Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Two sentences that sum up the Israeli-Gaza conflict

If two sentences could sum up the Israeli-Gaza conflict, it would be these from Thomas Sowell:
"Since everybody seems to be criticising Israel for its military response to the rockets being fired into their country from the Gaza strip, let me add my criticisms as well. The Israelis traded land for peace, but they have never gotten the peace, so they should take back the land....
    "Those who think 'negotiations' are a magic answer seem not to understand that when A wants to annihilate B, this is not an 'issue' that can be resolved amicably around a conference table."
Read Israel vs. Hamas: Pretty Talk and Ugly Realities.

1 comment:

  1. The Israelis traded land for peace, but they have never gotten the peace, so they should take back the land....

    And how'd the Israelis get the land in the first place, hmm?

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