A Preview of a Palestinian State
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William Golding's Lord of the Flies starring adults instead of kids.
Q: What's a quick way to tell Israelis from Palestinians?
A: Israelis turn deserts into gardens, Palestinians turn gardens into deserts.
This is what happened after control of the Gaza Strip
was turned over to the Palestinian Authority. "American Jewish
donors
had bought more than 3,000 greenhouses from Israeli settlers in Gaza
for $14 million last month and transferred them to the Palestinian
Authority. ...Palestinian
police stood by helplessly Tuesday as looters carted off materials from
greenhouses in several settlements, and commanders complained they did
not have enough manpower to protect the prized assets. In some
instances, there was no security and in others, police even joined the
looters, witnesses
said." http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5275655,00.html
"Thousands of celebrating Palestinians
thronged through Neve Dekalim
on early Monday just after Israeli soldiers withdrew, setting fire to a
building that just last month served as a rabbinical college for Jewish
settlers. There were similar scenes throughout Gaza as
Palestinians headed straight for empty synagogues Israel had decided to
leave intact. The fires caused little structural damage in the
fortress-like concrete and stone structures, but Palestinian leader
Mahmoud Abbas said the buildings would be destroyed."
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1489529,00050004.htm It
obviously did not occur to the Palestinians that synagogues
might be converted into schools, hospitals, or even mosques.
- Life in an independent Palestine (per Thomas Hobbes): "Nasty, brutish, and short."
- Palestine = Lord of the Flies starring adults instead of kids