The desire of British-Mandate Palestine to gain statehood is growing ever vocal. The security council is putting the decision off, but the Palestinian Authority have support in this outdated and ineffectual organization.
Where do we stand on the issue?
Well poor old Dave has said that he wants a "two state solution" between Israel and a new Palestinian state, in other words Dave thinks that if the Palestinian authority is granted statehood then the issue will be resolved. This is naive, I am not alone when I say that Palestinian statehood would only be the beginning.
"Give them an inch and they'll want a mile" The Palestinian Authority don't want an inch, they've no interest in getting an inch, gaining statehood will merely renew their violent efforts against Israel and Zionism.
Israel is the only country recognized as 'free' in the region, Arabs in Israel have more rights than anywhere in the region.
Israel guarantees the religious rights of Christians and Muslims. Contrast this with the relentless persecution of Christians (and other minorities) in Arab countries.
Where do we stand on the issue?
Well poor old Dave has said that he wants a "two state solution" between Israel and a new Palestinian state, in other words Dave thinks that if the Palestinian authority is granted statehood then the issue will be resolved. This is naive, I am not alone when I say that Palestinian statehood would only be the beginning.
"Give them an inch and they'll want a mile" The Palestinian Authority don't want an inch, they've no interest in getting an inch, gaining statehood will merely renew their violent efforts against Israel and Zionism.
Israel is the only country recognized as 'free' in the region, Arabs in Israel have more rights than anywhere in the region.
Israel guarantees the religious rights of Christians and Muslims. Contrast this with the relentless persecution of Christians (and other minorities) in Arab countries.
The UK and Israel are alike in more ways than we are different. Both our nations face the same threat from ideological forces, blowing up tubes in London and Bars in Tel Aviv. These Muslim Extremist groups hate the UK and Israel because we are free and democratic.
I was horrified when I realized how many students at my University were supporters of Palestine. There is so much ignorance of the facts, and this is dangerous.
This move towards the UN is not a move towards statehood or peace; this is the beginning of renewed efforts against Israel. The vote in the UN is a continuation of the battle against Israel and Zionism by different means. Having failed to prevent Jewish immigration to British-Mandate Palestine and the establishment of Israel, having failed to defeat the Israeli military, having failed to strangle the Israeli economy and having failed to terrorize the Israeli citizens into submission, the Palestinians, and many Arab Muslim countries, are taking advantage of the current anti-Israel mood to isolate Israel diplomatically and present Israel and Zionism as fundamentally illegitimate.
The Jewish people have been persecuted and shunned around the world, they turned to the only territory which history recognizes as theirs, through the right to self determination that land evolved into Israel due to its majority Jewish population.
The Palestinian's have no government, they have no permanent population and no defined territory. The Palestinian Authority has no control over the West Bank, or over Gaza and no history of statehood, they should not have international recognition under any circumstances, and I for one would defend any means Israel feels fit to protect its borders and its citizens.
The British Israel Coalition wisely says; "Israel is not what is wrong with the Middle East; it is what is right with the Middle East."