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   From: [remove]bencramer7@gmail.com   
      
   "Mel Rowing"  wrote in message   
   news:1152109743.240542.271560@b68g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
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   > Ben Cramer wrote:   
   >> "Mel Rowing"  wrote in message   
   >> news:1152106785.754843.183490@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...   
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   >> > It's like this. If I attack my neighbour with a stick for whatever   
   >> > reason then I ought not to be aggrieved if he is waiting round the   
   >> > corner for me the next night with a baseball bat in his hands.   
   >>   
   >> And if you neighbour comes onto your property and swipes your home and   
   >> land,   
   >> you'd rightly be aggrieved by that action as well.   
   >   
   > Israel was created by a resolution of the General Assembly of the UN.   
   > On the basis of this she is almost universally recognised throughout   
   > the international community.   
      
   Not by all nations in the international community. Do please try to get it   
   right.   
      
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   > Historically the Arab nations refused to accept this reality. Indeed on   
   > several occasions they conspired to destroy the new state by military   
   > force and failed miserably. It would appear that war like as these   
   > people might be they are anything but warriors.   
   >   
   > The situation that now prevails is the product of failed arab military   
   > adventures. Some of Israel's former enemies in the shape of Egypt and   
   > Jordan have faced the inevitability of the situation, given up   
   > gracefully and recognised the Israeli state. The Palestinians in the   
   > shape of their government needs to do the same. Until and unless they   
   > do the Palestinian situation is not going to improve.   
   >   
   > The annihilation of Israel is not the answer nor is it going to happen.   
      
   Looks like a very good solution to most of the world, and I suspect it will   
   happen.   
      
      
      
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