why don't the jews get out of the west bank?

Question

All they had to do was get out of the west bank, they could have done this years ago and had peace by now but wouldn't deal with arafat now they have to deal with hamas, is that tiny peice of land worth it?

Answer 1

The jews will get out of the West Bank when the US tells them to, but since every American politician is beholding to jewish money and media coverage, which allows criminal outfits such as AIPAC to direct our foreign policy... it ain't gonna happen.



And the zionists are STILL building ILLEGAL settlements in the West Bank; as late as last week the AP reported 200 new homes set up by "settlers". The israeli government, which swore to stop new construction in the West Bank has done nothing and will continue to do nothing.



What's really hilarious is to hear the israelis whining about this group or that which is ignoring UN resolutions. This from an entity that has been ignoring world opinion for 40 years.



In all fairness, however, there is actually a very large movement in israel to stop the illegal settlements and the apartheid, but you won't hear much about them in the American media. Just a coincidence, I guess.



It's an interesting question. You can always judge how close to the mark you come by the number of ad hominem attacks.

Answer 2

Putting aside the historic claims on the land by the Jews and taking a look at it from a strictly military point of view: The Israelis won the land fair and square in what would be called by military personnel a "just war" i.e. a traditional conflict. The fact that the Palestines (a made up people as there was no Palestine on the west bank just Jordan, who does not seem to want it back) continue to use terror to try to take back the land does not negate a legitimate military victory.



If Mexican nationals began blowing up school buses in New Mexico should the United States pull out and cede the land back to Mexico? The Mexican-American war of imperialism was surely more unjust then the Six day war of defense fought buy the Jews. Yet no one would dream of pulling the US out of New Mexico because of a few acts of Terror yet in the grand scheme of things in terms of the US size, population and economy New Mexico is a tiny piece of land, that may not be worth it. (no offense to any New Mexicans out there I happen to Love the land of Enchantment)

Answer 3

It is indeed ironic that the "Palestinians" demand their rights as "Palestinians." The term Palestine was given by Titus to the land of Judea and Samaria when the Romans wanted to obliterate a Jewish connection to their homeland. He turned to his historians and asked who was the worst enemy of the Jews. When Titus learned the worst enemy was the Philistines, he renamed the place Palestine or Philistine. Unknown to Titus and the "Palestinians" of today is the fact that the word Philistine means invader in Hebrew. Look at the irony the invading Moslem Arab nomads are demanding their rights as "Palestinians." We demand our rights as "invaders!" We are Palestinians, we demand our rights. We are "invaders," we demand our rights. How religion plays into this dynamic of deceit is now becoming readily apparent.



All the territories the Israelis now possess are theirs by legal right -- the right conferred by the League of Nations Mandates Commission, when it carefully defined the territory which would be set aside, from the vast territories in the Middle East that had formerly been in the control of the Ottoman Turks as part of their empire, and which had been won by the Allies.



An Arab State, a Kurdish State, and a Jewish state were all promised. The Arabs got their state -- no, in the end, they got far more than their state but rather--as of 2006--22 members of the Arab League, the most richly endowed with natural resources of any states on earth, enjoying the fruits of the greatest transfer of wealth in human history The Kurds did not get their state, because by the time things had settled, Kemal Ataturk was driving a hard bargain and would not permit it.

Answer 4

Judea & Samaria ("West Bank") are the Jewish heartland. Our holiest sites are all there.



Jews weren't in the Judea & Samaria prior to 1967. There was no peace then. If the Arabs really wanted peace & a state, they could have had it man many times. All they want is to destroy Israel.



Israel is only 1/7 of 1% of land claimed by Arabs . Don't you think that Arabs could live peacefully in the remaining 99.85%

Answer 5

Why don't the Palestinians get out? Same thing. this is a far more complex issue than just a small piece of land.

Answer 6

"is that tiny peice of land worth it?"



Ummm... apparantly. My guess is that you are not a study of Middle Eastern history.

Answer 7

Because it belongs to them!



btw....Nice run on sentence! Go to school and learn proper grammar. Then come back and ask questions. Good grief!

Answer 8

Israel has tried and tried to appease the Palenstinians, including a pull out from the West Bank. Doesn't matter what they do - Hamas and Hezbollah are dedicated to the destruction of Israel.



Here's a story from 2005 on the withdrawal:



Israel to start West Bank withdrawal

3/15/2005 6:30:00 AM GMT



Israel will hand over Tulkarm next week, and Qalqilya the following week



Israel agreed on Monday to begin the delayed handover of West Bank cities of Jericho and Tulkarm to the Palestinian Authority during the coming week, according to a statement issued by the office of Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz.



''Jericho will be transferred to Palestinian control on Wednesday and Tulkarm will be transferred at the beginning of next week,'' the office said.



''At the same time, we are preparing to hand over Qalqilya, a third West Bank city.''



The announcement came few hours prior a scheduled meeting of Palestinian factions in Cairo during which President Mahmoud Abbas will try to persuade them finalize their ceasefire deal with Israel.



Leaders of the Palestinian factions said earlier that they would only agree to a ceasefire with Israel if it freed the Palestinian detainees held at its prisons, and withdrew its occupying soldiers from the Palestinian cities which Israel reoccupied during the past four years of aggression.



At a separate meeting on Monday, Israel agreed to be more flexible regarding the release of Palestinian prisoners it is holding, according to Israeli political sources.



Previously, Israel said that it will hand over five West Bank cities before a Feb. 8 peace summit which took place in Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh resort, but the hand over was delayed due to a dispute over the scope of a pullback.



But defence ministry officials said that during a meeting near Tel Aviv on Monday, Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz and Palestinian Interior Minister Nasser Youssef agreed Israel would pull back its troops from the West Bank town of Jericho on Wednesday.



Israel will hand over a second West Bank town, Tulkarm, next week, and a third, Qalqilya, the following week, they said.



Israeli officials said Israel would remove one of two disputed checkpoints near Jericho, and the chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat said that Israel had said it would remove the other roadblock in another month.



Tel Aviv meeting comes after several unsuccessful attempts to reach agreement in the past two weeks.



In the past, Israel handed over the control of parts of the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority under the 1993 Oslo peace agreements. But it re-occupied them again during the past four years of aggression.



Jericho was the first West Bank city to be handed over to the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo accords.



Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is planning to withdraw Israel troops and dismantle Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip as well as remove four settlements in the West Bank by the end of 2005. At first, he planned the Gaza withdrawal as a unilateral move, but later on, he agreed to coordinate it with the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas.

Answer 9

religon makes you do some crazy things.

Answer 10

Jews like to victimize themselves.

Answer 11

Its their home............