Saturday, September 20, 2003
Three Jewish settlers have been convicted by a court in Jerusalem of attempted murder after a failed plot to blow up an Arab girls' school in the city.
The settlers said they wanted to take revenge for the killing of Jews by Palestinians.
"We're sorry. We'll serve our time in jail. It's no big deal. Anyway, it's better than being blown up at a bus stop,"
But perhaps it's worth looking at these statistics of the numbers killed by each side. Of course, the US are in a difficult position, they cannot support a UN Resolution condemning Israel for saying they are looking at the possibility of assassinating Arafat, because Israel is just copying what the US did (or wanted to do) with regard to Saddam Hussein, but I think the only strategy for giving Israel security involves trying to help the Palestinian people, rather than driving them into the arms of the fanatics. They can't remove Arafat's support by killing him, but if they give the Palestinians peace, help them to rebuild, encourage attempts to find ways to live together peacefully then they will get the security they crave.
The settlers said they wanted to take revenge for the killing of Jews by Palestinians.
"We're sorry. We'll serve our time in jail. It's no big deal. Anyway, it's better than being blown up at a bus stop,"
But perhaps it's worth looking at these statistics of the numbers killed by each side. Of course, the US are in a difficult position, they cannot support a UN Resolution condemning Israel for saying they are looking at the possibility of assassinating Arafat, because Israel is just copying what the US did (or wanted to do) with regard to Saddam Hussein, but I think the only strategy for giving Israel security involves trying to help the Palestinian people, rather than driving them into the arms of the fanatics. They can't remove Arafat's support by killing him, but if they give the Palestinians peace, help them to rebuild, encourage attempts to find ways to live together peacefully then they will get the security they crave.
