I could see creating a demilitarized zone like the one seperating the two Korea's, but to insist that the ENTIRE country be unarmed is just not going to happen. As Partisan said talking Peace while placing conditions that ensure peace doesnt happen is not really talking peace. The Palestineans will reject catagorically such a deal and I dont blame them
The Palestinians reject every deal for the past 62 year. They rejected the partition plan. They destroyed the Oslo agreemant by turning to suicide attacks. They rejected the deal offered to them by Ehud Barak by starting the second Intifada in 2000. They rejected the chance to self govern in Gaza, after we made a full withdrawl, by turning to to rocket terror.
Sometimes I think they dont really want a county...
Also you need to open a map of Israel and see how small it is...The entire west bank is smaller than the DMZ in Korea. If they have offensive weapons they can threaten Israeli cities on a daily basis.
As far as your claim that they would be threatened by Arab dictators...LOL. No one wants to rule the Palestinians. They are, apart from the Israelis perhaps, the largest pain-in-the arss you can imagine. Why do you think Egypt and Jordan both gave up the territories in their peace agreemants with Israel. Also if you think the IDF wouldent stop an arab army from invading this theoretical Palestinian state you should look into the events of 1970 and how Israel prevented Syria from invading Jordan.
And what does that change? All countries are entitled to self-defense. Isreal cannot reasonably expect that Palestine would accept such a stipulation. No country would. The right of self-defense is a guerenteed right of all nations. Would Isreal accept peace with Iran if Iran held demilitarization of a condition of the peace agreement? Nobody would accept that.
You are refusing to accept that the Palestinians dont use offensive weapons for defence, they use them to bombard Israeli towns.
No, its not that Isreal defends itself but thats because Isreal use of force is often disproportionate to the threat faced. The last round of attacks in Gaza resulted in over 1000 dead, most of which were civilians (many children too). The number of Isreals was (I believe 50) or so.
I remember a rather egrigious case a few years back where the IAF dropped a bomb on an Apartment killing a terrorist, but also killing the 20 other people whose sole crime was to live at the same building as the terrorist.
Thats what makes the world angry.
Oh and BTW, Read my sig: Im American, I work In France.
Well boo-hoo. Maybe you should look into other western countries and their actions in urban warfare. I have told you this before i rather kill 100 palestinian civilians than see one israeli child die.
It will make a difference because this one little building is in one little settlement that symbolizes the entire issue. After the Oslo agreement this isn't supposed to happen anymore. You know that the entire world press will be on every little building in every little settlement. If you really think that building there is just some stone and plaster with a roof on top, than you have another thing coming.
And the offer Bibi made is as likely to succeed as me being able to fly on my own. Of course you can safely suggest demilitarisation, because the Palestinians will never agree. And now Bibi can say; at least we make propositions! Not really constructive is it?
After Oslo rocket attacks and suicide bombers shouldent happen either. The fact is that the Palestinians killed oslo in 1996 when they started blowing up busses.
As far as Bibi manuvering its true but how about the Palestinians making a compromise...like maybe accepting the existance of Israel?!
I really couldn't care less what they are called. As long as they consider themselves Dutch, they can soccer as much as they like. They are the best example that we can live side by side in one nation!
Unfortunatly they dont see themselves as dutch, they see themselves as Muslims, and than Dutch. I really hope this issue dosent blow up in your face...I really do.
One step at a time I should think
So far, and I really hate to qoute Bibi, every step we took back brought more rockets, kidnappings and suicide attacks.