Fenton Lum, Phoenall, montelatici, MaryL, et al,
I'm looking at this stretch of the discussion and conclude that [
with exception of "montelatici" contribution on concentration camps (derived from the meaning of "
Konzentrationslager") established by Nazi Germany] everyone seems to make a valid comment, at least in part.
I watched part of that video. One thing about it that isn't addressed about Palestinians, why all the violence? Nobody is putting them in concentration camps, all this violence can end NOW if Palestinians learn to co-exist. No rocket attacks, no suicide bombers, no stabbing, learn to get along with you Jewish non Muslim non Arab neighbor. Imagine that.
What do you call Gaza and the West Bank? They are concentration camps, in the original meaning of the word. The Palestinians are concentrated into walled or fenced areas controlled by the Israeli army. Why did the non-whites violently resist the Apartheid regime in South Africa? Why did they bomb shopping centers? Why do you expect the Palestinians to behave any differently than the Algerians, the non-whites in South Africa or the IRA?
This issue has bothered me for years, Why can't Arab Muslims accept Israel? Israel has been heavy handed militarily, particularly with Palestinians. I can understand their anger, but they too have to understand violence is counter productive.
First off, the Palestinian Arabs are Muslim and Christian. Why should the Muslims and Christians accept their dispossession on the part of Europeans that invaded from another continent? I don't get your point.
BECAUSE THE LAND WAS NEVER THEIRS IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT WAS JEWISH, ROMAN EMPIRE, ROMAN CATHOLIC, OTTOMAN AND NOW JEWISH. WHEN WAS IT ARAB MUSLIM LAND IN THE LAST 5000 YEARS ?
Given your / our / america's "connection" to that land over the past 5000 years, how in the world do you / we / america think we have anything to say about it at all?
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But there are two things that should not be lost on the conversation. Societies, people and foreign relations tend to evolve over time and change the face of what comes next
(except maybe for the Arab Palestinians). Even Nazi Concentration Camps evolved from the type where all newly detained captives were custodial care was facilitated, to work camps, then to camps that were captives were simply killed.
Politically motivated action organizations like the aforementioned
Irish Republican Army (IRA) that slowly transformed itself several times.
There is the tendency for pro-Palestinians to compare itself with organizations and cause of that similar to the IRA, the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
(terrorist wing of the African National Congress), or the National Liberation Front (FLN Algeria) --- (for nearl daily) positive affirmation with empowers Arab Palestinians and strengthens their self-esteem. This is necessary because after (almost) seven decades since the Independence of Israel, the Palestinians have no real legacy of their success and have still failed to achieve a government that can stand alone (Article 22 Criteria).
Going back more than two previous governments, relative to the territorial integrity of the territory formerly under the Mandate for Palestine, is a futile exercise. Just as the legacy of the IRA, MK, or the FLN cannot justify Hostile Palestinian activity merely by making a shaky link association by similarity, does not truly establish 'justification" for their actions. Just because the US favorable adjudicated the decision to dropped a couple Plutonium Bombs (fission) seven decades ago, doesn't mean it is a justifiable action today.
Most Respectfully,
R