Reply #153: None of us can tell the future, but with a Jewish-dominated IDF in charge ......

[kayecy]

....if israel annexed the land in the westbank ...i would not welcome it…. since i dont believe the israeli democracy would last….

None of us can tell the future, but with a Jewish-dominated IDF in charge I see no reason why you think democracy and freedom in Israel/Palestine would not continue…Of course the ‘Law of Return’ would have to be torn up but such racial engineering is not normally acceptable in a democracy.

...if in your hypothetical the democracy would last, then i would have no problem with it

Now that is looking much more democratic…It’s a pity you had to qualify your answer with an ‘if’ clause requiring the services of a fortune-teller.

...nor do you want to compare different occupations since again the israeli version you will find to be far less violent that others when confronted with attacks.

True in the case of Chechnya...But which occupations by western states did you have in mind?....When was the last time a western state continued to occupy a people for 40 years?

...what country would take over 6,000 missiles from its neighbor and not invade completely...

Probably none...But which western state would then go on to force aid-agencies to restrict food-aid to the victims of the invasion?...Remember the US Marshal plan after WW2?

I'm curious, did you know that pre intifada I there were virtually no roadblocks, just a few in various places with simple or no checks?...do you know why intifada I succeeded and intifada II failed so miserably?

Virtually no roadblocks but mass development of settlements from 1981 on wards, encouraged by Sharon and paid for by the Israeli government.

...do you know why intifada I succeeded and intifada II failed so miserably?

In what way did Intifada 1 succeed?