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- #121
Lying. Dissembling. Casting blame.
Is this really the best you can do? Can you really not think past headlines?
Well, if you're incapable of debating the points - just come out and say it. Don't waste bandwidth pretending.
There are no points to debate. There are no facts adduced. There is rumor and hearsay and propaganda along the lines of those innocent Palestinians and those mean Israelis. That isn't a debate.
Um...no. There were facts presented. Just because you choose not to believe them doesn't make them any less factual, and if your only rebuttal is from a Pro-Israeli political action committee then you really don't have much to argue with.
The truth is that Palestinians are the ******* of the middle east. The other Arabs hate them but find them politically useful for beating up Israel. They cause crime and instability any place they settle. This is why Arafat ended up in Tunis after the Israelis ejected him. Arab countries could have solved the refugee problem decades ago but found them too politically expedient.
I don't disagree totally with that - but if you are suggesting the Arabs countries should have taken them in - why? Their homes are in Israel. Why should they be forced out? More to the point - it's totally irrelevant to the situation now. They are living breathing people - men, women, children, families - what ever you may personally think of them they are every bit as human as the Jews that perished in the holocaust.
The PA has received more money per capita in aid from Europe, the US, and Arab countries than any other entity. And the average Palestinian living there is worse off. No country has more corruption than the PA.
True. Corruption is a HUGE problem but it isn't the only reason the average Palestinian is worse off. Part of the blame has to do with Israel's systematic destruction of their economy and infrastructure.
When elections were held the Palestinians elected Hamas, whose operatives took out Fatah workers and machine gunned them in the street. How do you negotiate with an entity like that?
Why do you suppose they elected Hamas? I'll give you a short answer - corruption. Fatah failed to get anything done in terms of services and infrastructure. Maybe Hamas could. Desperate people.