tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post8668058695690416140..comments2024-03-29T04:13:44.353-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: The Real Issue...bigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-57974539253459705572008-12-29T21:31:00.000-05:002008-12-29T21:31:00.000-05:00"The real issue is 41 years of military occupation..."The real issue is 41 years of military occupation that has included the theft of land "<BR/><BR/>The real issue? <BR/><BR/>We've been talking about Gaza. Which has been Judenrein since 2005. That's when The Israelis pulled back to the 1948 armistice line. <BR/><BR/>Did you know that the population of Israel is 20% Arab?Harry Abramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14564085841438463296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-39710187310345887352008-12-29T15:33:00.000-05:002008-12-29T15:33:00.000-05:00The real issue is 41 years of military occupation ...The real issue is 41 years of military occupation that has included the theft of land and the brutalization of the population. You can't discuss the issue properly without that context though people certainly try.poggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230532270911414866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-52926447381665813432008-12-29T14:18:00.000-05:002008-12-29T14:18:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-82950849373901075062008-12-29T14:06:00.000-05:002008-12-29T14:06:00.000-05:00All good points BCL.Fact is that no one has a good...All good points BCL.<BR/><BR/>Fact is that no one has a good 'day after' scheme in place, and more is yet to play out. It's very fluid, and very violent.<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing that the Israelis might<BR/>just re-take the Philidelphi corridor along the border with Egypt, and do a 2-3 kilometre buffer zone "no-man's land" to stymie the tunnel smuggling and Hamas' primary strategic capability.<BR/><BR/>They won't completely re-occupy, because that means taking care of them. And that's just not on.<BR/><BR/>I don't think the shooting will stop until the Hamas pleads for a ceasefire and holds up their end of it. Which they probably won't, preferring to use the suffering of their own people as a moral bludgeon against the Jews, at least for a time. <BR/><BR/>Problem with that is that they've cried wolf too many times. They've burned their bridges with their Arab neighbors, especially Egypt; which has been trying to broker peace, but the Hamas are very single minded in their quest to eradicate israel and kill all Jews. This is more more important to them then the well-being of their own people. Perhaps when that reaches critical mass, the people of Gaza will finally have enough of Hamas and throw off their chains. Another internal civil war.<BR/><BR/>Then Abbas and the PA can move in again. If that happens, then statehood and normalization between the Palestinians and the Israelis is a distinct possibility.Harry Abramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14564085841438463296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-29829695553200451542008-12-29T13:42:00.000-05:002008-12-29T13:42:00.000-05:00And the deadly assault has to do with upcoming ele...And the deadly assault has to do with upcoming elections and the dominate hopeful winner is very right-wing party. So also see this as politics within politics - and winning the hearts and minds of conservative minded Israeli voters.susansmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02573558646874765432noreply@blogger.com