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Originally Posted by Aether
Not entirely correct. Initially, there were relatively few Palestinians with fanatical beleives about killing all Jews and eliminating the state of Israel. Most Palestinians, I think, would be very happy if only were they given their own state. However, with every Israeli attack, the number of terrorist sypathizers grows, tantamount to the situation in Israel, where the supporters of tough measures against Palestinians embrace more people after each terrorist attack. The only way out of this is for one side to make a first step. A real step. But, like I said before, this conflict is a mess; neither side really wants peace
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But most Palestinians aren't murdering Jews. We're talking about solutions to terrorism. If Israel stopped retaliating for every blown-up bus and eatery, Hamas would continue to blow-up busses and eateries. In fact, they would think they'd had a great success; they could continue to pursue their goal of every Jew dead without risking their own lives. Would the common Palestinian stop it? No, they don't have the leadership or the organization
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But if the Islamists are not supported by the majority of Muslims, acting against them will probably not cause universal outrage
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How would we ever act against them? Assassinate them? No way - we'll be accused of going anywhere, anytime, and taking the law into our own hands. Arrest them? Right. At what cost in lives to us and with what success rate? They kill 3000 of ours and we sentence one of theirs (if we catch them) to life in prison IF they get sentenced at all. Will a Muslim court EVER side with a secular court? No way - they are under Allah's law, we are under man's law; Allah's law is supreme.
Until there is a real rule of law, real personal freedom, and real economic freedom in the Middle East we will always be the Great Satan and any actions we take against terrorists will be met with outrage and more threats.