Reply #133: violet [View All]

[dave46]

Yr confusing genocide and ethnic cleansing. Ethnic cleansing can and does happen without slaughtering people, though many times the two go hand in hand. I've been of the belief for a while now that there's a low-level and rather slow ethnic cleansing happening to the Palestinians..

Dave - Well they're doing a bad job then, as the Palestenian population is rising rapidly.

Uh, Palestine isn't a state. Some people believe that Israel encompasses the Occupied Territories. If you look at it their way, then, yes, Israel is practicing Apartheid...

Dave - It isn't one yet, but the "plan" is that it will eventually be one. To say the least, both sides think of Israel and Palestine as seperate entities.

Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza don't outnumber Israelis. Also, the number of people anywhere doesn't equate to how much power or a threat towards other people. Israel's highly advanced and powerful military is obviously a huge threat to the Palestinians...

Dave - The countries surrounding Israel have united twice before to attack Israel. Even with its high tech army, there is no way it could hold its own for long. This is why Israel has such a high-tech huge army, not for the subjecation of Palestine, but to defend itself from the hostile countries surrounding it, who are united by religion against it.

What's religion got to do with anything?

Dave - Religion has nearly everything to do with the conflict. Jews are there in the first place because its their relegious history and homeland, as are Palestenians. It's muslim vs. judaism, and is one of the reasons there are fanatics like Bin Laden.

That's an incredibly sweeping generalisation of the Palestinian people, don't you think?

Dave - Alright, the majority of Palestenians don't think Israel should exist. Just ask what their fanatical clerics are telling them!