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Hi, my message to all Palestinian and all the other Muslims that are fighting for their cause or doing Jihad. Instead of doing the war and endangering the life of other people JUST START THE JIHAD BY COMPETING THE WORLD IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THATS THE ACTUAL JIHAD, LISTEN ALL MUSLIMS JUST GROUND YOURSELF AND START PUTTING ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN STUDYING….SCIENCE—MATHEMATICS—TECHNOLOGY———PLEASE IT IS EASY TO CARRY WEAPON AND START FIGHTING BUT IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO OPEN BOOKS AND STUDY AND BRING YOUR NATION TO THE ALOT OF NEW INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES………..PLZ IT MY HUMBLE REQUEST TO DO JIHAD BY BOOKS——————
My question is, What do the Isrealis actually want with the Palestines.
The whole world , including Isreal, agrees it is occupying Palestine. yet it doesn’t want to leave. But expects the Palestinians to keep talking peace till the end of time?
The united Nations says it is the right of every person to fight an occupying force, yet people expect the palestinians to just sit and not fight?
Let me tell you. At the end of the day, the people who are oppressed will have to be the ones to fight for their freedom. The palestinians will fight anyhow they see fit until Isreal and the United States are tired and give them their own state. These things take time, but they will achieve it. Look at southern Lebanon.
Look at my own country, Nigeria where the central government with the cornivance of the world major oil companies are basterdizing the land of the people where oil is being taken. And for many many years these people have been complaining and no one listened to them. But now that they have taken up arms to fight the government and the oil companies, that is when the government and oil companies are now talking about righting the wrongs.
This is so with people in other parts of the world. You have to fight for yourself. Waiting for United Nations will do you no good. They are all a bunch of hypocrites.
Hamas graduated from suicide bombing and are now building their own rockets. Who knows what next. It is only when Isreal feels very uncomfortable, that the real peace process or negotiation will begin.
By the way, the same thing happened to the Jews in Nazi Germany. When the Jews were being persecuted, the whole world watched. Nobody came to the aid of the Jews. It was when the world realized that Hitler wasn’t going to stop at just the Jews, that they essentially decided to wage war against Germany.
Who would have thought That a people like the Jews who have suffered in the hands of Nazi Germany would now turn around and subject another people, the palestinians to the same persecution they suffered.
It is a pity.
This tells you the kind of people they are.
Lets get the facts:
1. Israel land belongs to the Jewish, the Palestinians are immigrates that came to Israel from Egypt and Jordan in the 17th century. There was never a Palestinian state, government, prime minister or any leader before Yasser Arafat (1994).
2.Israel is seeking peace, in 1948 we agreed to give more than 50% of the land and to share Jerusalem but the Palestinians and all the Arabs (5 countries) start a war on Israel in order to exterminate the Jewish people and through them to the ocean…Israel won.
3. Gaza was mentioned in the bible many times but not even ones in the Koran.
5. We have a piece left wing parties who goes and support Palestinians…the Palestinians have only one common goal “Death to Israel”.
6. When a Palestinian dies we apologies although it is not directly our fault but when an Israeli dies the Palestinians give candy to the people on the street and having parties…yes, they are very happy about it.
7. Islam is a violent religion. Everywhere in the world Muslims extremists did suicide bombing killing millions (9/11), there were a few Israeli terrorists (I can count them on my fingers).
8. We deliver food and supply to Gaza constantly even during this war while the other Arabs countries do nothing. The only country that “cares” is Iran and the money that they are sending is for “Grad” Missiles made by China.
9. Hamas hides children, civilians and weapons in Hospitals, Hotels, and houses with families. This is a known Arab tactics that have been used also in the Golf wars on the Americans to prevent them from getting the terrorist who are also hiding among those places and also present the Americans and Israelis soldiers as child killers and cruel.
10. the average person in Gaza think that the Hamas is a disaster and it is the cause to their misery but they are too afraid to speak freely on this subject…some of them even wish that Israel will rule again so they can have more Democracy.
well as reading all above comments i just have one thing to say israel says they have been targeted with rockets for 8 yrs now then they say for the past 2 yrs since they have left there land they are still the targets i mean who says they have left them alone for the past 2 yrs israel has put a ban on everything coming into Gaza its like starving them for 2 yrs and now when there weak there killing them what do people say about this now is this not terrorism or is it only when muslims are involved? all the westners want is oil gold and god know what so ever i mean why kill all those innocent people for money plus imagine your families being killed im sure that would change your comments.
“imagine your families being killed I’m sure that would change your comments”
Imran, no, it wouldn’t. You have read their comments, there is absolutely no sense for reality. Can you imagine Ronen thinking “what would I be and would I do, if I had been born by a Gazan mother, instead of a jewish one?”. Can you imagine him and his like taking in what the naqba means for a Palestinian? I can’t. They probably believe in it, when they say that they are in the right and Israel/Palestine belongs exclusively to them. And unluckily the same goes for many Arabs, those who won’t see why Israel was founded and what the jewish trauma is.
Luckily not everybody thinks like them. Let’s hope they will become a tiny minority in their respective countries.
Ronen, I don’t think you believe what you posted. If that is your believe then you are living behind the times.
One thing i believe is that Isreal doesn’t just go to war. They must have been preparng for this for a long time. They just needed an excuse to start it.
All this talk about Hamas should go if the palestinians want peace.
We heard the same thing about Arafat. The Isrealites and Americans echoed that Arafat is the obstacle to peace so much so that the whole world started believing them. When Arafat was removed, what happenned? No peace. Instead they undermined MAHMOOD Abas so much that he lost popularity to Hamas.
This same Hamas was helped by the Isrealites to counter Arafat not knowing that Hamas will turn out to be a torn in their flesh.
Just like the Americans helped the Osamas to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, and they turned round to fight them later.
They say what goes around comes around.
The Americans and the Isrealites keep playing with the lives of the Palestinians.
Man always makes the same fundamental mistake thinking that Might is right. When you are powerful, everybody must obey you , otherwise nothing will work.
Well power belongs to God almighty alone and he uses it as he wills.
1. Hamas is a terrorist organization.
2. Isreal is a friend of the US.
PERIOD!!
Before 1967 Isreal occupied 52 percent of the territory and Palestine 48 percent! today Isreal occupy 87 percent of the territory and Paletine 13 percent. Isreal have turned Gaza into a guetto they are also enclosing the west bank and East Jeruselem to me this shows that Isreal are the true aggressers. They have flouted international law for the last forty years. Speak out against Isreal and some how you are accused by them as being anti-semetic, condidering the majority of Jewish people around the world are also critics of Isreali behaviour and Zionism. Isreal is not at war with muslims it wants to wipe Palestine of the map if they are allowed to get away with doing so lebanon Syria and Jordon will be in their sights. Its the land they are after.