I am not an Evangelical Christian or Jew or Mohammedan. My question to you is how much does your brand of Chritianity inform your view of who Israel belongs to?
If the Palis were peaceful would the Jews love to have them there, as citizens of Israel with no restrictions? Of course they wouldn't. They wouldn't be allowed to breed because the Jews explicitly say that would be genocide. And they are right, but let's not pretend it's a case of "people are people, doesn't matter if they are Jews or Muslims, we just want to live in peace and dance through the tulips."
It's not just peace the Jews want, same as the Muslims. Both invoke their God and history.
Time for a shocker: There are no Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem.
What about the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem? Considered Islam's third holiest site? Not true. In fact, the Koran says nothing about Jerusalem. It mentions Mecca hundreds of times. It mentions Medina countless times. It never mentions Jerusalem. With good reason. There is no historical evidence to suggest Muhammad ever visited Jerusalem.
Jews can trace their roots in Jerusalem back to the days of Abraham. It was originally called Canaan which encompassed Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and the southern portions of Syria and Lebanon.
And my belief and support in a Jewish State go beyond religious beliefs. Jews are unique in that that they are both a religion and ethnicity and the only ones that have been systematically targeted for extinction. After the Holocaust, they needed a place where they can live peacefully and safely. A paltry 1/10th of one percent of the landmass. You are simply wrong when you say that Jews want more than peace. They have proven it time and time again. They gave up the whole oil-rich Sinai Peninsula, real concessions, for the false promise of peace. They forcibly pulled their own people out of that idyllic community in Gaza for peace and what did the Arabs do with it? Now it's just another slum and staging ground to launch attacks on Israel.
And whether Palestinians are peaceful or not they live freely in Israel. They have more rights than they have in their own country. They even serve in government.
But again, you can make all these arguments to sympathize with the Palestinians even though you deny it. Your bias against Jews is obvious. So again, what do you want the Jews to do? Your "I don't know" answer makes all your other arguments pointless.
Stop attacking Israel and then there will be peace. In every one of these conflicts Israel is never the aggressor. In this conflict they are reacting to thousands of missiles being launched at them. What are they suppose to do? Saying, "I don't know" is not an option when there is a missile coming down on you.
