I sort of knew the history, but when you see it as starkly as this in maps,you do wonder what thinking ever made them think it would work.
Yes, I reported one earlier this morning. Called the **** out who wrote it as the disgusting vermin that he/she is. I used to like sprouts as well
They could of course put a security zone on their side of the border, rather than placing people in villages close to the border.
I'd say there's not a long they CAN do about it, since they are never going to get all the mad gunmen and all that will happen is they'd kill many innocent people and make martyrs of others. So perhaps a good analogy.
Excellent post. Basically the problem is that Israel has western values whilst all it's neighbours have middle eastern values. Israel has been attacked by all it's neighbours so, not surprisingly, has developed a defensive strategy of fighting fire with greater fire. I watched an interview on Sky where the interviewee stated 'for this to be solved Palestine needs to lose it's victim complex and Israel needs to lose it's superior attitude'. Bottom line though is that unless you have reasonable people on both sides then negotiations and progress are impossible. Reasonable and the Middle East are not bed mates!
Can’t disagree there mate.
One of the biggest problems in the regions is that the hatred stems from religious hatred. It's not as simple as state land ownership, it goes beyond that to religion. There is also the problem that countries like Iran have a state policy which is to annihilate Israel.
I kind of agree and disagree, in parts you could be in just another European country, although a large percentage of the population are descendants of Middle Eastern Jewish communities who were expelled despite having roots in said countries that went back 1000s of years, there is still a sizable community in Iran believe it or not, they faced their own difficulties when they arrived in Israel, the country had been founded by European Ashkenazy Jews, the different groups had very little in common and way I digress
No that clarifies.
That and the fact there’s too many of us on the planet.
I've absolutely no idea who you're referring to!
There are a fair few Palestinian Christians as well they are not all Muslims, I think people overplay the religious side (many because they think it's cool and edgy) prior to the 90's there was no such thing as militant Islamic groups in Palestine or anywhere else yet they were killing each other, they were secular groups some made up of Muslims and Christians, Israel itself is quite a secular country although the religious right are trying to change things, Jews and Arabs and Muslims and Christians can all live together in fact in many countries they actually do
Ask yourself this, why did Hamas do what it did last week? Why is Israel attracting universal condemnation for quite simply defending itself from continuous attack? It's bizarre that so many people challenge Israel but they don't challenge the aggravating factor which is continued Hamas terrorism. If Hamas didn't do what it did, what is happening now would never have happened. Hamas is responsible for thousands of Palestinian deaths but that's what they want.
The Humvee windscreen is balistic glass so will survive pretty well. Penetration depends on the depth of the glass.