VOA News - As Violence Subsides, Concrete Pours in West Bank


Interesting, in Gaza terrorist groups constantly launch attacks against Israel and even against the very border crossings that they want Israel to allow goods to go through. The attacks force Israel to close those crossings and goods can't go in or out. And in the West Bank there is relative peace, and less terror attacks so there is greater freedom of movement and the economy can grow.

So the choice facing Palestinians couldn't be clearer. Support terror and live like they do in Gaza, or stop terror and enjoy more and more freedom and economic prosperity.

Maybe terror isn't the solution...

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With partners like these peace was possible!

Thank you. A sensible viewpoint and a good read.

However the Isrealis have their own choices to make. Finally make a concerted effort to define all their borders, withdraw their settlements, agree to a viable Palestintian state, share Jerusalem, negotiate with Hamas, with Hezbollah, give back the Golan Heights upon a treaty with Syria.

In the end its about either supporting war and expansion, and paying the inevitable price or stop belligerency and live as the rest of the modern world does.

Maybe belligerency and lies arent the solution...

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Guess who?

give back the golan heights? Never.

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"The captain has turned off the `No Dubbing' sign. You are free to speak any language you choose."

If the Arab population of the West Bank can be persuaded that they, and their children through all perpetuity, are destined to be no better than servants to the Jewish "settlers," then Israel may finally find "Peace"--on its own terms, of course.

this is an example in a vaccum of how peace will never happen there.

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Finally, they start doing something productive with the land they have instead of lusting over the land their grandfathers lost.

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its easier to be productive with your land if the imperialist entity that stole most of it does not exist anymore. just a plain fact.

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Then how can Syria accept an agreement?

Another example of foolish intransigence over Syrian land.

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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

Guess who?

israel must have it to protect themselves. even though the reason they must protect themselves is because the folks are mad that they stole it!!!

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they didn't steal it they won it...hello, 1967?

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"The captain has turned off the `No Dubbing' sign. You are free to speak any language you choose."

same thing.

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At a certain level of smugness and callous disregard for human rights, the whole thing is simply a "sporting match," with prizes for the winners.

Human suffering means nothing to such people.

Yes hello 67 where Isreal sent tractors in the Heights forward to start an engagement forcing a conflict over land they wanted.

Anyway, getting by the causes for a second. Territorial acquisition by war is in-admissable.

Its not a sporting competition where one wins something and keeps it.

So expecting peaceful relations while expecting to keep the land puts Isreal in a permanent state of war with Syria.

So they've got a choice. Live like the rest of the modern world without the threat of war or continue as they are as a dependent militarised island. Time to accept peace and put the ball in the Arab court for a change, after all, the Golan Heights mean little defensively anymore - neither the US nor the EU will stand to see any attack onto Isreal through it.

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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

Guess who?

They were supposed to wait and allow artillery and armor to dig in?

really? since when? since the Un said so?

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"The captain has turned off the `No Dubbing' sign. You are free to speak any language you choose."