Killing for peace

The solution to the conflict seems self-evident: when two people contest the land, split it to satisfy both. Historically, such approach never worked. Nations split the contested territories based on the balance of power rather than equitably. Settled disputes keep boiling and erupt once the balance of power changes: the dominant power weakens or the determination to challenge it grows. If Arabs accepted the 1948 refugees, why won’t they accept the 2008 refugees? If they accepted that 2/3 of Palestinian population was expelled in 1948, why won’t they accept that a 100% of the Palestinian population will be expelled in 2008? If Arabs accepted a Jewish state in the Palestinian land in the 1967 borders why won’t they accept it including Judea and Samaria? If, on other hand, Arabs in their hearts did not accept Israel or the 1948 displacement of Palestinians, why appease them? Cleanse more land for the Jewish state. Arabs won’t hate us more after we drive them to Jordan.

There was no peace in 1966; why would the peace ensue after Israel withdraws to the 1967 borders? Palestinians are much more nationalist and militant than before, and Arab armies gained strength. Arab morale is on the rise while Jewish nationalism dwindles. The border is not a problem. The problem is a Jewish state in Muslim lands; that’s an insult for Arabs. Jewish residents of Israeli towns resist the Arabs moving into their neighborhoods; how much more the xenophobic Arabs resist Jewish invasion into their lands?

There was a peace process between America and Germany, after the WWI; it resulted in WWII. Only the unconditional surrender in WWII when the Allies redrew German borders at will and transferred ethnic Germans out of France, Poland, and Czechoslovakia, created sustainable peace. Peace process with guerrillas is self-delusion. Whatever treaty Abbas signs, Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, PIJ, PRC, PFLP, and similar outfits won’t adhere to it. Fatah doesn’t fight Israel now – the militant groups do. What would change if Israel formally abandons Judea and Samaria? They will still fight the Zionist state. In fact, they will be emboldened by the apparent success of driving out a strong enemy, just like the victories in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Somalia, Gaza encouraged Muslims worldwide. Unilateral withdrawal is more of a goodwill gesture than peace settlement, but Arabs shower Israel with rockets after she gave them Gaza. Goodwill, especially forced goodwill, is never reciprocated.

Two people can settle their dispute because they fear each other and the police, and personal disputes are rarely critical. Nationalist disputes are central to collective mentality, and their participants aren’t afraid to die and eager to kill. They want to achieve their goals rather than attain safety. Arab governments support Palestinian guerrillas as a viable alternative to an all-out war with Israel.

Annihilated enemy is the only good peace partner.

Bill

So True… Hopefully Olmert and co. will go SOON and be replaced by LEADERS

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Alain

What you say is so self evident that it boggles the mind we still have so many in total denial. I would add for those who believe appeasing the Arabs will cause the rest of the world to accept and actually like us are also in denial. Israel must accept her mandate and get on with it otherwise there can be no end to this mess and never any hope of peace.

Until Germany and Japan were completely crushed they had no interest in making any true peace agreements. Anyone who thinks Arabs are any different shows an inability to think and reason.

Gabriel

ONE internationally visible person who’ll speak truth to power(to co-opt a generally loathsome phrase) in just this way is desperately needed. Alas, the craven media’s smug, suicidal, anti-Western, totalitarian, defeatist, PC and terrorism-promoting biases seem to prohibit it.

Beta

1. How can such a thing be done?

2. What will the consequences be?

Melech Adam

If an “enemy” does not want peace. Becouse they don’t think you have “a right to exist” what is left to do. we certianly shouldn’t make them stonger. What does it say in the Torah :

“Therefore it shall be, when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies around, in the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance to possess, that you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek (transmigratory souls who hate Jews and God)from under heaven; you shall not forget it.” (Deuteronomy 19:25)

bimal

As a atate Israel is very right in not negotating any deal with the terrorists, all peace moves by Israel have been reciprocated with more and more violence. All the peace initiative has been taken by arabs a s sign of Israely weakness. The mindset of arabs/muslims is like a virus, you can not cure it with any medication , you have to eliminate the virus. and that is the only solution to bring peace to this world of ours, How can you talk peace with someone who hand over guns to thr kids and vow to perish an entire nation, Only because they do not follow the same religion(read islam) as they do.

David Ang

Israel has been lawfully created as in Jordan as in Saudi Arabia etc. Israel has given up land for peace, lands annexed but did Jordan give back to Israel any lands that was annexed from Israel????

Israeli laws does not execute Arab Killers and murderers and suicide bombers and their handlers for killing jews ??? And infact give special treatment to them, like hotel stay, food and medical attention and a safe passage home from jewish jails, if required by the Hamas,or Fatah or Hisbolla (terrorist organisations)to restart the new killings, murders and suicide bombering of Jews all over again.
The Israeli Goverment just collect these captured Terrorists, failed bombers or injured killers or murderer.
The process is repeated again, collect, help heal the murderers’, terrorist and failed suicide bombers’ wounds, house then in hotel stay, given hotel food, paid medical and medicine until these killers are nursed back healthy then release them back to the terrorist organisation when these healed terrorist are needed to go and kill more jewish, children, man, woman, babies, mother, fathers or any other jewish person is found.

What do we call these Jewish Laws???? Jews better answer it themselves –
For me I woulds like to say just this - INCREDIBLE - It does not happen in my country - we would have put these arab killers on public trial and then HANG THEM BY THE NECK UNTIL THEY ARE DEAD and Bury them in a nameless place - no return of the bodies - this is no joking matter-there should be LAWS to deal with such LAWLESSNESS unless JEWISH LIVES are “Chickens for the shooting season”