Sunday, November 6, 2011

Israel again contemplates an act of war, the bombing of Iran (as
it did Iraq in 1981 and Syria in 2007) in order to be the sole nuclear
weapons-hegemonic power in the Middle East. It is the Arab nations and
the Palestinians that are under "existential treat," not Israel. No
Arab nation has initiated war against Israel since 1948, though Egypt
tried to defend itself in 1956, 1967 and1973, Lebanon in 1996 and
1982.
The entire Arab League in 2002 and 2007 promised peaceful, normal
relations, even military protection, to Israel if it would recognize a
Palestinian state and return Syria's Golan Heights. It is time for
Israel to end its blockade of Gaza (an act of war) by unilaterally
accepting a Palestinian state on the remaining 22% of Palestine (half
the 1947 UN allotment) and put an end to justified Arab resentment of
Israel and the United States. Israel again contemplates an act of war, the bombing of Iran (as
it did Iraq in 1981 and Syria in 2007) in order to be the sole nuclear
weapons-hegemonic power in the Middle East. It is the Arab nations and
the Palestinians that are under "existential treat," not Israel. No
Arab nation has initiated war against Israel since 1948, though Egypt
tried to defend itself in 1956, 1967 and1973, Lebanon in 1996 and
1982.
The entire Arab League in 2002 and 2007 promised peaceful, normal
relations, even military protection, to Israel if it would recognize a
Palestinian state and return Syria's Golan Heights. It is time for
Israel to end its blockade of Gaza (an act of war) by unilaterally
accepting a Palestinian state on the remaining 22% of Palestine (half
the 1947 UN allotment) and put an end to justified Arab resentment of
Israel and the United States.

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