Whenever you have said anything true, I have agreed with you. Other times, I accepted the fact that we disagreed on an issue and neither one of us was wrong. But regarding issues where you say things that are simply ridiculous, I cannot in good concience let it go, or respond with some pollyanna post. When occasions like that pop up, the best thing for me to do for you, is to be quite honest about what I'm saying.
Let me make this perfectly clear, there is no side of your story, when it comes to the brutal treatment your government takes towards the Palestinian's. There is no justification for 45 years of occupation and tyranny towards the Palestinian's and their land. And when you indicate things like "the occupation isn't the cause of the hostility", you're saying something that it is not even based in reality.
Another one of your comments, is the claim that Gaza isn't occupied. My response to that is two words, Rachael Corrie. If Gaza wasn't occupied, then how the **** did she die?
She was run over, I don't understand the question.
I have said before, Gaza is not occupied, it's under blockade. it's blocked from the OUTSIDE. not from the INSIDE. There are no Jews, soldiers, or civilians, inside the Gaza strip. That was the whole point of the disangagement.
Why did she die? She protested the Israeli policy and died doing so. that's the answer. But that doesn't mean that her protest was all true and justified, IMO, and in many others'.
The Rafah gate is open at many times to convery and pass goods from Egypt to the strip, so between Egypt and Gaza there is no blockade. That doesn't stop the flotillas from claiming that Gaza is under starvation, even though it's clear the people are not starving. So why are there flotillas? Because it's well printed, if you ask me. People like to hear about bravery of "peace activists" though they hold nothing peacefull, we saw how peaceful where the Marmara activists.
As for your other claims, occupation. Well, As far as I'm concered, and many other israelis, we can discuss borders and agree on them, but why don't we find people to talk to about those borders?
Hamas is not interested in what we have to say, and Hamas is the leadership. Hamas' will is one, to make Israel DISAPPEAR. As much as you'd like to twist that Around, that's a fact you cannot overlook. So tell me, with who can we discuss the "occupation" with? What will be the result of such discussion? Will it secure that no war crimes will be committed from Palestinians against Jews worldwide?