Posted on 11/23/2012 1:44:50 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Why was there an Israel–Gaza war in the first place? Resistance to the occupation, say Hamas and many in the international media.
What occupation? Seven years ago, in front of the world, Israel pulled out of Gaza. It dismantled every settlement, withdrew every soldier, evacuated every Jew, leaving nothing and no one behind. Except for the greenhouses in which the settlers had grown fruit and flowers for export. These were left intact to help Gaza’s economy — only to be trashed when the Palestinians took over.
Israel then declared its border with Gaza to be an international frontier, meaning that it renounced any claim to the territory and considered it an independent entity. In effect, Israel had created the first Palestinian state ever, something never granted by fellow Muslims — neither the Ottoman Turks nor the Egyptians who brutally occupied Gaza for two decades before being driven out by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War.
Israel wanted nothing more than to live in peace with this independent Palestinian entity. After all, the world had incessantly demanded that Israel give up land for peace.
It gave the land. It got no peace.
The Gaza Palestinians did not reciprocate. They voted in Hamas, who then took over in a military putsch and turned their newly freed Palestine into an armed camp from which to war against Israel. It has been war ever since.
Interrupted by the occasional truce, to be sure. But for Hamas a truce — hudna — is simply a tactic for building strength for the next round. It is never meant to be enduring, never meant to offer peace.
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Krath nails it.....I am sure a host of the MSM will denounce this truth as hatred...
Krauthammer again is again correct! Hamas is the cancer and will remain so until eliminated. Cancers don’t go away by writing a peace accord. Harsh treatment is the only way to fight them...believe me, I’m a cancer survivor!
Krauthammer again is again correct! Hamas is the cancer and will remain so until eliminated. Cancers don’t go away by writing a peace accord. Harsh treatment is the only way to fight them...believe me, I’m a cancer survivor!
Thank you very much!
Gaza was beautiful. The new occupants made it into a sewer.
Israel should never again cede one more inch of its precious homeland.
It was sad seeing Jews being ripped out of their homes by their own countrymen. It was sad to see how the greenhouses were trashed by people boiling over with irrational hatred for the Jews.
Except for the few who insisted that "land for peace" would work, most people predicted that Gaza would just give the terrorists more land from which to attempt to destroy Israel.
There were zero credible arguments that land for peace would work for a minute. Why does our country keep doing this?
Land for Peace ping!
Those peace loving Gaza Palestinians are so misunderstood.
The terrorists OBEY Obama their leader.
Obama-the-Undocumented is now
Obama-the-documentedterrorist-supporter.
You are welcome onyx. I despise the lying MSM with a passion!
Kraut is correct, but the BULK of the media doesn’t give a damn about history.
Even in Florida, where there is a large Jewish population, the media tends to be anti-Israel. Even some Jewish people don’t “get it”.
“Israel should never again cede one more inch of its precious homeland.”
Cut Gaza loose. Just say in front of the UN that Gaza is no longer part of Israel, it will not trade with them, nor will it provide any services to them. Any future attacks on Israel by Gaza will be an act of war.
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This is not too far from what happened...although under-reporting is closer to the truth rather than actually blaming the Jews. Thanks for posting.
Was going to ping you, but you beat me here ;)
Very good read.
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