Quote Originally Posted by Goofball
So. The whole situation is Israel's fault?
The PLO, Hamas, and Hezbollah were/are simply peace-loving organizations who are willing to trade in their arms for ploughshares as soon as the Zionest scum drop their policy of hegemony?

Honestly...

The situation is so complicated and convoluted that anybody who believes it can be simplified as you have just tried to do obviously has no understanding of it.

Yes, the Israelis have often overreacted and not chosen the wisest course. No they are not completely innocent.
But they also have their backs against the wall with no real satisfactory choices available to them.
Look at the situation now.

The fighting and terrorist activity by Muslim extremists has been ratcheted up to its highest level in years, directly on the heels (likely even because of) the Israelis having begun to make conciliatory gestures, such as unilaterally disbanding settlements and giving up captured territory.
What can the Israelis do?
Oh what is Israel to do? Israel is under attack!! What is Israel to do? What is Israel to do?

Is the situation so ass backwards that the settlements have become a defensive line against terrorism instead of the cause of the terrorism? Can we really expect Israel to suddenly hand over all its ill-gotten gains when Hamas/PLFP/Hezbollah are disarmed? Pulling out from illegal settlements is not an act of goodwill, its simply the right thing to do. And then when the qassams starts falling again, Israel can finally have the moral duty to act.