Originally posted by Tyrant
thats nice some one who actually knows the history of it all.. but to correct you in the first war it wasnt israel alone that defeated the all those countries it was with the help of britain and france i think...
as for the other wars well not much can be said really....
and regarding the last point well i somewhat agree with u but saying that the palestineans dont want peace is absurd, not everyone (palestinean, israeli or otherwise) wants to see a loved one or commrade get hurt (or killed), just coz their are some groups (on both sides mind you) that have no other reason to exsist but to keep the war going and create more carnage doesnt mean that all the other people dont want peace.
as for the pals attacking isreali civillians well in that same context the isreali\'s are not justified in killing palestinean civillians, i could care less if they attack members of the militia\'s but putting a .50cal bullet thru the head of a 14 year old palestinean throwing a stone aint justified.
As for war you are talking about... During the 1950s there was considerable tension between Israel and Egypt, which, under President Nasser, had become a leader in the Arab world. His nationalization of the Suez Canal 1956 provided an opportunity for Israel with Britain and France, to attack Egypt and occupy a part of Palestine that Egypt had controlled since 1949, the Gaza Strip , from which Israel was forced by UN and US pressure to withdraw 1957.
This wasn\'t an Arab Israeli War in terms of the other wars that were fought. This Suez conflict was precisely that - all about the Suez Canal. Britain and France didn\'t like fact that Egypt nationalized that canal. Funny how the Arab world forgets that it was UN and
US pressure that made Israel was forced to withdraw the first time.
The PAL leadership is ineffective and no peace will ever come about as long as Yassir Arafat is at the helm. He privately condones the terror attacks that he believes will achieve his goal. One would think after 15 years of not achieving it, one would try a different approach. The PALS for the most part bring the violence upon themselves. Why would any fool throw rocks at tanks? IMO Israel has had enough of the PAL BS and is taking a more drastic approach. As sad as it is, if the PAL\'s stopped with their attacks they would have all the sympathy in the world for their plight.
