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I don't excuse Israels treatment of the Palestinians that have come ever increasingly intertwined with Israel, but I can rationalize it. The Partitition of Palestine, whether right or wrong started the ball rolling.

The Jews were given what the world body (at the time) felt was a portion of their hereditary land.Israel. Immediately the arab world in gerneral attacked the new settlements(refused to concede to the UN mandate.) and has attacked and threatened Israel ever since. The wars are well documented. In the process Israel aquired more territory(as buffers, strategic locations) than it was originally given. It even made the mistake of settling some of these conquered areas. That only stirred the cauldron of Islamic hate for the infidels and non believers.I agree it was a mistake but wonder how else Israel could have survived?

The original disapproval of the partitiion has grown largely through Islamic middle eastern states refusing to believe Israel should even exist. The threats, raids and other irritants were, and still are, largely instigated by surrounding Islamic countries. US disapproval of these tactics and attempts to support the UN mandate have made the USA another Satan in accordance with Islamic thinking.
Another factor is the success and rchness of the Israeli nation midst a group of backward countries whose only revenues come from oil? Many Jews have been recruited to come and add to the sparse population that originally inhabited Israel. Thats a defensive manuever also.

I wonder if someone has a solution to this problem? Each US administration ever since 1949 has talked to and involved itself in negotiations and peace seeking alternatives with Palestinians and other middle eastern countries without any success. Israel is understandably interested in surviving(it has done so for 60 years) Rather than being overrun and conquered by Islamic forces it resists and tries to protect its sovereignty. We read and see that even if Israel makes a conciliatory move it is still subject to terrorist attacks and showers of missiles killing its innocent men, women and children? What else can it do? I think its more than a Jewish problem. It's a survival problem in an area that is Islamic and constantly threatens to destroy the Israeli nation . Would you propose to unwind 60 years of existence because some idiots don't like it?

In this aura of threats its no wonder that Syrian attempts to develop Nukes resulted in Israeli raids? If "Ahwannajihad" and his Iranian nut cases keep on developing nuclear weapons(along with threatening to annihilate Jews) they can expect the same or worse from Israel.