Why would you send your own children on a suicide mission such as throwing stones at soldiers with M-16s, not some old AK-47s, and at very heavily armored Merkava tanks. They have to know that the soldier will put up with things such as these for only so long. These chidren deserve what they get and get what they deserve. This is like hussein using civilians to put by his palaces so they would not be destroyed only sometimes the Israelis are not so kind, nor should they be.
Hussein stated that if attacked by the U.S he would defeat them. The last war against Iraq was basically over when our troops got there and really over in 48 hours. I certinly hope he gets a chance to try and back his words while hiding from thousand pound bombs and shaking behind his human shield of women and children.
Why, if the palestinians wanted a war, are they hiding in a christian church where they know the Israelis will not come after them but yet are firing at the Israelis from the church. Why hide if they wanted to fight for "their" land? If dying for Allah is so great such as the suicide bombers think and are told then why don't the leaders such as Arafat do it? Funny huh.
The United States does not and will not assasinate leaders of a country, this is one reason to not get rid of Hussein. Another is that it would set off an even bigger anti-American feeling in the region. Husseins little stunt of not sellin te US oil will not work n the least bit as other major oil countries such as Saudi and Kuwait will not and can not stop sellin their biges buyer oil. Their countries are too oil wealthy and too economically run by oil,it will ruin them if they do. Oh and it was Iraq that invaded Kuwait to seal ther oil, the United States has not invaded t steal oil, only to protect Kuwait.
The Israelis have, I would say, earned their right to live wherever they want. They fought off egypt, jordan and syria and even took land from egypt in the process. They graciously retuned it to egypt for diplomatic recognition in 1979. In 1948 they also fought off arab nations oon after the anouncement of independence. In 1947 after the holocaust the U.N, whom palesWHine is now crying to, decides to seperate palestine into an arab and jewish state.
When offered 90 percent of what the asked for Arafat declined the deal and instead raised the level of violence. If not for the U.N having the USA telling Israel to back off the whole area would be controlled by Israel. When Israel raided Jabalya they found at least 10 workshops producing Kasam II rockets which Hamas, a terrorst group, had been using against Israeli civilians.
Why does Arafat insist on using suicide bombers to target civilians when he does in fact have a military of 35'000? Palestine wanted a war that they apparently actually should not have wanted.
"Be careful what you wish for" "Don't bite off more than you can chew"
I would say Arafat does not know of these simple but true sayings.
Continuing: On what was said about Palestinians not wanting freedom and Israel being "generous".First of all it has been stated that the Palestinians would've gotten less than 20% of a land that was theirs to begin with AND a fair JEW has described the Israeli pyramid and stated that the Palestinians got less than the "lowest Jews"(I won't even start on the kidnappings;yep,a fair people the Israelis).
"There can be no peace without Justice".
So,a Jew and a non-Arab,non-Muslim have denounced the goings on in Israel.Can you also say that's Arab media?And let me tell you about Arab media,it's controlled by the goverment and the goverments really don't want trouble(they tear-gas and beat protestors etc.),so anything they say about the Israeli/Palestine issue must be strongly documented and true because they don't WANT the people riled up(like here in Cairo,they're trying to protect the Israeli embassy,they won't make up news that would put it in more danger).
As for this mandate/colony deal:are you saying that if England was controlling someplace,therefore they have the right to give it to whomever they want?(and here lies the fact that the Arab countries allied themselves with England in WW2 in order to get freedom;in other words,they helped England so England would help them,but England at the same time made conflicting arrangements with the Zionists that go against what they promised the Arabs in terms of freedom,making a bad situation even worse;therefore England backstabbed the Arabs). By your code,that as the region of Palestine was a British mandate then the British could do whatever they wanted and now the opposing Palestinians are "terrorists".Well,how very interesting,because then AMERICA'S LIBERATION FROM ENGLAND WAS AN ACT OF TERRORISM,after all ,the Americans fought England which was exerting control over them;only they were lucky enough to have the numbers and weapons to do it on a wider-scale.
As for saying that "they lost no land when Jews occupied Israel";well,the US lost no land when the Vietnam war started,do you think the President called what they were doing terrorism then?
