My apologies I meant to say that Israel for Palestinians is
an open prison where those incarcerated are at the mercy
of the Israeli jailers.

When the Zionists reclaimed Israel, they didn't take into
account the Palestinians who were already living there
. What were they supposed to do? Were they supposed to
just disappear? That is where as a people, the Jews fell down,
and where Hitler won. He changed Jews from
from being a compassionate nation into a destructive, uncaring,
and inhumane one. The tragedy of the Palestinians is just as
much the tragedy of the Jews.

Foxy,

The "prison" that the Palestinians are in is effectively of their own making. When the leaders of the Palestinians are paying a bounty for every Jewish man woman or child murdered the Israelis have the right to defend themselves.

P.S. Hamas is recognised as a terrorist organisation, so they are even more odious in the international community than the Israelis.

shadowminister,

I'm sure that Putin also thinks that the Ukrainians
are terrorists. However the world doesn't think so.
And the world also continues to point the finger at
Israel and their odious treatment of Palestinians.
Israel is to blame for Hamas.

Foxy,

Now you are just trying to muddy the water. Only a moron would think that the Ukrainians are terrorists while Hamas and Fatah clearly are.

Claiming that Israel is responsible for Hamas is a blatant lie Hamas is a terrorist group funded by Iran and has established a one-party dictatorship that routinely executes political opponents.

Israel goes to a lot of effort to not hurt civilians while Hamas and Fatah go to a great of trouble to target civilians.

The movement against Israel is almost exclusively coming from the anti-semitic left whinge.

shadowminister,

Muddy the waters?

You're right. Only a moron would think that Israel's
infamous occupation does not dishonour Israel at every
turn!

http://onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=22183

"Israel cannot and will never be a free nation and
a true democracy until it ends the infamous
occupation which dishonours Israel at every turn.
It is to be sure the Achilles heel that will eventually
make or break Israel's democracy."

( Prof. Alon Ben-Meir).

Foxy,

You have a knack for digging out quotes from people that vindicate your opinion yet are miles from general consensus on the issue.

Alon Ben-Meir is described as a wide-eyed optimist with regard to the ME peace initiative. Hamas controls Gaza which is surrounded by the UN-recognised pre-1967 boundaries, yet still launches attacks on Israel.

Israel has made several offers to Hamas and Fatah including 95% of the occupied land and they have failed because the Palestinians refuse to accept any security guarantees.

Only a moron would believe that simply giving back occupied land would create peace or that this unilateral gesture would not dishonour Israel.