis use the
Palestinians to do the ¨shit¨ jobs that no ¨respectable¨ Jew would do.

However, what has this to do with the fact that Israel is engaging in:

1.  Collective Punishment. 
2.  The use of Phosphorous artillery shells on civilian areas.
3.  The wanton killing of civilian non-combatants.

etc.?

Israel is fighting a losing battle because they are losing the most
important battle, that of procreation.  The Palestinians give birth to more
children than do the Israelis and that includes the extreme orthodox Jews,
who do have high birth rates.

Israel is in a box, for if they actually become the democracy that they say
they are, in time the Palestinians will outnumber them and Israel will
become an Arab state.  If they choose to not allow Palestinian citizens
voting rights, then they become another South African style Apartheid and
history shows how well that worked out for SA.
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