I suggested that to learn more about the facts of how the Palestinians really suffered,you could go on www.palestinehistory.com,but obviously Marine,Bushsupporter and proudconservative chose not to."you have eyes but do not see".The Palestinians were devastated in Israel,and believe me,they did not emigrate because they wanted to but because they had to,and I should know because I've lived among them.They don't even have passports!And as I mentioned before(and this was mentioned in more detail in someone's post before I spoke of it),large numbers of Palestinians were raped,murdered ,ravaged in Subra and Chatila when they were in refugee camps whose "protection" was Sharon's responsibility.So,yes he is DEFINITELY A CRIMINAL!The Israeli troops surrounding the camps were the ones that allowed them to be massacred!REFUGEE CAMPS!!!!And I don't see how you can refute the quotes from Sharon and many others given by againstwar that they would allow murder and massacres to happen to the Palestinians,and with great joy!You seem to be ignoring that!
Oh,and what Christians were the Jews so graciously allowing to live in Israel ? They were Palestinians ,I believe and denied of the basic human rights and massacred like the Muslims.They are not living side by side with Jews but rather under them;Jews,Chritians,Muslims co-existed peacefully only when the land belonged to the Arabs that may have had different religions,but shared the same culture and language.I think enough has been said of Jewish racism by Phyllis Bennis.
Another thing,I would be thrilled to see Israel dissolve because they had no right to erect it in the first place and overstepped the bounds even the UN had stated.As you probably read,the Zionists already wanted Israel to spread across more Arab land than Palestine,so they're basically a threat sitting smack in the middle of our lands(and on them);AND they hate our guts(I said this before and I'll say it again:they sent ISRAELI PROSTITUTES INFECTED WITH AIDS TO EGYPT TO SPREAD THE DISEASE!!!).AND the USA "allows" Israel to have nuclear weapons and supplements them,but won't let Arab countries do the same.Isn't that racist??(not that I want nukes,but Israel is basically a time-bomb waiting to explode among us if allowed;this is just crackers to what they might do toall of us,given the chance).Incidentally,noone likes Saddam Hussein,even here,so why is he still around?I bet America just wants him so they can bomb Iraq whenever they like and steal their oil(I'm not making this up)saying they're protecting Iraq from a leader they could've removed.
As for what I said about Youthnoise,I stated "seemingly biased" because they mentioned the suicide bombings and not all the damage the Palestinians suffered;I don't know if this was on purpose or just a result of the News coverage you recieve.However,the statement about the UN,Syria and Egypt I feel perfectly justified in:The UN did not force Israel to leave Sinai, Egypt in 1967;my family did have to go through the ordeal,it's true that they couldn't turn on any light at night(not even candles)in case they were targeted in their homes(I repeat,CIVILIAN AREAS;so this to you who said Jews did not hurt Arabs among them);We had to beat them on the 6th of October 1973 in Sinai,before they even considered leaving;they way it was stated on Youthnoise it sounded like we'd attacked the poor things for no reason but revenge.
Some I sraeli said the palestinians never used stones;on the countrary,they were known as "Atfal Al-Hegara" or Stone Children because that was what they mainly did to resist the Israeli troops in their tanks and with their guns and bombs.The suicide bombings are a recent thing,employed when all else failed.
I never heard of the 10-year old human bomb and I bet it was made up,otherwise it would be all over the news(and yes,they do tell us about the suicide bombings here,they wouldn't hide this from usAnd I'm Egyptian and I never heard anything about Poisonong Afghans;it's enough that so many civilian areas were bombed(oh,accidentally I'm sure ,by the country with the most advanced most accurate weapons).
MARINE: Do you deliberately twist words or do you just have an uncanny ability of not understanding? I did not say that "if Jews were faithful to God they have a right to any land",I said that they can't be on God's good side with all the atrocities they commit.As for "find one Jew that's unfaithful to God",it's a completely irrelevant arguement because there are plenty of faithful Christians and Muslims;and yes,there ARE Jews in Israel who are unfaithful to God;I won't even start on the murdering rapist criminals but give you a civilian example:in Cyprus last year a Jew living in Israel started a debate with my father;he told my dad that he didn't practice,and ate pork,drank wine ,etc..so there's your "one Jew",and that's the smallest example.
To both you and BUSHSUPPORTER you seem to be ignoring the statements againstwar and 911 presented and cannaite;what,no reply on the quotes?No reply that Sharon's a fan of rape?Noo reply on the fact that they want to exterminate the Palestinians that were on the land before they emigrated there?
