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Subject: 
"Peace" can be dangerous (was: Re: Peruvian Indians [Re: ..)
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Thu, 8 Aug 2002 16:06:32 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:

Yitzhak Frankenthal?s son was killed by the Palestinians while serving in
the IDF. This is what he said of his son?s killers:

The Palestinians cannot drive us away - they have long acknowledged our
existence. They have been ready to make peace with us; it is we who are
unwilling to make peace with them. It is we who insist on maintaining our
control over them; it is we who escalate the situation in the region and
feed the cycle of bloodshed. I regret to say it, but the blame is entirely
ours.

This guy is in *serious* denial.  His thinking is more dangerous to Israel
than Hamas itself.

In what way John? Personally, I think what he is trying to do is laudable:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/11/15/MN74126.DTL

Why is peace so dangerous in your view?

Because the Palestinians are not one-minded.

Hamas, for instance, has publically declared their desire to not end their
fight until Israel is no longer.  Peace is dangerous when one side's idea of it
is the elimination of the other side.

When I see Palestinians resist their own who sabotage their efforts for peace
(ie Hamas) will I become hopeful.

-John



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  Re: "Peace" can be dangerous (was: Re: Peruvian Indians [Re: ..)
 
(...) There are those in Israel who want to do the same to the Palestinians. You are using the views of extremists to condemn a whole nation. In the post you responded to I cited two articles. You chose to criticise the one backing dialogue and (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Peruvian Indians [Re: Is the Palestinian Cause Dead? The Latest Terror Attacks]
 
(...) In what way John? Personally, I think what he is trying to do is laudable: (URL) is peace so dangerous in your view? Scott A (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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