A dream dies

[question everything]

(San Diego) UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL
A dream dies

Blame Hamas and Hezbollah, not Israel

July 14, 2006

The dream of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, of a sovereign Palestinian state living in peace alongside Israel, is dead for the foreseeable future. Those who killed this dream are the extremist Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist organizations that reject any compromise peace with Israel.

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The last three Israeli governments all explicitly accepted creation of a sovereign Palestinian state beside Israel. Gaza, from which Israel withdrew all its settlers and military forces last year, was the test case for how well a two-state compromise could work; whether Palestinians governing themselves could co-exist peacefully with Israel. Gaza failed that test, abysmally.

Since the Israeli withdrawal, Hamas militias in Gaza used the territory to launch rockets, 850 at last count, aimed at Israeli population centers across the border. Then Hamas fighters tunneled into Israel from Gaza and attacked an Israeli army outpost June 25, killing two soldiers and kidnapping a third, who is being held hostage. That provoked the current Israeli military incursions into Gaza, intended to stop the rocket attacks and rescue the hostage soldier. Hezbollah, a terrorist organization backed by Syria and Iran, opened a second front this week against Israel. Under cover of a rocket and mortar barrage fired into Israel, Hezbollah combatants ambushed an Israeli army patrol on Israeli soil. Three Israeli soldiers were killed. Two others were wounded and abducted to be held hostage by Hezbollah.

Israel's current offensive into southern Lebanon is intended to recover its captured soldiers and neutralize the Hezbollah militias, which boast of possessing thousands of rockets aimed at Israel. Not unreasonably, the Israelis are holding the Lebanese government responsible for allowing Hezbollah to operate unimpeded as an armed state within a state in southern Lebanon with Israel as its target.

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[Poll_Blind]

1. Nicest I can say about article: Best use of semicolon in propaganda...

...I've seen this month. Maybe doing somethind radical like holding both sides to some semblance of accountability would be a bit more impressive on a critical reader.

PB

[DELUSIONAL]

2. It takes two to fight -- as my teachers used to say

all sides bear a lot of blame for the current blood shed.

[Fozzledick]

3. So when a bully attacks you it's YOUR fault?

Or is it only your fault if you defend yourself?

[Cobalt-60]

4. over the top

The israelis could be excused for stamping the Katusha launch areas flat .
The destruction of public services across Lebanon is way over the top.
Of course they've got the Decider in Washington to back anything they do, no matter how outrageous.