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Originally Posted by KosherCowboy
Perhaps in the year 5772 those who hate us will learn hatred gets them nowhere
The door is always open to peace. They can walk through it when they want.
In a few nights the new year will ring in with celebration in the State of Israel, while nearby those who hate us shall burn US and Israeli flags and wonder why they have no state
Happy New Year !
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Accusations of hate are the oldest trick in Israel's bag.*
I've been to Israel countless times, have friends there, and a minority of Israelis share my views.
Unfortunately Israeli politics came off the rails in the 1970s when it elected the former head of the Irgun terrorist gang, Menachim Begin, to be Prime Minister. Then when his wife died and he became a hermit they elected an even more notorious killer, Yitsak Shamir, to be Prime Minister.
Since that time under the Likud Party Israel has expanded settlements over the conquered lands and refused to negotiate in good faith.
IMHO the rise of the Likud signified Israeli's realization that their claims for a state were groundless, and that to continue them they had no choice but to embrace the extreme, terrorist far right and simply fight it out to the bitter end.
I hope that will never happen.
I hope that everyone in Palestine can live together in a single, secular and pluralistic country.
But under the Likud that will never happen.
*There are haters of course. But the hate arises not from what the Israelis are...it stems from what the Israelis do.