An Arab-Made Misery

I agree except to add that the koran is the reason and the fact that they want all in submission to islam/koran

As far as I'm concerned, they were justified actions. If I was one of them, I wouldn't sit around and wait for the world (or the UN) to help me, not after what the Jews have been through for hundreds of years, and not after being alive for long enough to see just how pathetic most human beings are on issues of justice. The Jews had been denied their rightful homeland by a creation of the Roman Empire (I think it WAS called Palestine - but I'm starting to forget that name). I admire them so much for not letting go even 2000 years later. Long live Israel, the only hope of humanity.

If more Arabs would accept that much of their misery is self-made, they could begin to recover. In '48, after the declaration of the State of Israel, Jews were kicked out of Jerusalem's old city where they had lived for centuries, out of Egypt,out of Syria and many other Arab countries- or faced tremendous prosecution and left of their own volition. Where is our refugee porpulation? Our refugee camps? There are none, because the Jews did not whine about a Right of Return, but simply rebuilt their lives and moved on. We need more Arabs such as Nonie Darwish to take a hard look at their own culture and overthrow the cycle of totalitarianism, West and Israel-bashing, and poverty.

She forgot that the state of Israel came into being using terror against the British and the locals. Many people lost their lives due to these atrocities committed by Jews. Bombing of King David Hotel was equivalent of 9/11 at that time. The same terrorists who committed these crimes became statesmen, presidents and politicians after the formations of Israel. I wonder what she has to say about this.

Islam is the root of anti-Jewish hatred, not being Arab. Political strategising by the Arab states at the expense of the Palestinian people is completely normal political dynamics on any regional playing field. Off-course the Arab states want to hold on to their totalitarian regimes which rely on their people being kept in the dark ages. When an Arab looks at Israel and sees prosperity and modernity with righteousness and lack of decadance, he will wonder why his country isn't like that. Israel's existence is a direct threat to the Arab totalitarians because Israel's existence in the same desert landscape will undoubtedly evoke jealousy in the mind of the Arab - so much so that he may willingly bring himself out of the dark ages unless his government beats him with a stick! Islam is laced with jealousy of the Jew who is chosen, whose religion is older, whose religion is the foundation of monotheism. The Muslim wishes to elliminate his competition in matters of religion. The Palestinian people are being used, and the tool they are being used with is Islam. Failing to draw a link between the regional politics and Islam renders this article significantly less than brave. Also, pointing the finger at governments for what governments normally do, in the absence of focused international will, is not effective. How effective has the UN been on this issue? When it comes to the Middle East, power comes out of the barrel of a gun... why? because Islam has made the Arab population one-eyed. Islam is against individual thought. You cannot reason with the unreasonable. Don't waste your time trying, certainly not at the expense of your own livelihood. Israel has zero chance of persuading the neighbouring Arab states to change their attitude. So Israel is left with no option other than to assert itself and its existence. If you don't attack Islam for being blatantly anti-Jewish, you're not attacking the root of the problem. Now that would be brave. Why do you concern yourself with the plight of the refugees when you know a significant proportion of those refugees would readily harm you if they could? It is utterly unacceptable for refugees to mount a resistance movement, they should surrender their body, mind, heart and soul and then they can receive the privelleges (not rights) of Jewish humanity and they should remember that they didn't get it from anyone else on the planet.

Beverly Kurtin summed it up perfectly......

George Stein made the situation clear to me when he said on the radio, "Israel's message to all Jews is 'If your children need somewhere to run, we will take them'." And as we know, Jewish children and adults have had to run far too many times. The beauty and love in Stein's statement brought tears to my eyes. If any ONE of the vast, rich, Islamic nations extended this same unconditional offer of sanctuary for their 'brethren', the problem would be solved. It is obvious that Palestinians are pawns in some people's sadistic schemes. Israel has only ever wanted ONE THING: Israel. One small but Holy land. Why is it surprising or unreasonable that they should have it? Most of the world knows the Torah, or the "Old Testament"- they can tell you where Jews came from, and where they have longed for centuries to return to, but these same people are so obtuse when it comes to modern Israel. Israel is Israel is Israel. Take back all the original borders, and make no apologies B"H. Shalom

Ezza, "You said it!!!!" I could never understand why the average Arabs do not see what their leaders (spiritual, military, royal, wealthy) are doing to them. The hatred for Jews, Israel, America, etc, is misplaced. It is their leaders who deserve they hatred. They need to overthrow them and find new leadership among the educated and progressive technical/business people to bring them out of their poverty and oppression. None of the other nations oppress them. Are the "Palestinians blinded by hate that is fueled by the Arab nations in the area?

seems to me that the people of gaza have been abandoned by their own people, they'd do better to accept the rejection and move on spiritually to another way of life. i didn't know that the muslim countries wont accept them in their lands, i'm sure that contravenes the geneva convention.

The UN should allow anyone in Gaza to leave and help pay for their resettlement anywhere on the globe that needs to populate new territory. Why do they want to stay in such a place ruled by Hamas thugs? They should not be restricted to ONLY the Arab world. They need to leave the middle east as many jews have done, seek a better life elsewhere and leave their oppressors behind.

Mr. Broide, the majority of the Arabs in the Gaza Strip are of Egyptian extraction. The majority of the so called Arab Palestinians came from Arab lands. In the time of Bais Rishon and Bais Sheni (the first and second commonwealth) and any time before and in between, there were no Arab residents in Eretz Israel.

