Since the UN won't wake up (see previous editorials) perhaps the Arab countries might. Let's see. Let's give it a try.

Why don't the Arab nations for just once treat Israel from a humanitarian perspective. They can always go back to "hate" if the humanitarian perspective does not work.

Also, see the mini editorial in PRT13-0Article.html

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Since the UN won't wake up perhaps the Arab countries might. Let's see. Let's give it a try.

Why don't the Arab nations for just once treat Israel from a humanitarian perspective. They can always go back to "hate" if the humanitarian perspective does not work.

Let's consider a few things. These Arab countries have more land than they need even if they gave 50% of that land away. It is like Bill Gates giving 50 million dollars to the UN children effort. The man is worth over 60 billion dollars. The international and nation wide advertising he got for $50 million was a great deal for both him and Microsoft. Personally I would be impressed if he gave $50 billion and kept back 50 million for himself. The scenario with this land in the Palestine area is somewhat of a parallel. No one is asking anyone to do a 50% give away anyway. Some of the land the Arabs do have is mined for oil and I understand that a long time ago Israel returned the valued rich oil areas taken during war. That was nice of them. They could have just held on to it and got filthy rich but they gave it back because it was one of the few resources of the Arab nation affected. I always wondered about that. They had potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in those resources that they had seized. But they gave it back. Amazing!

Israel has a number of settlements occupying a small portion of land also taken during a period of war. How much would it hurt these oil rich barons who have more land than they will ever need, to give up to Israel the few acres (and maybe some more) upon which they have settlements. I exaggerate a bit to make a point. Even if these Arab countries do not feel Israel has a legal right or any other kind of right, wouldn't it be so nice if they just said to Israel, "We want peace and prosperity for all Arabs so badly that even though we don't think it is the "right" thing to do from one perspective, in the interest of peace it may be the "right" thing to do. In the final analysis we will have to learn how to live side by side anyway." I wonder if they have such a "charitable" disposition that they could make such an offer to Israel. Are they really practicing a religion of peace?
Isn't that what it all comes down to.

I'm now going to get religious on all you poor readers. All things come from God and belong to God even the oil rich land of the oil barons and the land the Israelites occupy today. No man owns anything. We just think we do. We are just stewards over what we claim are our possessions. America does not belong to the Indian population - not one chunk of it. Someone is going to hate me for this. Nor does it belong to the European immigrants that emigrated from Europe to live in America - not one chunk of it. Someone is going to hate me for this. Nor does it belong to anyone who lives in America - no not one chunk. Someone is going to hate me for this. We are given things by God to be stewards over these things and to manage them in the interest of all. That is one of the things that is blatantly wrong in our western society. We believe so strongly in personal ownership that it can affect how we share our wealth and resources. But now everyone knows we are not perfect and we know it, how about the Muslim countries, especially the Arab ones. Is this a racial issue or for once since World War II maybe they could display a form of realistic stewardship and help Israel for a change rather than antagonize Israel.

Also, instead of ganging together like a school yard gang and picking on the newcomer why don't they show this newcomer the hand of help, peace, and welcome?

But when we get right down to the issue of the Palestinians and the Israeli people, the question must inevitably be asked, "Why do all these other Arab nations show such an intense interest in the Palestinian situation when none of them have the slightest inclination or desire to help these people in a real way. Is this a racial thing? Is it racial and maybe even religious discrimination? We don't allow that in our country. I guess it is allowed in the world community. None of these nations will allow any of these Palestinians to immigrate to their countries. None of these oil barons will build communities in their own countries for these displaced people called Palestinians. But they have a lot of money and time to commit to building up major military machines. Isn't that strange. None have offered to take those in the refugee camps that appear to be the worst off of the lot and provide them with a home and a secure living in their own countries. They simply don't want these Palestinians. Isn't that strange. They not only don't want them they do not really care for them. This public image that the Arab league presents to the world is that they are "torn" with anguish for the "poor" Palestinian people as they suffer under some kind of Israeli occupation. This occupation is just so terrible that these poor terrorist inclined people will only wait just so long and out comes the hate and the violence. At least that is what they seem to be telling Mr. Bush. It sounds more like black mail to me. Meanwhile they condone Mr. Terrorism or more correctly said, Mr. Arafat as he has trained and armed these "poor" Palestinians and prepared them for a campaign of hate and destruction upon the Israeli people. And as I said before, an no one really listens, it is their own children they hurt the worst by teaching them to model their lives after terrorist martyrs who kill and maim the innocent civilian.

