Is this a C/S issue?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090107/ts_afp/ushistorywwiiholocaustbooks_newsmlmmd

658 dead Palestinians later and the US calls for a cease fire. I guess Israel and the neocons have filled their quota for dead Palestinians.

b/c in PC fairy land you do not have the right to defend yourself.

If someone shot at your family, I guarantee you wouldn’t just sit there & take it on the chin.

b/c in PC fairy land you do not have the right to defend yourself.

What do you think Hamas is doing? they are protecting themselves and other Palestinians from the israelis who stole everything that they have.

Not that I think this is the right forum to comment on anything other than plagiarism, but I just can’t let this misinformation pass.

First, there never was a Palestinian state until the UN mandated one 60 years. The place has always been the property of others (such as the Turks and the Romans) so the concept of stealing it from the Palestinians is problematical. That’s not the major flaw in sodomite’s argument though.

The best way for Hamas to protect Gaza is to just stop shooting at Israel. The Palestinians in the West Bank have done so (more or less) and no one is shooting at them in return. The Israelis have tried to improve relations with Gaza even going so far as to evacuate its settlements there in 2005. Has Hamas made any peaceful gesture in return?

Obviously things are still rough for Palestinians even in the West Bank but the relative quiet has enabled peace negotiations there to move forward. You want to influence Israel to make land for peace deals more likely? Just put a stop to the shooting. That will undermine the right-wing religious splinter parties that control the swing vote in Israel’s Knesset. They’re the ones who want settlements in the West Bank, etc. Most Israelis hate their guts (for this and other reasons) and would love to see them lose their influence.

That post was on topic. Are you sure that belongs here??