The Lack Of Common Sense In The Middle East

| | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

I'm sure almost everyone in the world would like to see peace in the Middle East (I'm sure there are a few terrorists that may be the exception--they want to see peace--but only after the country of Israel is destroyed).  But let's not let the desire for peace overrule common sense.  The Associated Press (hosted by google) is reporting that Jordan's king, King Abdullah II, is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to commit to the establishment of a Palestinian state as a way to achieve lasting peace in the Middle East.  It sounds nice.  It sounds fair, but the historical record does not show that the idea will work. 

When Israel gave up it's land and the greenhouses which provided income to the residents of the land, the Palestinians destroyed the greenhouses.  When international organizations gave humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, they spent it on guns and rockets.  They used their new land as a base to launch rockets into Israel.  It has been documented that in the last war with Israel, the Palestinians used civilians as shields to make Israel look as if it were committing human rights violations.  The charges of 'war crimes' were investigated, and Israel was cleared.  Why in the world do we think the Palestinians, if given their own country, will let Israel live in peace?

The American Thinker posted an article on the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict recently.  It points out that:

"Shortly after the conclusion of the First World War and the total defeat of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, which had ruled most of the Middle East for 400 years, Britain was made trustee by the League of Nations for the whole of the geographical area known as Mandatory Palestine. Incorporated within the Mandate was the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which specifically referred to the historical connections of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the moral validity of reconstituting within it the Jewish National Home.

 
The British Mandatory power, however, arbitrarily tore away 80% of the Palestine Mandate in 1921 giving it to the Hashemites, a Bedouin tribe with links to Mecca. Only the land west of the River Jordan remained from the original territory promised to the Jewish people as a National Home."
The Palestinians never had a land--it belonged to Israel.  Walid Shoebat has been quoted as saying, "Why is it that on June 4th 1967 I was a Jordanian and overnight I became a Palestinian?"  He has also said, "No one (Arab or Jew) has a "right of return". Jews who fled Arab persecution from 1948 to 1956 should have no right of return to Arab lands, and Arabs who ran away in 1948 and 1967 should have no right of return either. This should end all argument. Yet the Jews accept this judgment, while the Arabs reject EVERYTHING."
 
The game that is being played here will not bring peace--it will destroy Israel. 

0 TrackBacks

Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: The Lack Of Common Sense In The Middle East.

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.rightwinggranny.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/827

Leave a comment

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Granny G published on May 16, 2009 8:15 AM.

The CIA vs Nancy Pelosi was the previous entry in this blog.

Smoke and Mirrors In The Healthcare Debate is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.