communistcanuck

If you're going to post some one sided article chock full of propaganda on my blog insisting that the war of 1967 was perpetrated by Israel, then I have nothing left to say. There is no sense wasting my time arguing with you. The article you have posted is the result of a revisionist narrative that has managed to creep into many people's versions of history. It's flat out not true. In the war of 1967, Israel's enemies intended for it to be a war of annihilation. If Israel had lost the war in 1967, there would not be an Israel today.

There wouldn't even be a west bank under the control of Israel today if King Hussein had listened to Israel's pleas to not join in the fighting. Instead, they began shelling Tel Aviv, shelling Jerusalem, and sending warplanes to bomb Netanya. Radio Amman announced, as a message from Hussein, and I quote, "all Israelis should be torn to bits." Only THEN. Only then. Did Israel enter the West Bank.

an article from Time Magazine published on June 16, 1967:

"'Our people have been waiting 20 years for this battle,' roared Cairo. 'Now they will teach Israel the lesson of death!' . . . 'Kill the Jews!' screamed Radio Baghdad. A Syrian commander offered the rash prediction to radio listeners that 'we will destroy Israel in four days.' "

I'm glad that Israel won the war in 1967, and I'm glad that they occupied the land that they did in order to gain strategic buffer territory which was a necessity for their survival. The Sinai has been returned to Egypt in a deal that has brought relative calm to that part of the region. Aza, which did not belong to the "Palestinians," but rather to the Egyptians, was given to the Palestinians 2 years ago as an experiment. The experiment has failed, and Aza is now being run by terrorists. The Palestinian people elected Hamas. They elected a terrorist organization who, when speaking of the Israeli "occupation," is not speaking of the West Bank. They are speaking about all of Israel.

And to say that the perpetrators of the violence towards the Israelis in the past few decades is not connected with the violence preceding the creation of the state of Israel is utter nonsense. Pick up a book and read about the history of Jews in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Yemen, Iran, Jordan...

just read. please. These people are teaching their children that Jews drink gentile blood. I'm not just talking about the Palestinians here. They have been teaching their children this for much longer than the state of Israel has existed. I mean fuck, Jerusalem has always had a stronger Jewish presence than an Arab presence. The Jews in the land of Palestine were CALLED Palestinians until the 20th century. Doesn't that seem fishy to you? The Palestinian people are not a people. They never had control over Palestine, they never had any right to the land. As of 1948, Israel is a Jewish state. I'm finished with this now.