blucher wrote:You guys are all over the board with statements and 'facts'.
Time to clear the air. Israel has the bomb, refuses to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (which Iran has done long ago), has the 5th largest military establishment on Earth and you bet the Arab states are afraid. The Pal. militants-freedom fighters-terrorists always launch their attacks on military-civilian targets in RESPONSE to Israeli assassinations, air raids, tank assaults or bulldozers. The wall is a medieval mentality which the pal.s will blow holes in again and again.
As for immigration-emigration: Dual citizenship allows Israeli citizens to also be US citizens as is the case for Pal.s if they come via Jordanian citizenship. There are now roughly 5 million Israeli citizens (20% of which are Pal.s who live in Israel). There are roughly 5 million Pal.s living in and out of Palestine (W Bank-Gaza) and their birth rate is much higher. Time and demography will determine the day.
And though Armageddon began in 1918 (see Battle of Megiddo) and continues, it will end w/ accommodation no matter what attempts at ethnic cleansing the terrorist Pal.s and Israelis may entertain. We are in WWIII now.
Okay, let's assume you have any idea what you are talking about. Could you please link to any instance, say in the last 40 years, in which Israel struck out, threatened, or attacked anybody other than in retaliation to hostile attacks initiated by their neighbors; i.e. kidnappings, bombings, rocket attacks, etc.?
Please take your time. Surely there is something. We'll wait.