Hostilities wll continue in Palestine even if Israel is destroyed

Submitted by D Glazer (United States), Jul 26, 2006 at 12:54

These comments by the Saudis and Egyptians are very important. They should remind us that, even if the State of Israel were destroyed, the result would not be a peaceful "State of Palestine", but rather a continuing battleground between the Sunnis and the Shi'ites for domination of the area, and/or between Egypt and the southern tier countries against Syria and the northern tier.

Those who think that the creation of the State of Israel was a mistake because of the continuing episodes of violence are foolish to believe that, in the absence of the State of Israel, the bloodshed would cease.

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