ISRAEL - IRAN - SYRIA - HAMAS - HEZBOLLAH - WWWIII?

Do you realize that you are not a Palestinean, and are willing to argue with a Jew about Israel. Perhaps, you are out of your jurisdiction when arguing Israel with a Jew?

The report says the Iranian ship was headed for Sudan in order to unload the weapons, which would then travel by land to the Gaza Strip. But the ship was sunk by the missiles, along with its crew.

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Do you realize that you are not a Palestinean, and are willing to argue with a Jew about Israel. Perhaps, you are out of your jurisdiction when arguing Israel with a Jew?

Out of my "jurisdiction?" Quit talking nonsense, and tell me exactly what you are talking about? FYI, this is a free speech country, and no topic concerning foreign countries is out of bounds.

Do I realize I'm not a "Palestinian?" You've already gone over the edge of sanity. Why do I have to be a Palestinian to talk about them? Your say so?

You are ignorant in more ways than this subject about Israel. You have no common sense or concept about debate.

So now your excuse is anti-Semitism? ROFLMAO You are a myopic bigot.

The birthplace of my ancestors? My grandfather came to this country in 1893. I'm third generation American. The only country I owe allegiance and feelings for in any way is America. This was my parents home, our home, and now our children and their children's home.

You make no sense.

Carlos Hernandez
Dec22-03, 04:57 AM
Elite Israeli Troops Refuse To Serve in the Territories

By Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, December 22, 2003; Page A19

JERUSALEM, Dec. 21 -- Thirteen reservists from Israel's elite military commando unit stated Sunday in a letter to the prime minister that they would no longer serve in the occupied territories, joining other influential security officials who have recently criticized Israeli military tactics and treatment of the Palestinians.

"We have long ago crossed the line between fighters fighting a just cause and oppressing another people," three officers and 10 soldiers of the army's most secretive unit, the Sayeret Matkal, said in the letter to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The letter was made public by the soldiers, who signed with their ranks, first names and the first letter of their last names.

Complete text at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20118-2003Dec21.html

Barak: Israel can and must make peace within three years

"I am certain it is possible and certainly necessary to act with all our might to achieve peace even before I turn 70, which will be in three years," said Defense Minister Ehud Barak in his first extensive interview since joining the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"You have to understand that in their consciousness, the leaders are not so far apart in terms of what the final settlement will look like," Barak said, adding that he believes Netanyahu will present the U.S. administration a diplomatic plan in line with the principle of "two states for two nations" during his upcoming visit to Washington.

"Bibi [Netanyahu] accepted the Oslo accords at the time. And it is clear that when a political settlement is signed with all the neighbors, it will stipulate a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel, with the two living side by side. I believe that even now, during Netanyahu's visit to Washington, Israel should come up with a formula about how it intends to move ahead, and that formula will not propose three states for eight nations," he said.

"Bibi has a hard choice to make: Does he want to be [Yitzhak] Shamir or [Menachem] Begin?" he asked. "There is deep understanding between us on the need to address the political issue, and that it is impossible to leave things in a state of paralysis. If we sink into paralysis, we may find the world losing interest in Israel and in this conflict - or, in an even worse scenario, acceptance by the world that the solution is not two states for two nations, but one state for two nations, which for us is a concrete risk, a slippery slope."