I'd have to agree with what ginja said above. I think it's way too far a stretch for you talk about palestinian perspective. I have no love for muslim fanatics... but to say that israel is totally innocent in this mess seems a bit ridiculous IMO. Personally, I'd put a lot more blame on islamic zealots than on israel, but israel has done plenty to make things worse.
Who said I'm talking about the Palestinian perspective?
The OP was written as an example of how a rational, moral person would deal with the situation. The piece was intended to be in stark contrast to the way the Muslims see the issue. Is my writing style really that unclear?
Let me try to put this another way. In 1941 we used nuclear weapons against Hiroshima and Nagasaki and vaporized thousands of people. After that, we set up military bases in Japan and prohibited them from rebuilding their military. So what did they do? Well, they could have chosen the path that the Muslims chose; obviously they had the balls for it. After all, this is the nation that invented the Kamikaze. But instead, they accepted defeat and made a rational decision to choose a different tact. Look at where they are now.
Also, before criticizing Israel, consider this. Consider that even after the Holocaust, there were no acts of terror committed upon German citizens. If anyone had a reason to want to commit such acts it was the survivors and their descendants. The Jews of Eastern Europe had everything taken from them. They had entire blood lines forever erased from the face of the Earth. many survivors lost every one of their relatives - husbands, wifes, children, aunts, uncles, grandparents - everyone. They also lost all of their wealth, their homes and years of their lives.
Surely, if one can sympathies with the Palestinians, that person must also wonder why those survivors never sought revenge. They did spend years hunting down those responsible and bringing them to justice, but they never struck against German citizens. They didn't do it because their morality wouldn't allow them to do so.
That, is precisely the reason you do not see Jews in Israel committing terror attacks against Arabs. In fact, when Israel does take military action, the injured Arabs receive the exact same treatment as do Jews with no preference to either. Surely, if they wanted to, the Israelis could commit acts of terror on a far larger scale. They don't because of their morality.
Now of course it is true that civilians are killed when the IDF goes after Hamas and other targets, this is always unavoidable. But they do not target innocent civilians.
If you want some great insight into the vast difference between the morality of the two people, watch this video. It is long, but if you want an excellent real life account and a great understanding of what is really going on, it is worth watching.
[video]http://www.americancongressfortruth.com/media1/Duke_Brigitte_interview.wmv[/video]
