If you had to pick a side Israel or Palestine?

Question

I'm picking Palestine

Answer 1

I would support a two state settlement.

Answer 2

Israel.  Hands down.  They took a swamp and made it into something the world could look at and be proud of.  The palestinians are like the ghetto, they take and take and take and don't produce chit.  

Answer 3

Palestine.  Israel's retaliation against Palestinians is too heavy handed.

Answer 4

Jewish Faithed People in My Expeirence Seem to Get What They Want Yet They Are Quite Happy To Tell The World That They Are Terrorised By The "Ghetto" not my Quote And at the same time they can Strategically EEK Out Supposed Terror Suspects And Shoot Rockets Out of the sky Im noT here to Say WHO i Like Good and Bad Everywhere The Palistinians Seem to Have A rough Ride From  A Jewish Faithed Organisation That noT only Sqatted but Even Demanded as Thiers A Strip of land  Turning up Because that would be the Safest Place for Them What With What Happened With Hitler  You Know The Story So We Got A situation now where you Have"Jews an Arabs" Who were once the Best of Freinds Fighting Eachother With one side saying "they think Somethings Buried And they Want it Dug up And the other side Acussing Palistine of Terrorizing them If you think of how much BLood Has Been Shed in this Divide YOU Have to ask How long and if so Wont it be harder to forgive the longer it goes on some think its too late  in the Israeli town of Rosh Pina, where the ancient Jewish Kabbalah tradition expects the Messiah to appear at the end of the world Could Be Where This Saga Ends A good Excuse you would think for Israel to Have enemys

Answer 5

This is a conflict where winners can be only if both Israel and Palestine will respect each other and come to peace as neighbors.

Israel and allies cannot definitely win here and all countries supporting Palestine also cannot win.

No one's side - only peaceful solution which will be acceptable (not by force) by both sides. It's a only way. All history of this region said so.

Answer 6

Palestine, because they're the oppressed party. But really, both sides need to be given a sound slapping and told to resolve their problems like adults.

Answer 7

Hi, I respect your opinion but I disagree.

I would say Israel. Well, I've many reasons. And I'm sure I won't get best answer because your opinion looks set in stone but I'm prepared to spend time on giving a detailed answer anyway. I'd first like to make it clear that I'm a Christian female of 16 years.

1. I've been to Israel over 20 times and met many Israeli people. So I'm not deciding this on what I've seen on CNN or Sky News. But on experience.

2. The Palestinian's celebrated and danced in the street's with candy, fireworks and music when 9/11 happened. They did the same when the Palestinian gunmen went into the Israeli school in Tel Aviv and killed 8 children.

How can somebody be so cruel-minded and celebrate somebodies death? I could perhaps condone somebody who was happy about a paedophile or a rapist on death row that had been killed but not innocent people and children!

Theres actual video evidence to support this by the way, so I'm not talking out of my ***.

3. My family and myself were shot at by Palestinian's many years ago while on holiday in Israel. Thank God they didn't get us, but I don't really support people who try to kill my family.

4. The Palestinian's were offered a country of their own, yet they refused and turned it down. Why? Because they said they didn't want to be neighbouring a Jewish state.

5. I a few weeks back had a debate over the rights and wrongs of the conflict with a group of Palestinian adults. They all seemed to be

united on the fact that Hitler was a positive thing for killing Jew's. That shocked me. After I expressed my opinion (In the same way I am now, no less or more polite) I was told to kill myself.

Yet I seemed to realise more than they did that Islam forbids suicide as it's a sin.

6. I don't mind Fatah but I hate Hamas and I think something like 70% of Palestinian's support Hamas.

This is Hamas.

http://progressiveworldreview.com/wordpr...

http://heavenawaits.files.wordpress.com/...

Enough said.

7. Following on from my last point, if 70% of Palestinian's support

Hamas, then this is the hope for their future generations.

http://mensa-barbie.com/bloggerimages/30...

This picture actually disturbs me.

8. All the Palestinian's I have spoken to I've explained my sympathies for the children, mothers or fathers that have UNINTENTIONALLY been killed by the IDF (Israeli Deffense Force).

But not 1 of them could do the same for the innocent Israeli civilian's. Thats truly how bitter and selfish most of them are from my experiences. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are many many nice Palestinian's, but the one's I've talked to haven't been so I can't help but have built that opinion up.

9. You could argue that the IDF (Israel Deffense Force) have killed

innocent children, women and men. BUT, I tell you .. I've met many

Israeli soldiers through my time in Israel and I assure you it's no secret

that they've shed tears and morned the innocents that have died from the Palestinian side.

Their mission is solely to get rid of Hamas and the weapons that continue to threaten their people. And as I said before the Palestinian's celebrate when Israeli's die.

10. I really admire the USA. I've travelled to America and I think on a

whole they're a really lovely bunch of people!

But this is what the Palestinian's think of them; http://www.waronjihad.org/Hamas310305.gi... .. So yet another reason

to support Israel and not the Palestinian's.

11. The Palestinian's brainwash their children.

I've seen the amount of propaganda on 'Hamas TV' and I was really shocked to the bone.

Look at this, awful .. http://www.arhythmatik.com/wp-content/up...

On the other hand when I asked Israel children 'Who are the Palestinian's?' they answered innocently and didn't seem to be much involved replying with answer's like 'They live over there'.

