BF2S Forums Occupation

FEOS wrote:

If you're talking about kicking Palestinians out of their homes, bulldozing them, and building Israeli settlements on top of them, then yes. It's completely unfair.

However, that is but one single facet of a very complex situation, with unfairness piled high on both sides. I certainly don't agree with your percentage...my guess would be closer to 80/20 on both sides.

sergeriver wrote:

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

As stated before, the blame belongs to many different players as far as this particular situation.  I don't think anyone with half a brain really would want to live like those depicted in the youtube videos, or agrees with what the Israeli government is doing in controlling the occupied areas.  The fact that the international community constantly condemns and refuses to recognize the occupation as legitimate is pretty indicative of this.

It is not and should not simply be a Palestinian vs. Israeli argument.  Most Arab nations in the region refuse to take responsibility for their actions in the region over the last 60 years.  If more support for a two-state solution was brought from the countries in the region, perhaps peace would be a lot more conceivable.

I don't agree with the part of the International community constantly condemning Israel.  You know why?  Because it doesn't matter if you pass a resolution against Israel, but you get the US veto.  Things continue the same.

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

sergeriver wrote:

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

As stated before, the blame belongs to many different players as far as this particular situation.  I don't think anyone with half a brain really would want to live like those depicted in the youtube videos, or agrees with what the Israeli government is doing in controlling the occupied areas.  The fact that the international community constantly condemns and refuses to recognize the occupation as legitimate is pretty indicative of this.

It is not and should not simply be a Palestinian vs. Israeli argument.  Most Arab nations in the region refuse to take responsibility for their actions in the region over the last 60 years.  If more support for a two-state solution was brought from the countries in the region, perhaps peace would be a lot more conceivable.

I don't agree with the part of the International community constantly condemning Israel.  You know why?  Because it doesn't matter if you pass a resolution against Israel, but you get the US veto.  Things continue the same.

Bro, even the U.S. doesn't recognize the occupied areas as legitimate claims.  In fact, the U.S. has probably done more to broker a peace deal between Palestine and Israel than any other country outside the Middle East.  Granted, we seem to have more of an interest in the region, but where are other major world powers?

FEOS wrote:

I think what he's getting at is that you see a lot of examples of the US working directly with the parties involved on trying to negotiate some type of peace...but very little (if any) examples of GCC or EU (or any other non-US entity) doing the same. Yet the ones screaming so hard for peace in the region are those very groups doing almost nothing about it...other than complaining, of course.

FEOS wrote:

But on the other hand, it is actively engaging the parties involved to try to work out a peace agreement. You can't focus on one and overlook the other.