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| quote: | Originally posted by tupsox
"Bloody occupation" my ass. The IDF didn't even impose curfews or stay overnight in Palestinian cities until Nov 2001, a year after this latest terror campaign started. One can make an argument that Israel should have pulled out of the territories sometime after '67, but saying they brutalized the local population in the meantime is simply dishonest. Until 1988, much of the West Bank was still under largely Jordanian administration, but Israeli military contol (at which point Jordan said "screw this" and bailed). Only 4 years later Israel was already dealing with attempting to cede control of this land for an eventual Palestinian state.
The present hardships of the Palestinians (which I won't deny) are purely a result of Israel defending itself from Palestinian terror. Crack down on the terrorist groups, and you'll find Israel eager to be out of your lives. |
Yes... by your "logic" occupation is okay then?
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"In violation of international law, Israel has confiscated over 52 percent of the land in the West Bank and 30 percent of the Gaza Strip for military use or for settlement by Jewish civilians...From 1967 to 1982, Israel's military government demolished 1,338 Palestinian homes on the West Bank. Over this period, more than 300,000 Palestinians were detained without trial for various periods by Israeli security forces." Intifada: The Palestinian Uprising Against Israeli Occupation," ed. Lockman and Beinin.
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Occupation is wrong, and stop trying to justify it by saying the absence of curfews made it legitimate for it to continue.
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