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I hope you don't think I'm on the side of the Israeli authorities here, I'm absolutely not.

Responding to points

> Do you honestly expect the Palestinians to roll over and die or just leave the land that was rightfully theirs?

and

> How would Israel have more of a right to Palestinian land than Palestinians do? Don't give me some superstitious dogma reason either.

as I agree with the chunk in the middle.


Nobody has any greater right to that land than anyone else, it's been occupied by nomadic tribes for as long as Archeology in the area can show. For any group to claim rights to it - peaceful or otherwise - is unacceptable. To do so by force goes against some of the most important international treaties we have.

The reason Israeli authority does it however, is for the reason you already said. They are a Zionist state, and they believe they have to get all the Arabs out of the Holy land. Meanwhile the arabs in powerful positions (which are of tiny military capability, as you already said) think the same thing about getting the Jews out of the area.

And the people who suffer are the people at the bottom of the ladder, following ludicrous religions and leaders that tell them to settle on the only part of the middle east with no oil.

I strongly recommend reading How To Cure A Fanatic (sorry, UK amazon link) if you already haven't. An insightful read on this very topic by one of the most well respected spokespeople for peace and Secularism between Israel and Palistine.