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What is the truthThursday 05 Dec 2002
author: Daniel (talvision@hotmail.com)
The treatment of the Palestinian people is comparable to the Jewish Ghettos of Europe under Nazi occupation. Please don't get me wrong, I am not comparing Israel to the Nazis, but the condition of treatment, which has ben done to many people through time, is the same. The Palestinian people no longer have hope.
The biggest difference and the current reality though is this: the Palestinian have trusted and have in power the wrong people. They do deserve a state. but they have been exploited and used for Arafat and his gang - they take their funding, they have made poor descions with the single minded goal of destroying Israel. Having many relatives in Israel, I know for a fact that many were hopeful of the peace process.
However, Israel watched the PA and Arafat very carefully and never trusted him from the start. Arafat created incitement among his people, he organized suicide bombers and violated every measure of the Oslo accords. If you don't believe it, go look it up.
The bottom line is, that Arafats actions created Sharon, as Clinton told Arafat at Camp David - that if he did not reach an agreement with Barak, the Israeli people would elect a Right Wing Government.
Mow you have many Palestinian leaders coming out and saying that the up rinsing was a mistake and that they should have accepted the Camp David offer. And the Myth about Camp David is that Israel offered something that was less of a state - BUT that Arafat NOT ONCE made a counter offer.
Arafat has never wanted peace, the Palestinians have the worst leadership in the world. They are disunited, used by the Arab nations for propaganda and pressure on the US. You think the Arab world wishes a State for the Palestinian. Think again.
Does this justify Israelis actions - no! They will pay the price for it in the future, one day. The Jews are a complex people with a consciences to them and they are already talking about how they will have to judge this in History.
But for now, the Palestinians have made a terrible mistake and are paying the price.
You can revise history all you want, say what you will - until you ease the fear Israel's people have, there will never be peace.