I said that it seems contradictory that you say that Jews are God's chosen people when Jesus was born Jewish and thus maybe Christians should be chosen too,and all the race of Jews that converted to Christianity and Islam,since they turned this into a Jews are a race unto their own thing(yet segregate themselves in Israel;thanks,againstwar,a I wasn't really aware of this..interessssting!)You seem to be twisting this statement I wrote before into meaning that I agree with you that they were chosen(unless you're referring to when I said,that IF we're going to use a religious point of view,yes they were chosen-or,God's favorites- AT THE TIME WHEN THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES BELIEVING IN GOD(and somehow still managed to worship a calf as well,after all the trouble Moses went to)).
BUSHSUPPORTER:you and Marine are the ones who are using your own interpretations of the Bible as a reason that Israel belongs to all Jews,so you're the ones that are blinded by your INTERPRETATIONS of the Bible,which againstwar refuted.I ,on the other hand say that Palestine belongs to the Palestinians because they're the ones who have lived in that area for thousands of years(you obviously refuse to go to the site I mentioned to see the facts).And MARINE,obviously your saying that Jews should occupy the region from Nile to Euphrates was with the intention of riling me.Well(laughing),if you say that historically the Jews did own this land for awhile,but then did not live there for thousands of years ,then you're saying that they have the right to the land because they came first(remember,we're keeping religion out of this);well,guess what?The Egyptians got the land first way back when Egypt was a gigantic empire(laughing),so under your own code,WE should own the land!
I think that it is hard for you to see the forest throught the trees on this issue. You have to take a look at it objectively and I know it is hard to do that when one is right in the middle of it like you are. It is not your fault but that is the way it is. You tell me to ccome and read YOUR newspapers and then I will know the real story. We both know that that is a lie. Your news is bias towards Arabs and against Isrealis. Just like every other Arab news outlet. The Egyptians are saying that America is poisoning the aid that we give to Afghanistan. Should we believe that? Of course not. That is a bsurd. Now are you telling me that this is not bias? I will also concede the fact that Isreali news is bias too. That is why I don't look at that either. But if I had to look at both of them I would believe Isreal because they do not commit cowardly acts of terror like the Palestinians do. I read MY news and I get the FACTS. We are over there by the way. We have war correspondents over tthere covering everything, even the attacks on children and women that Palestine loves to commit. We Americans can look at it objectively, unlike you. You are the BIAS one.
"Freedom is not Free"-Korean War Memorial, Washington DC.
Syria and Lebanon get weapons from allies, Againstwar. Kinda like how Israel gets their weapons from us. Ever hear of artillery and mortars? If you are an Arab and don't know that these countries constantly bombart Israel than you are very ignorant. Thats is one 'fact' you have given that is discretited. It makes me sick that you are from Lebanon and deny this fact.
The UN oversaw the Jews occupying Israel and allowed them to kill no Arabs. Jews even let Arabs live side by side with them. That is another one of your 'facts' dicretited. There was also no war when the Jews occupied Israel so that is another 'fact' discretitied.
You say the Palestinians want freedom but their actions prove they don't. That is another one of your 'fact's discertited.
That 17% of Arab land Israel was going to give the Palestinians was 95% of what they asked for out of the Jews pocket, that is generous. That is another one of your 'fact's discretited.
In the case of a mandate, the superior country occupies the unstable country and tells them what to do. They don't let them run free. It was Britian and they have the right to do what they want to it.
Againstwar, why did you says '2- about trying to justify your arguments & facts.. I can't find any, please state them I'd be more than glad to prove you wrong.' and then say 'It's not that I can't find them (your arguements)' You seem to just be trying to start trouble. You are flooding this site with irrelevant and false nonesense.
You are an Arab so you are the only that is considered bias. I am a Methodists, not a Jew or an Arab, so I am definetly not bias.
If the Jews are racists, than why do they let Arabs live with them in Israel? If the Jews are racists than why do they let Christians live with the in Israel? If the Arabs aren't racists then why do not let Jews live with them? If the Arabs aren't racsists than why do Arab groups have the sole goal of deystroying the nation of Israel? If the Jews are racists and hate Palestine so much, why have they made so many peace proposals so the Palestinians and Jews can live side by side in peace? Answer those questiong and you will find that the Arabs are racists, not the Jews.
Againstwar, your anti-semitism worries me and I think your parents should seek counseling for you.
