Jayhawk100, thanks for speaking up with an extremely educated perspective on this. You mentioned a lot of things that people, especially those who have never actually spent time in the middle east, absolutely fail to realize. You were dead on in pointing out that this whole lack of peace thing has nothing to do with the occupation of Israelis in settlements, but rather the fact that Israel exists at all. Lest we forget, the the call for a Palestinian state also calls for Jerusalem to be it's capital. That poses an obvious problem if a Jewish state were to exist as well. That however, is the entire point. The idea of a Palestinian state is supposed to replace Israel, not just the west bank or gaza, but all of Israel. Without American funding, that is a very real and scary possibility.
In many text books throughout the middle east, students study maps of the world. In the small area about the size of New Jersey, students learn that the area is Palestine, not Israel. In most educational establishments in that area, it is taught that Israel is to not even be recognized as a state, but rather the area be recognized as the Palestinian state. It would be like Mexico not recognizing Texas as part of the US, during their conquest to regain Texas. Again, this proves that the ultimate goal of the Palestinians is the destruction of Israel, not the removal of settlers from the West bank or any other place.
Mr. Anderson, you seem to fault the Israeli government for treating the existing Palestinians living in Israel unfairly. In Israel, the government provides families money every month based on how many kids they have. There are no exclusions based on income level or anything; if you have kids the government sends you a check. This even goes for the Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, etc. So what's beginning to happen is, Palestinian families are having more kids than anyone so they can reap the benefits of the Israeli government's kind welfare program. Though most people in Israel are opposed to helping an "enemy" to such a great extent, it still goes on. Though it has it's problems, the Israeli government certainly is not unfair to it's Palestinian citizens.
Mr. Anderson, your article was well thought out and you are obviously entitled to an opinion so thanks for sparking the debate. I would love for you to take a trip at some point to Israel and gather multiple opinions of various people and groups. Maybe you would change your standpoint a bit.
Posted on January 25 at 12:22 p.m.
Jayhawk100, thanks for speaking up with an extremely educated perspective on this. You mentioned a lot of things that people, especially those who have never actually spent time in the middle east, absolutely fail to realize. You were dead on in pointing out that this whole lack of peace thing has nothing to do with the occupation of Israelis in settlements, but rather the fact that Israel exists at all. Lest we forget, the the call for a Palestinian state also calls for Jerusalem to be it's capital. That poses an obvious problem if a Jewish state were to exist as well. That however, is the entire point. The idea of a Palestinian state is supposed to replace Israel, not just the west bank or gaza, but all of Israel. Without American funding, that is a very real and scary possibility.
In many text books throughout the middle east, students study maps of the world. In the small area about the size of New Jersey, students learn that the area is Palestine, not Israel. In most educational establishments in that area, it is taught that Israel is to not even be recognized as a state, but rather the area be recognized as the Palestinian state. It would be like Mexico not recognizing Texas as part of the US, during their conquest to regain Texas. Again, this proves that the ultimate goal of the Palestinians is the destruction of Israel, not the removal of settlers from the West bank or any other place.
Mr. Anderson, you seem to fault the Israeli government for treating the existing Palestinians living in Israel unfairly. In Israel, the government provides families money every month based on how many kids they have. There are no exclusions based on income level or anything; if you have kids the government sends you a check. This even goes for the Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, etc. So what's beginning to happen is, Palestinian families are having more kids than anyone so they can reap the benefits of the Israeli government's kind welfare program. Though most people in Israel are opposed to helping an "enemy" to such a great extent, it still goes on. Though it has it's problems, the Israeli government certainly is not unfair to it's Palestinian citizens.
Mr. Anderson, your article was well thought out and you are obviously entitled to an opinion so thanks for sparking the debate. I would love for you to take a trip at some point to Israel and gather multiple opinions of various people and groups. Maybe you would change your standpoint a bit.
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