Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent: FM to U.S. officials: Hamas will not choose when to fire and when to regroup
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Title:#17 I guess I have to repeat it again, TotL
Name:Johnboy
City: SydneyState: Australia
TotL: "Of course it`s Israels security that is foremost,they`re the ones being attacked daily."

Of course it is the future state of Palestine whose security needs guaranteeing, because:
1) Israel has form; it has kept these people under a military occupation for 40 years
2) Israel will insist that any Palestinian state be left demilitarized and, therefore, helpless before it.

Witness Lebanon; the Lebanese army armour dates back to the 1960`s and she has no airforce or AA capabilities i.e. it can not hope to defend the country against the IDF

And THAT sure has guaranteed Israel`s safety, hasn`t it TotL??????

Israel likes have the neighbours disarmed, but that also encourages her to be aggressive towards them, which makes the entire rationale self-defeating.

Israel should want a well armed and well trained Palestinian Army next to her own IDF.

It`ll breed some mutual respect for once, coz that`s been sorely lacking in Israel.