Cheeky_Ninja06 wrote:
Read up on the 6 day war and tell me why exactly they would be screwed?
The only reason they survived the six day war was US re-supply. A protracted oil and arms ambargo and they'd be screwed.
Why dont they declare Israel a jewish state then?
Because then they'd be seen to be as racist as the Nazis, they want the Palestinians and other neighbouring states to recognise Israel as a jews-only state first.
There are also various international treaties, the UN etc which would block that kind of apartheid declaration, Israel would most probably have to withdraw from the UN just as the Palestinians are being admitted.
Gaza was abandoned because they lost a sex race? Where do you make this up?
There were too many Palestinians there who couldn't be displaced, if Israel had appropriated the area they would have to have been given voting rights in Israel.
Try this - and note the source.
http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/111/d … -time-bombIn an historic and pivotal speech before the Knesset in May 2003, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon shocked his nation by announcing that Israel would withdraw from the Gaza Strip and large parts of the West Bank to demographically defendable lines in light of forecasts that Israeli Jews would soon lose their majority west of the Jordan River.
This was a striking turnabout for Sharon, who had established his reputation as a security hawk, and was widely considered to be the father of Israel's settlement movement. After decades of backing the settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the former general was convinced that Israeli control in the disputed territories would soon force Israel to choose between its Jewish character and its vibrant democracy.
Moderate but persistent net aliyah (new Jewish immigration minus emigration plus returning Israelis) at current levels of 20,000 per year are sufficient to keep Israel's Jewish majority steady until 2025, when the current Jewish baby boomers begin to have children. The bottom-line shows Jews holding a strong demographic advantage today in Israel and the West Bank, exclusive of the Gaza Strip.
"Jewish character" versus "democracy". "Demographically defendable lines" you get the picture. They want to maintain their apartheid state by whatever means available.
Israel's strong Jewish majority should be considered an historic 120-year achievement of modern Zionism, and not an advantage to be traded away.
Only one scenario exists by which Jews can lose their strong position: open Arab migration into the West Bank. Israel must not allow a situation whereby West Bank Arabs link up politically with Arab populations beyond the Jordan River. In this scenario, Israel could face a renewed demographic challenge.
Hence the abandonment of Gaza and the stranglehold on the West Bank.
I don't know what the true figures on births or immigration are, but its an issue which is exercising their minds and determing their actions.
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