1948: "The evidence that Israel started the 1948 war comes from Zionist sources. The History of the Palmach which was released in portions in the 1950s (and in full in 1972) details the efforts made to attack the Palestinian Arabs and secure more territory than alloted to the Jewish state by the UN Partition Plan" (Kibbutz Menchad Archive, Palmach Archive, Efal, Israel).
"Already, Zionist forces were implementing their "Plan Dalet" to control the area given to us (the Zionists) by the U.N. in addition to areas occupied by Arabs which were outside these borders and the setting up of forces to counter the possible invasion of Arab armies after May 15" (Qurvot 1948, p. 16, which covers the operations of Haganah and Palmach)
"The first 8 operations (april 1948 and may 1948) indicate operations carried out before the entry of the Arab forces inside the areas allotted by the UN to the Arab state. It has to be noted that of thirteen specific full-scale operations under Plan Dalet eight were carried out outside the area "given" by the UN to the Zionists."
So what you say is absolutely wrong! "First, Israel did not exist at the time of the alleged invasion as an established state with recognised bounderies. When the Zionist leaders established Israel on 15 May 1948 they purposely declined to declare the bounderies of the new state in order to allow for future expansion. (AGAIN.....CHECK WHAT'S WRITTEN ON THE DOOR OF THE ISRAELI PARLAMENT)
Secondly, the only territory to which the new state of Israel had even a remote claim was that alloted to the Jewish state by the UN Partition Plan. But the Zionists had already attacked areas that were alloted to the Palestinian Arab state.
Thirdly, those areas which the Arab states purportedly "invaded" were, in fact, exclusively areas alloted to the Palestinian Arab state proposed by the UN Partition Plan. The so-called Arab invasion was a defensive attempt to hold on to the areas alloted by the Partition Plan for the Palestinian state.
Finally, the commander of Jordan's Arab Legion, was under orders not to enter the areas alloted to the Jewish state" (Sir John Bagot Glubb, "The Battle for Jerusalem", Middle East International, May 1973).
"There are vast disparities between Arab towns and Jewish towns in government spending on schools, medical systems, roads and electricity, clean water, and social services.
Unlike any other country in the world, Israel does not define itself as a state of its residents, or even a state of its citizens, but as a state of all the Jews in the world.
Jews from anywhere in the world, like me, can travel to Israel, declare citizenship, and be granted all the privileges of being Jewish that are denied to Palestinians who have lived in the area for hundreds of years." (Phyllis Bennis)
"Within Israel there are really four levels of citizenship, the first three being various levels of Jewish participation in Israeli society, which are thoroughly racialized. At the top of the pyramid are the Ashkenazi, the white European Jews. At the level of power the huge contingent of recent Russian immigrants--now about 20 percent of Israeli Jews--are being assimilated into the European-Ashkenazi sector, though they are retaining a very distinct cultural identity.
The next level down, which is now probably the largest component of the Jewish population, is the Mizrachi or Sephardic Jews, who are from the Arab countries. At the bottom of the Jewish pyramid are the Ethiopian Jews, who are black. You can go into the poorest parts of Jewish West Jerusalem and find that it's predominantly Ethiopian.
This social and economic stratification took shape throughout the last 50 years as different groups of Jews from different part of the world came, for very different reasons, to Israel. So while the divisions reflected national origins, they play out in a profoundly racialized way.
The Yemeni Jews in particular faced extraordinary discrimination. They were transported more or less involuntarily from Yemen to Israel. On arrival they were held in primitive camps, and many Yemeni babies were stolen from their mothers and given for adoption to Ashkenazi families. In the early 1990s a high-profile campaign began to try to reunite some of those shattered families.
Beneath all these layers of Jews come the Palestinian citizens.
A rigid hierarchy, highly racialized both within and between religious or national groups, orchestrates Israeli social life.
Much of it is legally enforced. The most significant difference between this scenario and other similar ones is in the world's perception of the Israeli reality. For the overwhelming majority of the world's population, South Africa was always considered a pariah state. But Israel is not in that position. Israel is given a pass, if you will, on the question of racism.
Because Jews were victims of the Nazi Holocaust, there's a way in which Israeli Jews are assumed to be either incapable of such terrible racialized policies, or that it's somehow understandable because of what Jews went through.
