Quote Originally Posted by orangat
Oh what is Israel to do? Israel is under attack!! What is Israel to do? What is Israel to do?
Are you honestly trying to deny that Israel is has been subjected to continuous terrorist attacks against its civilian population?

Really? I am not being facetious here. I am asking you this seriously. Is that your belief?

Quote Originally Posted by orangat
Is the situation so ass backwards that the settlements have become a defensive line against terrorism instead of the cause of the terrorism?
No, it's so ass backwards that the settlements are both a catalyst for and a defence against terrorism.

It's a lose/lose.

Quote Originally Posted by orangat
Can we really expect Israel to suddenly hand over all its ill-gotten gains when Hamas/PLFP/Hezbollah are disarmed?
I can't answer that. As soon as it looked like Israel might be doing just that, the terrorists and the states that sponsored them caused the situation to be untenable as far as a lasting peace was concerned. Now we'll probably never know.

But let me ask you this: do you think there is any chance that Israel will ever make any unilateral gestures while hundreds of rockets per day rain down on their civilian population?

Quote Originally Posted by orangat
Pulling out from illegal settlements is not an act of goodwill, its simply the right thing to do.
Actually, making any act of goodwill is "doing the right thing." Unless, I guess, it happens to be Israelis doing it. Then it's most likely just another Jewish ploy to kill more Arab babies.