<<Ironically speaking, "if you knew anything about their history", you'd grasp that this so-called "occupation" begain when Israel had to take lands in defense of their country, as every one of their border neighbors, Jordan included was massing its military along their borders, and Egypt's President declaring their intentions of taking on Israel. >>
You obviously know next to nothing about he Six Day War. The events you are describing are a fairy tale. I suggest you go to Wikipedia and look up "Six Day War." The idea that you are trying to sell us on, that the Six Day War was a purely defensive war on Israel's part, is ludicrous.
From your own wikipedia suggestion;
War of 1967
Main article: Six-Day War
The fighting in the Six-Day War of 1967 began with a strike by Israel, which many consider preemptive, against Egypt and Syria following the breakdown of international diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis
begun by the Egyptian closure of the Straits of Tiran on May 21-22, 1957 (thus "blocking all shipping to and from Eilat ... a casus belli" according to a possible interpretation of international law),[3] expulsion of U.N. peacekeepers from the Sinai, stationing some 100,000 Egyptian troops at the peninsula,
a public announcement by Nasser that he intended to destroy Israel [6], and a build up of troops along the Syrian border. Surprise Israeli air strikes destroyed the entire Egyptian air force while still on the ground. A subsequent ground invasion into Egyptian territory led to Israel's conquest of the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula. In spite of Israel's request to Jordan to desist from attacking it, both Jordan and Syria began to shell Israeli targets;
Israel responded by capturing the West Bank from Jordan on June 7, and the Golan Heights from Syria on June 9.Actual history for those that wish to check it outWant a do over?
<<They didn't simply "occupy 3 million Arabs" >>
Plain and simple, since the Six Day War ended, that is EXACTLY what they have done.
And they did so IN DEFENSE of their nation......PLAIN AND SIMPLE. Not because of some radical hatred they all of a sudden had with Palestinians. and Palestinians are not being kept behind barbed wire. They can go anywhere at anytime. Have you grasped some of the immigration policies of other nearby Arab nations that PREVENT Palestinians from even entering their countries, much less gain citizenship?? Arguably harsher than even Israel
<<Everything that Israel has done has been in RESPONSE to something being done or about to be done to them. >>
Well, once again you are fogging the issue, muddying the waters. What do you mean by "Everything that Israel has done?" Israel has done a lot of things.
I thought I made that abundantly clear. Not clear enough apparently. Lemme quote myself
"Nearly every one of Israel's military incursions into Gaza or the West Bank was as a result of some attack directed at Israel" So when I say nearly everything Israel has done, its from a military & immigration perspective, & it means its in direct RESPONSE to some action that was taken on them, or was about to, i.e. the 6 day war, and Iraq's Nuclear program
I do not propose to discuss each and every one of them.
Good, since I was in no way referencing every policy decision, ever made, about every conceivable thing. I'm referencing specific military actions, and the immigration polices aimed at non-Jews.
Of all the things that Israel has done, ONE THING - - the 39-year occupation of the West Bank and its three million Arab inhabitants - - stands out massively over every other thing.
Yea. It's unfortunate Israel had to take those lands, but at the time had no choice with the actions that Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and yea, even Jordan were taking
If you mean to say that THE OCCUPATION "has been in response to something being done or about to be done to [Israel]" then that is a vertitable crock of shit and you ought to know that by now. Israel was the aggressor in the Six Day War as the results clearly show and the history of it clearly demonstrates.
As I said, you really should know our history a bit better before laying out claims of AMBE, when your own frellin source demonstrates the order of events.
<<Nearly every one of Israel's military incursions into Gaza or the West Bank was as a result of some attack directed at Israel. >>
I have already demonstrated that at least with respect to the original seizure of the West Bank and the very start of the occupation, that is just one big lie.
Oh boy, now we're going to try pulling in an analogus "Bush lied us into war" tact, when it's clear how diametrically opposite the claim is. Look Tee, if you're going to sit there and with a straight face, try to re-write the events of 1967, in order to justify your version of what is is, deal me out. You were raked over the coals with the Bush lied garbage, and that didn't even have near as many actual dates of events, documented history, and public pledges, such as the one made by Egyptian President Nasser.
No one's arguing that what Israel did was pre-emptive (the aggressor as you're trying to imply), the arguement is what prompted Israel to take such action. And if you think some supposed Israeli shells into Jordan was the foundation for Nasser to make his pledge, and for everyone of Israel's border neighbors to mass their militaries on its border, in preparation of fulfilling that pledge, your more knute-like, than I thought. Which is sad, because occasionally, some rationality does come from your keyboads. Not often, and rarely objective, but occasionally. Not something we can say about knute