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sister harb
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This is same what zionists did to children (and adults too) in the last massacre in Gaza.
imsad
One my good friend too burnt alive by white phosporous bombs in Gaza. May Allah curse those whose are responsible about kind of crimes against civilians.
Hello, ok so my oppinion goes as follow, as war is a terrbile thing and great crimes are commited by both side It is my oppinion that the palestinians must not curse the israelis and events like this must absolutely not instigate more violence.
It is only by gaining sympathy from the international community that the Palestinians can win, many great things have been accomplished in the name of peace, non violence , and understanding. Im now going to list a number of facts below to help better understand this conflict, but still a terrible act, in war it is often the inncocent civilians that suffer the most.
(1)In 1947, the UN partitioned the land into Arab and Jewish states. The Arabs did not accept the partition and war broke out. The Jews won a decisive victory, expanded their state and created several hundred thousand Palestinian refugees. The Arab states refused to recognize Israel or make peace with it. Wars broke out in 1956, 1967, 1973 and 1982, and there were many terror raids and Israeli reprisals.
(3)at Camp David and Taba, Israel offered to turn over 97% of the land in the West Bank and all of Gaza, as well as Arab sections of Jerusalem. This offer was turned down by the Palestinians
(4)The Oslo accords were supposed to have led to a peaceful resolution of the conflict, but continued Israeli settlement and Palestinian violence and incitement degenerated into open conflict in September 2000
(5)Mainstream Palestinians demand a state in the West Bank and Gaza. Right wing Israelis are opposed to creating a state, because, they claim, it would be a base for terror groups. In final status negotiations, the Israeli government agreed to a demilitarized Palestinian state with limited control over its borders and resources
(5)About 726,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled their homes in 1948 in the war that followed the creation of Israel, and additional Palestinians fled in 1967. There are now about 4 million Palestinian refugees. Many of them live in crowded refugee camps in poor conditions in the West Bank and Gaza, in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. Palestinians demand that these refugees should have the right to return to their homes in Israel under UN General Assembly Resolution 194. Israelis note that an almost equal number of Jews fled Arab lands to Israel in 1948. Israelis oppose return of the refugees because that would create an Arab Palestinian majority and would put an end to Israel as a Jewish state. Most Palestinian groups, including the Fateh, agree, and openly proclaim that resolution of the refugee issue by granting right of return would mean the end of Israel.
comment:I understand from this that the palestinians the fled during the war for the creation of Israel stayed locked out.
(6)Almost all Palestinian groups were founded with the declared aim of destroying Israel by violence, and had a history of terrorist activities. Only the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) has renounced this aim officially. In 1993,
comment: This didn't help
(7)Extremist Palestinian groups that objected to the agreements began a campaign of ambushes and suicide bombings against Israel. The Palestine National Authority claimed they could not control the dissident groups.
comment: Didn't help either
(8)the Palestinians believe that the aim of the Intifadeh is to destroy Israel. Since September 28, 2000, Palestinians have killed over a thousand Israelis in terror and suicide attacks. Israelis have killed over 3,500 Palestinians in "defense" operations and reprisals, including many civilians.
comment: typical escalation of violence.
(9)In addition to measures taken to ensure security, Israeli extremist settlers have harassed Palestinians, destroyed property, uprooted olive trees and killed several Palestinians in doubtful circumstances. The perpetrators are rarely identified and almost never prosecuted
comment: Both sides are to blame
sources:
http://www.mideastweb.org/nutshell.htm
http://www.mideastweb.org/briefhistory.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli...inian_conflict