These are all facts. All these things are obvious to anyone that objectively stands back and surveys the entire situation. So what is the real agenda of these Arab nations? If their very behavior reflects a non caring attitude about the Palestinian people then why do their words say something entirely different. Are they simply manipulating world opinion so that the world does not see their true attitudes, feelings, and objectives. Words are used this way to persuade, deceive, and manipulate, all the time in the modern world. And the average person still swallows and believes the words and fails to consider the behavior and the deeds. My my my. We are such a stupid lot are we not. We believe words in the obvious face of behavior and deeds that bear no resemblance to the words. How can we be so thick headed?

There is also another perspective that seems to have escaped everyone involved. By what right under heaven (or even the UN) does this "Arab league" have authority and permission to represent the so called Palestinian people. They are after all, a displaced people. They were never a nation as the subtle suggestion is always put forward by the "Arab league". Over many years negotiations have occurred and agreements formed but the validity of these "arrangements" have now lost their relevance. Time does that with everything. Did the UN authorize certain Arab nations to be the "voice" of the Palestinian people? Did the UN authorize Mr. Terrorism to engage the Palestinian people in terrorism against Israel? It looks to me after watching this situation in the Middle East from the time I was a child until now, that a persecuted people who called themselves "Jewish" fled this persecution and after World War II were authorized by the world community to have a place in the Middle East that was considered by many of these Jewish people be their birthright given to them from God. I think this is the same God the Arab nations worship but maybe I am mistaken. At first when I was much younger I felt sorry for the Arab population because at that time there was a lot of Anti-Semitism and people just did not have the facts. I was also awed by how these Jewish people took the land and made it productive.
But now, I think the facts speak for themselves. Early efforts by the International community to lay out land boundaries and arrangements and agreements that took place since that time are simply no longer relevant to the situation. Time does that sort of thing. Perhaps these early efforts were also naive. It is now an entirely different age that it was when all these agreements took place. Since they were not kept, for whatever reason, they were probably not realistically developed as appropriate to the situation. There has to be something wrong with either the agreement or the people involved or both when agreement break down and don't work.
I can accept that. What I cannot accept is the "meddling" of the Arab league and their effort to deceive the world community regarding firstly their position as "advocate" of these displaced people and secondly their "secret agenda".

When Mr. Bush refused to release documents to an enquiry the new media jumped on this as they do all refusals of information and did not suggest that Mr. Bush had something to hide but outright accused him of having something to hide and they speculated what it was he was trying to hide. Whether they are right in such conclusions is not why I raised the issue. But what is certain is that behavior has a way of exposing motivation, purpose, and plan. Maybe the news media just missed the purpose behind the behavior. But it is not that easy to miss the purpose behind the behavior of the Arab league. They are acting as if they have a vested interest and that vested interest is not the Palestinian people as is evident by their behavior with respect to these displaced people.

Call me suspicious but suspicious is what I am in this case because I have many years of watching these people behave.

What the Israeli government wants, even though divided about the issues, if taken at the worst case scenario, involves a pittance compared to the wealth and land available to these Arab oil rich nations. Since they involve themselves maybe they should be giving of themselves. So I am waiting. Waiting to see some genuine charity and giving coming from these Arab nations towards the nation of Israel.


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The following is the mini editorial taken from PRT13-0Article.html

Mr Terror or is that pronounced Mr. Arafat? Where is your mind today? Are you going to apply your mind to peace and love or violence and hate? It is your decision? Examine your mind if you can and focus your thoughts on peace and properity and not on hate, revenge, deceit, and preparation for war. Give mind to the children of Palestine. Build a stable and peace loving, prosperous and caring society. Do you even know what that is Mr. Terror.