Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Is there anything Israel can do right?

'The International Court of Justice has argued that the barrier should not be allowed to become Israel's new border because it would constitute the expansion of Israeli territory by force.'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7036945.stm

Hilarious. How many times have Arab armies and militias tried to wipe out all trace of Jewish occupancy of any land in Israel? Hamas has as a plank in its constitution committing it to the destruction of the 'Zionist entity'. But when Israel builds a wall to protect its people from murderous criminals it is 'expanding Israeli territory by force'. If Israel decided to, it could sweep all the Arabs out of Gaza, the West Bank and Israel proper in an afternoon. But it doesn't want to do that. Its use of power is selective, judicious and at least tries to be just in its actions. Which is far more than you can say for the Palestinians, who just want the Jews gone, preferably dead.

What reward do you get for restraint, equitability and openness?

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