But the new intifada has refocused attention on the nature and extent of Israeli racism, among other things. You have new reports from Amnesty International looking at the Israeli treatment of its own Palestinian citizens--minors, children, being arrested, beaten and held for days. Israel treats Palestinians, inside or outside the Green Line, as being less human than Jews. This is rooted in the very definition and Basic Law of the Israeli state. And the new intifada may give us a chance to challenge that apartheid character." Phyllis Bennis, a longtime analyst and activist around Middle East issues.(she's actually jewish)
"Againstwar, if you have argued with me for almost a month and can not find my arguements and facts than you are sad and pathetic person." I believe I've replied on each & every one of your comments, & already proved you wrong. It's not that I can't find them... it's just that everything that could have been logical that you said was already answered so I can't see why you'd want me to answer you again. "You fools like to say that the land Israel offered Palestine was not generous?" when someone takes away 83%of your land & gives you back 17%.. that's no where near generous!! "The British controled Palestine before the Jews got Israel. It was Britians colony" it was not a colony it was a mandate. In case you don't know what's a mandate... it's supposed to help the country concerned to reastablish itself. "Syria and Lebanon. Israel should crush these countries. Why? because since the 40s these countries have shelled Israel from their boarders. They have even sunk Jewish merchant and fishing ships. Why? Just because they are Jews." that's a HUGE lie.Do you think they even have weapons to sink these ships?! & even if they did... Arabs, unlike jews, are the world's least racist people. Most of them really worship differences & RESPECT is a word they know very well. So they'd have a much better reason to do so IF what you're saying is true.. but I doubt it because I'm living here... & I've never heard anything like this. "They lost no land when the Jews occupied Israel. they have no right to do what they are doing." YES they did, not in Palestine Marine!!!! In Leb & Syria, review your information. Israel went a lot further from just establishing in palestine, it attacked all the neighbouring countries!(I still can't understand why you talk abt things you don't know). "Palestine's action have proven they do not want freedom. Their words mean nothing, their actions mean everything. Prove me wrong." What does the L in PLO stand for? The suicide bombings are there to tell you that the palestinians are still insisting on the Israeli retrieval from their land. "Againstwar, your comment that the Arabs were killed is absurd. Yes, Arabs did emigrate, not because they had to, but because they didn't want to live with Jews. Some stayed and were not killed." You're the one who's absurd!!! I've never heard of a war with no deaths, I wonder if you have... & If you don't know this then you're obviously don't know anything abt the situation!! "Jews killed no Arabs when they occupied Israel" this is really sad, I can't believe you don't know the huge number of arabs they killed.. they are almost worst than the nazis, & for a racist reason too!(the Holy land should be the jews alone.. right? so arabs have no rights to live there) "You say your an Arab and I can't lie to you? Find me one lie, Againstwar!" All your facts are biased... & everything you said about arabs & their lands are wrong.. what more do you want?!
Againstwar, if you have argued with me for almost a month and can not find my arguements and facts than you are sad and pathetic person. If you recall, I said that to you before we started debating, so you using it on me makes you look like a fool. Incase you are too ignorant to realize what I am saying go to my April 8, April 7, April 4, April 2, March 30, March 22, March 20, and March 4 posts. Actually you can go to pretty much all of my posts and find my arguement. My March 4 post contains my facts, along with various others. You will find that none of my facts can be disproven. If you did not pick up on those, after almost a month, than you should take a class on reading comprehension because your liberal public school did a horrible job of teaching it to you.
You fools like to say that the land Israel offered Palestine was not generous? I call 95% of what the Palestinian's asked for generous. I call taking something out of your own pocket and giving it to you enemies, who sponsers the PLO with the mission statemnet - the total destruction of the state of Israel, generous.
The British controled Palestine before the Jews got Israel. It was Britians colony. They have the right to do whatever they want to their colony and they gave it to the UN who, completley within their rights, gave it to the Jews. The Jews fairly got that land. Are you ignorants saying that we don't have the right to the Louissian Purchase or Alska and France and Russia do?
Syria and Lebanon. Israel should crush these countries. Why? because since the 40s these countries have shelled Israel from their boarders. They have even sunk Jewish merchant and fishing ships. Why? Just because they are Jews. They lost no land when the Jews occupied Israel. they have no right to do what they are doing.
As I have said, Palestine's action have proven they do not want freedom. Their words mean nothing, their actions mean everything. Prove me wrong.
Againstwar, your comment that the Arabs were killed is absurd. Yes, Arabs did emigrate, not because they had to, but because they didn't want to live with Jews. Some stayed and were not killed. The Jews killed no Arabs when they occupied Israel. That was just a liberal ssumption you made.
