Posted on 12/14/2006 8:47:44 AM PST by PurpleMountains
There are all kinds of signs that traditional anti-Semitism in Europe is growing by leaps and bounds, while the UN continues to pass resolution after resolution condemning Israel for shooting back at Arab terrorists who murder Israelis almost on a daily basis. There is really nothing new about this; similar tendencies were seen just before World Wars I and II. Since 1948, when the United Nations approved the formation of the nation of Israel (and Arabs were offered and refused their own nation-state), and the United States was the first country to recognize Israel, Americans have supported Israel as one of our most loyal allies, and, along with Turkey, the only democracy in the area.
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The Arab countries surrounding Isreal declared war and got their a$$es whupped then and continueing to today.
The Isreal government has always been open to trading land for peace. Unfortunately Arab, Hizbollah, Hamas and other Arab entities return piece in the form of shrapnell in Katushka rockets.
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