Reply #23: A Good Point, Mr. Mildred [View All]

Since it is clearly possible for such operations to be carried out successfully, the frequently encountered argument that the various armed Arab Palestinian bodies have no other way to fight but the demolitions aimed at killing civilians becomes rather a hash. Similarly, when the Palestine Authority rather quickly swept up suspects in the demolition of the U.S. vehicle in Gaza, it demonstrated there does, in fact, exist some real police power that Authority could turn against armed bodies acting counter to its desires.

Had the last several years seen a series of attacks like this, aimed at soldiers on the territories overrun in '67, the political situation, whether in the world, the United States, or even Israel, would be much different than it is today, and far more favorable to the prospects of Arab Palestine.