You say your an Arab and I can't lie to you? Find me one lie, Againstwar!
Of course they would look in the church. You have to remember who recently radically changed the direction this whole thing is headed by targeting civilians with suicide bombers. If Palestine wants to fight they better come out and fight. They know they are outclassd in trainng of troops, palestine doesnt even have a army, and in weaponry so if they want to fight they better be ready. Just like the terrorist attacks on the US, the palstinians awakened a sleeping giant. Don't believe everthing you hear that cnn is biased either, who do you think is saying that? Supporters of Palestine, of course.
With gunbattles raging in the streets of this historic city, about 100 to 150 Palestinian men, women and children (late Tuesday) sought haven at the Church of the Nativity, a monument to the birth of Jesus Christ, said the city's governor and an aid worker inside. Regarded by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, Bethlehem has become a battleground in Israel Defense Forces operations in the West Bank. What do you think about the fact that Israelis destroyed 2 doors of this church & broke into it with their weapons??? Or, maybe I should rephrase this what do you think about this CNN version of the story: "... people are holed up in that church. Some of them are Palestinian gunmen. Some may be on Israel's "wanted" list"??? A statement that the church itself denied.
I can't see why anyone would call this guy racist. He is usually very respected. For those of you who are interested this is his biography... http://www.davidduke.com/biography.html
In early 1997, an agreement titled the "National [Labour-Likud] Agreement Regarding the Negotiations on Permanent Settlement with the Palestinians", was signed between former (Labour) minister Yossi Beilin and Likud's parliamentary faction head Michael Eitan, showed the Israeli consensus in the so-called 'final status negotiations' with the Palestinian Authority. This agreement was based on the bottom-line:
-no to withdrawal to the borders of June 1967; -no to division of Jerusalem or sharing sovereignty over the city; -no to dismantling the settlements, and; -no to the return of the refugees.
Proposals put forward by Israel and the United States at Camp David in 2000 fell far short of implementing 242, would have left Israel in possession of large parts of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including the old city, and ignored the right of return for Palestinian refugees. Far from being "generous," Barak's proposals avoid most of Israel's most important obligations under international law and were a non-starter. By refusing to live up to its obligation under 242, withdraw from all the occupied territories or allow the refugees to finally go home, it is ISRAEL which has prolonged the conflict and blocked the only viable solution.
The "peace process" has not brought peace to the Palestinians, or statehood, or liberation, or even a better standard of living. It has brought only a continuation of the military occupation, a succession of broken Israeli promises.The Palestinian people can hardly be expected to simply accept a status based on the denial of their most basic human and national rights with no end in sight. Americans would not accept any such situation for themselves and ought not ask this of any other people.
"Well the cowardly, faceless, TERRORISTS, who like to call themselves Palestinians..."
Bushsupporter... There are three important questions to ask: 1-What is terrorism? 2-How is the word "terrorism" used when the Question of Palestine is discussed? 3-Who has used terror in the conflict?
Israel and its supporters tend to define "terrorism" in such a way that acts describable as "terror" are applied mostly to resistance groups and rarely to states. According to Israel (and YOU) all acts of resistance by the Palestinians are forms of terrorism, including acts against Israeli occupying forces. This kind of attribution of the term "terrorism" renders it meaningless.
GENERALLY, ANY OCCUPYING POWER HAS DESCRIBED RESISTANCE TO ITS OCCUPATION AS TERRORISM!
The question is almost never asked as to why any human being would wilfully inflict pain and terror on another. The Arab-Israeli conflict is notable in part because of the high incidence of terrorist acts. Terror has come from both sides. One side has the advantage of using its modern army and weaponry and, the other, its suicide missions. It is a regrettable fact that both sides have reverted to terror but it should be noted that Israel's use of terror has been qualitatively and quantitatively much higher than that of the Palestinians. The number of people killed as the result of terrorist actions by Israel, both before its creation and after, has far exceeded the number killed by Palestinian groups.
To describe any people who resist a foreign invader or native oppressor with violence as "terrorist" renders the word meaningless. The Palestinians did not invent terrorism. They found it already institutionalised, a policy employed AGAINST them.
Israeli President Weizmann bluntly described Israel's practice of using closure to turn Palestinian towns into prisons for the entire population: "Sometimes, when you are searching for a needle in a haystack, you have to burn the haystack."
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