crap. Israel is conspicuously democratic, where the Palestinian Authority is brand new to the concept. However "freely" Hamas was elected, its goals are genocidal in their aim, and in their execution, which should negate any backlash at Israel. I do wish that the Great Powers after WW2 had had the brains to put some money into buying up Cyprus from its warring inhabitants as a refuge for the Jews, not as a replacement for Israel, but as an addition, a safe haven for Israelis who need to get away for a time to a peaceful Jewish state.
While I may be thought of (wrongly) as a representative of "radical" academic thought, I have never bought into the poor pitiful Palestinian argument. They are poor and pitiful because all the Islamic states bordering Israel have kept them that way deliberately. It was the cruelist political trick since Nazi "resettlement plans" for the Jews, and was inspired by much the same motives. They have an endless supply of desperate and despairing people just waiting to become martyrs. Its rubbish.
Rob
There's now a democratically elected Palestinian government whose ruling party's platform endorses the extermination of the Jewish state and continued terrorism against Israeli civilians. The Palestinians are still shelling Israel with Kassam rockets, up to eight a day. They're still blowing up innocent people at felafel stands in Tel Aviv. But Israel must be punished.
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