Message #36126

[radaro]

Regarding remarks made about Israelis murdering Palestinians:

1.  Israel is a democracy - in fact the ONLY democracy in the Middle East.  This means that what you see in the news is Israel, warts and all.  None of the other Arab countries are democracies, they are dicatatorships and monarchies which means their media is controlled. You do not see when they murder their own citizens - people who do anything in opposition of their governments.  You also don't see what they do to the Jewish population in their countries.  Do you know the plight of Syrian Jews?  Do you know the plight of Iranian or Iraqi Jews?   Far worse than what happens in Israel but you will never see it in the press.

2.  Do you realize that Israel is surrounded by 22 hostile neighbours?  Yes, a country about the size of Rhode Island is surrounded by 22 other countries that want to blow it off the map.

3.  Israel would like to make peace with its Palestinian neighbours.  They did it with Egypt and they have some sort of agreement with Jordan.  Don't be fooled - Hamas and the PLO don't want peace with Israel, they want to "drown every last Jew in the Medditeranian Sea".

4.  Why haven't any of the arab countries come forward and offered any help (i.e. places to settle, financial aid and the like) to the Palestinians?  The only help they have provided is to continually arm the Palestinians.  Most arab nations do not want to help the Palestinians, they prefer to use them as pawns.

5.  Do you know that in Israel there are many social service organizations that help the Palestinians?  Everything from day care to medical care.