Give me a break! There ain’t no such thing as a Palestinian. That term belonged to the Jews who had lived in the land now called Israel for 2,000 years. Does anyone recall that the Palestinian Post is now called the Jerusalem Post? The root of the problem as I see it is that the Arabs hate Israel more than they love their children, that is why mothers send their children out to become homicide bombers. There is no such animal as a suicide bomber. They want to murder as many children, women and men as they can, that is MURDER, not suicide. Why do the Arab leaders loath Israel? It is because Israel is a thriving 21st century democracy while the Arabs want to remain in the dark ages and keep their people in perpetual serfdom. Israel is part of Western Civilization. The Arabs cannot stand the West. They want to destroy us who live in the West. They think that they can drag the entire world back to the “good old days” when the Arab leaders held supreme power over their people. Ironically, many Arab leaders enjoy the fruits of Western Civilization but they do not want their serfs enjoying the same fruits. In short, they are simply despots who still are fighting over who stole whose goat in 1250. Lest we forget, Arafat was an EGYPTIAN, not a “Palestinian.” The only cure for the current mess is for the world to stop swallowing the propaganda that flows out of the mouths of Arab leaders and understand the truth. I am old enough to remember that there was a time when a person could go to the airport and load an aircraft without having to go through hours of security checks. People forget that we are all unconvinced because of the actions of the Arabs and that we are being held prisoners to the whims of Arabs who control OPEC. Israelis and the Jews have contributed much to the world that has made our lives easier, our health better and in general the world is a better place because of Israel. The world is a much nastier place because Arabs cause us grief, yet much of the world falls for the Arab propaganda. They world is a very stupid place.

THE MUSLIM WORLD IS 1500 MILLIONIM PEOPLE STRONG,MORE THAN THE CATHOLICS OF THE GERMAN POPE,THEY HAVE LAND OVER 30 MILLIONIM SQ-KILOMETRIM MORE THAN ALL AFRICAN CONTINENT, AND A GDP (PPP)EQUIVALENT TO CHINA, 7,5 TRILLIONIM INTERNATIONAL DOLLARIM,WITH SOME OF THE RICHEST PER-CAPITA COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, QATAR 100,000 DOLLARIM PER.CAPITA , KUWAIT 60,800, UAE 40400, BAHRAIN 37,200,SAUDI ARABIA 31,300,OMAN 20,400..... AND SOME OF THE POOREEST OF THE POOR. IN THE OTHER HAND ,ISRAEL IS THE #52 ECONOMY OF THE WORLD, THE #153 IN LAND AND #97 IN POPULATION. IT IS APARENT NO MATCH, BUT WE HAVE THE ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE IN OUR SIDE.SHALOM ALEIJEM.

The simple truth would change everything---Why not publicize the truth? This act of publicizing the Gaza truth---would save the lives of many. Yet Obamo knows and still talks of a two state solution. Why?

The author combines intelligence, experience and honesty to present the world with an objective and realistic perspective of the Arab-Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Think of what the state of the world would be if the millions of Germans expelled from Pomerania, East Prussia, and Silesia had been kept as refugees ever since and denied employment in Germany or other states. That was a much bigger problem by far than the "palestinian" problem, yet it was resolved peacefully.

Throughout 60 years, it was always time for Arabs to stand up for their brothers and sisters. They never did and if only by sheer force of habit (and teaching hatred to their children) never will. All the good intentions of Nonie Darwish and moderate Arab counterparts are 'warm fuzzies' that go unheeded by relatively the most "liberal" Arab states, including the Saudi's who have the most to gain by heeding such excellent advice but never do. No countries such as Jordan, which is Palestine, have been able to seduce the remaining Arabs in Israel to get up and move. Golda Meir's statement about Palestinians loving their children more than hating Israel is as accurate today as it was nearly a half-century ago. The only solution is constant vigilance and preparation. Otherwise, Darwish for President of the United Arab Republic (oh wait a minute, it doesn't exist and when it did, it surely coordinated hate Israel efforts).

May G-d always protect you and bless you.

Just for the record, Mrs Darwish is not a Palestinian as one might construe from this article. She was born in Egypt and lived in Gaza after her father was sent there by the Egyptian army.

Yes, yes, yes, we all know this. What the writer omits is the fundamentalist Islamic imperative to impose thair faith on the rest of the world, starting with what they consider "their" land, i.e. Israel. As long as the religious fanatics receive either overt support or tacit acquiescence in their aggresion, there can be no two-state solution, the situation can be resolved only when one side destroys the other.

thanks for the wonderful insight! very good article. not too much bashing .not interested in those articles.

Terrific article, that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on March 18th. What is so amazing is that the author (Nonie Darwish) is a Palestinian woman that grew up in Gaze during the 1950s. Her father planned the terrorist attacks against Israel during the 1950, and her father was later killed by Israeli forces. So the author's perspective is even more remarkable becayse she has seen the changes over 60 years.

Blessings to this writer for her intelligent article.

While I applaud this heartening call for a new order of conditions for the 'Palestinian' Arabs, their horrible condition is too valuable a weapon for Hamas and its fellow Islamists to abandon. Doing so would put them 'out of business' and they know no other. It took WWII to dethrone the infamous dictators of Germany and Japan. Hamas will require nothing less than a military defeat for it to give up control of those it continues to oppress. The hearts and minds of these oppressed people have been brainwashed into supporting their oppressors with a warped 'religious' fervor which would only succumb to a second coming of a peaceful Mohammed. Don't hold your breath. If a man warns you of his intention to massacre you and your fellow men, it is your duty to go forward and kill him.

All honor to the brave person who wrote this! May she reap only rewards.

Thank you for this honest and extremely important article. It is a "must-read" for those in the West who fall prey to pro-Palestinian/anti-Israeli "journalism".