BartSimpson BartSimpson:
desertdude desertdude:
...what other means of defense do they have against Israeli jets and fire power(?)
Non-violence.
If the Palestinians simply stop waging war then Israel won't retaliate. But if they insist on firing rockets at Israeli homes, families, and children then they should not whine about it when Israel fires things at their homes, families, and children.
It's just that simple.
I know you like to make everything very black and white but in the real world a huge range of various shades of grey exist. How I and millions of other people wished If only it were that simple, Palestinians can simply say and have said, fine remove your settlements, return our refugees and get rid of your settlers and give us our land back and go back to your 67 borders and we will stop.
Now I know you will counter with the example of Gaza, but again that's not so simple either for its own set of reasons.
As Ive said before this is not insolvable, but there have to be parties on both sides who are sincere towards a peaceful goal.
But also keep in mind both sides leadership don't necessarily echo the view of its population. Because there are lot of Israelis as well as Palestinians who want and end to all of this. I know I would if I was living on either side of that fence.