As for accepting bus bombings as the results of winning a series of wars that Israel did not begin, fine, as long as the Palestinians and the rest of the world accept the full might of the IDF in return. No more holding back. At least that’s what your logic would entail.

If you read the link to the original article I quoted, you’ll see that that is the intent behind the settlers. To expand Israel’s borders to their biblical limit. Far beyond even what we’d consider the current Israel/Palestine area.

“Alex, you are saying that the Israeli settlers are living on “stolen” land? If this is the case, then Texas is “stolen” land.”

Actually Texas democratically decided to join the United States. That is different than pure conquest.

“The Israelis and Egypt fought a war, started by the Arabs, which the Israelis won fair and square. As is the case after every war, there is a redrawing of national boundaries, and the victors acquire some of the former territory of the losers. The Palestinians and Arabs need to accept the fact they lost the war.”

Then Israelis need to accept the fact that people don’t much like being conquered and from time to time may choose to blow up buses and night clubs in response. Might does not make right.

“Palestinians and Arabs are allowed to and do live in Israel. Why shouldn’t Jews, Israeli or otherwise, be permitted to live in “Palestinian” territory? The anti-settler sentiment proves that many Palestinians are anti-Semitic. They don’t want any Jews living within the Palestinian Authority.”

Well in many cases the Israeli government supported and funded the settlers in the first place. But honestly, I wouldn’t care if Israel just withdrew totally from Palestinian territory and leave the settlers to live as Jewish Palestinian citizens. I doubt anyone else would accept that though.

Why does anyone who dares look at this issue in a balanced light get attacked? Like how Dean was made out to be some terrible anti-semite because he suggested we be even-handed in the middle east, oh that terrible Nazi! How dare he suggest something so foul!

Oren, another solution to “uprooting peaceful settlers” would to simply cut them off and stop protecting them. Leave them to face the terrorists on their own. Of course that’s not politically feasible. Remember, peacefully coexisting does not equal pushing all the Palestinians into Jordan.