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**miel** · 12-28-2008, 04:21 PM

What I don't get is this: Why does Hamas keep on attacking Isreal, when the nation they're attacking has more guns, and vastly superior firepower.

To stay in power. And Israel stupidly accommodates them by overreacting. If terrorism ended, some people might decide that the best course of action would be to sit down and hammer out a real peace treaty. Hamas has no stake in that.

we are not animals or cavemen.

And what does the Egyptian government really think of Palestinians?

The situation on border between Egypt and Gaza is becoming increasingly ugly as Egyptian police try to prevent thousands of Palestinians crossing into Egypt

Hypocrites, but at least they're consistent.

Egypt occupied Gaza in 1948, when their army was stopped in a drive up the coast toward Tel Aviv. A cease-fire brokered by the British caused thousands of refugees to move into Gaza. Egypt occupied Gaza for the next 19 years, until the 1967 war, interrupted only once during the 1956 war, when Israel occupied the territory for a short time.

During all those years, the Gaza-Egypt border remained closed; Palestinians in Gaza received little aid, and no offer of Egyptian citizenship was made.

12-28-2008, 04:21 PM	#10
miel Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	What I don't get is this: Why does Hamas keep on attacking Isreal, when the nation they're attacking has more guns, and vastly superior firepower. To stay in power. And Israel stupidly accommodates them by overreacting. If terrorism ended, some people might decide that the best course of action would be to sit down and hammer out a real peace treaty. Hamas has no stake in that. we are not animals or cavemen. And what does the Egyptian government really think of Palestinians? The situation on border between Egypt and Gaza is becoming increasingly ugly as Egyptian police try to prevent thousands of Palestinians crossing into Egypt Hypocrites, but at least they're consistent. Egypt occupied Gaza in 1948, when their army was stopped in a drive up the coast toward Tel Aviv. A cease-fire brokered by the British caused thousands of refugees to move into Gaza. Egypt occupied Gaza for the next 19 years, until the 1967 war, interrupted only once during the 1956 war, when Israel occupied the territory for a short time. During all those years, the Gaza-Egypt border remained closed; Palestinians in Gaza received little aid, and no offer of Egyptian citizenship was made.
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