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Submitted by Ron Thompson (United States), Apr 15, 2008 at 10:59

It is dreadful that parents in S'derot are considering evacuating their children from the town as a war zone.

But I would place the criticism elsewhere than on the Olmert government. I would first of all hold responsible all those who support Israel, but lack the political will or strategic foresight to oppose and reject the delusional drive to create a Palestinian State - no matter how clear the rejectionists and fanatics make it that they will not accept Israel, and will not allow anybody else to do so.

Consider the latest raid by Palestinians on the fuel depot that ..... supplies their own people. There is a lunatic logic to this - create more pain for the Palestinian people, (also) hostages to Hamas and Arab rejectionism, and world opinion will, of course, blame Israel and the United States.

Why are we so pathologically obtuse that we continue to put up this, or worse, increase the pressure on Israel for some sort of dangerous compromise? Whatever the shortcomings of the Ohmert government, how does the supporters of Israel tolerating such Palestinian behavior as this determination to increase the suffering of their own people, conceivably help the cause of peace?

I would think the best thing for those S'derot parents in the long run, and all Israelis and Jews and Israeli supporters anywhere ,would be to demand an end to being held hostages to Palestinian, Arab and Iranian violence and threats of annihilation.

Let us take back the initiative we foolishly leave in the hands of Israel's deadliest enemies and say, at the very minimum, there may NEVER be a Palestinian State, due to the utter absence of any convincing will to peace. Now, in light of that change of policy, what do we do next? Ron Thompson

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Israel, This is a National Disgrace. [149 words]maura collinsApr 23, 2008 21:27126642
Sderot---suicide on the installment plan [136 words]Alaska PaulApr 16, 2008 23:21125883
It's a pity that Olmert is setting the stage for Holocaust II [70 words]M.D'SouzaApr 16, 2008 12:28125843
Double Truth [30 words]Francesco MangasciàApr 15, 2008 11:05125716
Wrongly directed criticism [297 words]Ron ThompsonApr 15, 2008 10:59125714
S'derot Rockets [14 words]Jean FriedbergApr 15, 2008 10:58125713
1000 years of Arab nothing [46 words]mickey spiegelApr 9, 2008 23:15125235
Shame Shame! [42 words]Na'ama NolonApr 8, 2008 08:58125051
Shame on Israelis and North American Jews [158 words]James BurkeApr 12, 2008 06:43125051
See the positive [422 words]Archimedes2Apr 7, 2008 12:30124935
Saving the Palestinian Children [66 words]Rochelle MichaelsApr 7, 2008 20:44124935
Good examples! [178 words]Archimedes2Apr 8, 2008 18:23124935
Saving the Palestinian Children [21 words]Rochelle MichaelsApr 12, 2008 16:02124935
Hope in the children [215 words]Archimedes2Apr 12, 2008 21:59124935
"...the moral and operational bankruptcy of the Olmert government in Israel" -- Dr. Daniel Pipes [103 words]Rochelle MichaelsApr 6, 2008 16:24124858
Who said it? [299 words]Ron ThompsonApr 16, 2008 10:55124858
Peace can only be achieved when Israel negotiates with an enemy that has lost the war. [35 words]Rochelle MichaelsMay 3, 2008 22:02124858
Nice Plan [52 words]GennadiyApr 6, 2008 01:00124801
This Makes No Sense . . . [75 words]ploniApr 6, 2008 00:07124797
Indeed it is a marvelous idea. [33 words]YnnatchkahApr 5, 2008 20:28124785
More to the point... [64 words]Abram GreenbergApr 5, 2008 18:24124774
Fruits of Modern Jewish Liberalism: Jew-icide [77 words]James BurkeApr 5, 2008 18:15124773

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