12. These are the so called Palestinian soldiers. http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/hama...

and http://blog.camera.org/archives/hamas%20...

and these are the Israeli soldier's..

http://www.armyrecognition.com/moyen_ori...

and http://www.think-israel.org/may06pix/spi...

Who to you look more rational and like a balanced ordinary set of soldiers with normal intentions? I don't think I need to answer that one.

13. Sure I've heard things in the news about things the IDF have done that I disagree with. But these cases are extremly rare and if you consider that military service in Israel is compulsory that means criminals too have to serve. On my travels in Israel, I discovered many things that were unheard

of back in the UK. For example, in shopping malls I saw happy Muslim women in veils who were treated and looked upon in the same

light as a Jewish man or woman.

14. I have no doubt that Hamas purposly target civilian's. Because if

they didn't, they would not send suicide bombers into crowded shopping centres or gunmen into Israeli schools.

These are facts which carry much evidence.



15. I'm not a bad person, I consider myself quite a compassionate and sensitive person. I'm opinionated and I stand up for what I believe in

even if that mean's going against the beliefs of my family or friends.

For example I am a Christian yet I do not like the Bible.

My point being if I truly in my heart thought Israel were the bad guys and doing bad on the world, I wouldn't support them.



16. I've so many more points I could make but right now it's 1:42am and I am really exhausted.



I hope someone has at least taken the time to read half of my opinion.

Because, well points don't matter too much to me the fact I've expressed my opinion and read other's opinions mean more to me.

Thank you for your question.

Answer 8

Not a good one to take sides on, there are too many extremist nutters out there, and if you pick wrong side, who knows what you might get in the mail?

Answer 9

Wow... Why are you asking this? The tensions between the two are high anyway and you are trying to get people to pick sides instead of either not getting involved at all or trying to make it better. I cant believe you would seriously be asking this...  

Answer 10

Israel hands down.

A Palestinian assassinated a American presidential candidate in 1967.

I don't remember israel ever assassinating a American presidential candidate.

Answer 11

Look, first let me say I recognize the complexity of the situation. First and foremost I hope for the dignity of both Arabs and Jews.

Israel, no question at all.

Israel is a democracy, a full-fledged country. Israel has tried to give back land, and recieved nothing but trouble and violence. I don't see how a "Palestine" would be anything but a terrorist slum at this point, as that is what happened with Gaza.

Answer 12

Israel they were attack first I will always support them

Answer 13

Israel of course.

Answer 14

My head says Israel , but my heart says Palestine i feel for them and wish i had a magic answer to there problems .  

Answer 15

Palestine i'd say,firstly it's just instinctive to side with the underdog yet at the same time there something just slightly arrogant about the Jewish people I've met,i don't know if it's arrogance,smugness or self satisfaction in that their's is the oldest and original religion making them much wiser in their opinion.

Also the pictures over the news of kids throwing stones against a full scale army with tanks and helicopter gunships,it's an evocative image.Bulldozers going through peoples houses and moving Jewish settlers into the homes of driven out Palestinians - isn't that just Jewish Lebensraum !!!

How can one religion that got gassed,mistreated etc,we all know the story of the holocaust wage such an oppressive campaign against it's neighbour yet still try and wring world sympathy over what happened to them during the war,in fact at one time or other for the 1000 years all over europe !!!

It has elements of a child that was abused then after growing up  

went on in turn to abuse children !!!!

Answer 16

isreal as i do not agree with iran's policies

Answer 17

Israel by far, always like being on the side of God. besides never could side with a country that uses terror to achieve its goals  

Answer 18

Palestinians, as i believe there is a form of apartheid in Israel. The palestinians are  treated apallingly.

Answer 19

Pick a side for what? What you prefer, who will "win"? I'll be more specific when you are.

Edit:On a side note, it's hard to disagree with what Boo said. Jews kick serious ***, and I'm not Jewish, I'm just observing history.

Edit:Again, what has the the muslim world contributed to society? Despite comprising less than 3% of the US population the Jews have built the atom bomb, Hollywood and large parts of the financial and industrial world. At risk of being redundant:The Jews are very smart, hard working people. The muslims... well they blew up the WTC and haven't done S**t on a relative scale, so.. I'm sry but, fooke them.

Answer 20

Israel as the EU has sided with the Palestinians so I always I'll go with the winner

Answer 21

If the Palestinians could destroy Israel and kill them all, they would. Israel could destroy all the Palestinians, but they are the best friends those ingrate idiot zealot scum have, aside from maybe the US. The Arabs won't do spit for them, for all their talk.

It all started by the Palestinians trying to kill off all the Jews. The Palestinians outnumbered the Jews 2 to 1, and they lost badly.

There is no question about who to back, unless you are an ignorant, an idiot, evil, or a religious nut bar like those who hate them are, and that's the only reason they hate them.

The Jews are good people who would live in peace and respect others. The Palestinians and the Arabs are not good people, what they do and how they act tells us all we need to know. The rest is c**p for idiots to chew on about.

Edit:

Neither the Palestinians or Jews were in the area, it was held by the Ottoman empire. The Europeans mostly with US agreement set aside land for both the Jews and Palestinians, and the Palestinians wanted it all. The Palestinians were a group of refugees and not one of the Arab groups wanted them in their area because they saw them as low lives. The Jews have treated the Palestinians better than any Arabs. The Palestinians get all their food and everything else they have, and don't work for, from the US and Israel. Not a thing comes from the Arabs.