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Originally posted by dhamsaic
I don't at all think you should give up. I'd just strongly prefer if you'd attack my argument without throwing in insults.
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OK, you're right. Sorry for that.
Here's a proper answer:
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As for whether they deserve that curfew or not... 51% of Palestinians represent the destruction of Israel. No pity for the majority.
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How can a bunch of starving poor people represent the destruction of Israel, one of the world's strongest military powers? Wishful thinking?
Please note that suicide bombers represent a personal threat to Israeli, not a national threat. They can't destroy the whole state with few isolated attacks like that.
And following your logic, about 70% of Israeli want the full extermination of Palestinians. Do they deserve a curfew too?
Remember, to hate is one thing, to kill is another. Palestinians have every reason to hate Israel, but they have no right to kill anyone. Same thing should apply to Israel, but they don't think so. Right now, as we talk, they're shooting civilians.
And as a response to another post (not by you), none of this is an isolated event. It has been happening for decades -- this is the third intifada -- and already millions of Palestinians have been killed. The killings of inocent Israeli is a reaction to that (totally condemnable), and has been of a much, much lesser scale.
And you said earlier that Israel doesn't want to simply wipe out the Palestinians because if they did there wouldn't be Palestinians anymore. I agree. I think that the reason for that is international pressure. So they prefer to do it little by little, but their intent is clear. And they're getting a lot more violent lately (with Ariel Sharon) because their strongest supporter, the US, simply doesn't care and vetoes any important decision by the UN.