israel/palestine questions Rating Options

[brooklyneast05]

i'm going to put this in debate, just because i figure there is the possibility of one breaking out. i'm not posing a debate though, just wondering if anyone here can shed some light that i can comprehend.

basically, i don't really get the deal with Palestine and Israel. i've never been in a history class that really addressed it so i've always been confused about all of it. it's frustrating to me to see stuff all over the news and feel like i don't have an opinion one way or the other becuase i don't get what is going on. i've been reading about it, but it's still confusing as hell.

i keep reading stuff that basically just says how they Palestinians got kicked out of their home, and they are pissed and want their land back. well...that doesn't seem that irrational to me. i would too, of course not enough that i'm ok with my kids and future generations dying over it but you know. so i guess lots of the stuff i read, i sorta agree with the Palestinians. then when i say that, people are like "NO, THEY ARE WRONG, ISRAEL IS OUR ALLY, NOT THEM. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT"

so i guess i wanna know what i'm talking about. why do we favor Israel in this mess? am i just completely missing something in not understanding why Isreal is right and the Palestinians are wrong?

[NoSex]

people never seem to realize that without a legitimate military, it's very hard to fight a war:
whereas israel has armored tanks (provided by world governments), palestine has nothing.

[DoubleJ]

people never seem to realize that without a legitimate military, it's very hard to fight a war:
whereas israel has armored tanks (provided by world governments), palestine has nothing.

That is a valid point, but I also feel as though Hamas should live up to it's part of the bargain as well. You can't go forwards unless you go backwards first.

[NoSex]

That is a valid point, but I also feel as though Hamas should live up to it's part of the bargain as well. You can't go forwards unless you go backwards first.

neither parties truly want to go forward; that's my summation of the true climate of the area.
israel has the holy land (pretty much), and insofar as they maintain political dominance & world sympathies, they will forever hold the "holy land." the palestinians want the same exact thing, they just know they won't get it... because, they simply do not have world sympathy. in fact, the entire world is against them... &, don't confuse it... that's the heart of western world's problem with the middle east. of course, they don't hate us for our freedom. they hate us because we deny aid, we aid, exclusively, their enemy, and ignore the war crimes committed by their enemies (both against them & ourselves).

if you ever wanted an explanation for the events of sept. 11, you won't have to look too much further than the sole american support of the state of israel.