PeterS wrote:
And Palestine has a right to exist. Therein lies the problem...
On October 8, 1997, the US State Dept. designated as terrorist organizations: Hamas, the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Since then 55 Islamic terror groups made the list which includes even more Palestinians, such as the Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigade and the PLO.
I often contemplate the scenario where Israel is destroyed, all the Jews are either imprisoned or killed, and the Palestinians move in and call it a home. What then?
Not counting the 5 million Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank and in Israel proper, there is an estimated 13 million Palestinians living elsewhere, the United States included, and many of these are refugees - some in Muslim countries nearby - Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Egypt.
How many of these refugees are going stay put and how many will pack their bags and go to the new and improved Muslim Theocracy? And, for those that return, what are they gonna find when they get there?
The red spot on the map is Israel, all the green is Islam. With 17 Muslim countries in Israel's immediate vicinity controlling 3.5 million square miles, and 20 or more world wide, it is absolute stupidity to think Palestinian Muslims are desperate for more real estate.
Israel is just 8000 square miles in area, if the Palestinians need a place to call home, why is not one Islamic country making them an offer?