Given that its 2008, and there are no Arab armies ‘ordering them’ from their homes, Israel has come up with new reasons for pushing Arabs out of their homes. Here are a few that I have heard/read about recently (please add to the list if you feel it’s inadequate in any way);
• Your related to a terrorist;
• Your home is in our security posts line of fire;
• Your home is in the way of the 18 foot concrete wall we would like to erect through your village;
• You don’t have the correct papers for erecting a house here;
• Our new Jewish settlement needs to be built nearby, and you, your olive grove and your house needs to be removed in order to build a brand new Settler only road.

In my opinion, your point of view attempts to blur the contribution of Jewish individuals with the actions of the Israeli State. I for one applaud the excellent contribution Jewish people have made in the various facets of history – truly remarkable stuff, but please don’t use this positive to justify the injustices carried out by the State upon the Palestinians (primarily).

Mr/Ms Perry, the ‘jig’ is up for people like you.

I suggest that you concentrate spewing your pro-Israeli bias on the likes of The Australian and The Age readers. I think the audience of Anthony’s website are a little bit more knowledgeable of the facts on the ground with respect to the incredibly bad situation in Palestine.

I think you need to read up oin Dier Yassin and stop swallowing propoganda – is this rubbush taught to israeli children?
Do they learn about the terrorist Begin?

Very well said. When all around you spewed tumah emotionalism you responded with respect and maturity. Your emotional development and your logical and rational arguments wow I find them both motivating and inspiring. Thank You.

These Arab leaders went in to not “protect” anyone but to instead kill the Jews. Their intentions were declared by Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General of the Arab League: “This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades.” Don’t think they were trying to protect anyone there mate.

Isn’t it surprising that even though the Jews were pushed around, killed and slaughtered by the Nazis (a good 6 million of them), that they didn’t teach their children to go blow up German civilians and wipe Germany off the map?

As we well know, the Jews have experienced endless discrimination, killings and pogroms for hundreds of years. Despite this, the Jews haven’t decided to whine, complain and hate other peple but instead they get on with their lives, decide to survive and build a better life for their future offspring. Throughout all of this they’ve still managed to contribute an enormous amount to humanity over the centuries. And they’ve managed to build a great state despite immense internal and external pressures. Pretty impressive you might say.

Trying to make comparisons or parallels with how Israel defends herself against murderers with how the Nazis treated the Jews during World War Two is a prime example of being intellectually dishonest and profoundly stupid. Well done.

Your entire premise of thought is worse than childish, it is either intellectually dishonest or profoundly stupid.

As for a long-term solution, here’s one: for the Palestinians to stop inculcating and teaching hatred to its children. This is clear if you even take a cursory glance at their media, newspapers and television. Here’s one such example: http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1679.htm

The Palestinians will need to stop committing acts of terrorism against Israel as well as its own people, in how they continue to indoctrinate them with the idea that destroying the Jewish state is their only hope for survival.

This is a good start. Once they realise that trying to destroy Israel is not only unachieveable but an insane and unworthy thing to aspire to, then this will produce a profound and long overdue psychological shift necessary for peace.

Cheers.