FistyTheBadger
King of the Badgers
- Dec 12, 2008
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That is where the aggression from Israel must come in. However, if Israel is just aggressive, the groups that would desire continued terrorism will develop new propaganda designed to increase their ranks and fight back against a perceived enemy, at which point the cycle will start all over again.------------------------------------------------------
For generations, in fact, for nearly a century, Arab leaders have used all sources of information to inculcate in their subject peoples an uncompromising hatred of Israel and of Israelis. So long as they continue to do this, there is no possibility that the attitudes of the Arabs in the disputed territories about Israel and Isrealis will change. Hamas is doctrinally committed to the destruction of Israel and with that commitment well known to voters it won an overwhelming victory in the elections two years ago. Even now polls show Hamas runs a close second to Fatah.
It will take at least a generation, and probably more, of new, conciliatory messages from the Arab leaders to their people before the people in the disputed territories will stop following terrorist leaders. Israel needs to accept the fact that for the foreseeable future its security depends on the ability of its military to limit the Arabs' ability to express their hatred violently.