April 3, 2002
begin

write

look

learn

find

Is Isreal justified in the amount of force it is currently using against the Palestinians?

I don't know. I think they both need a good bitch slap and then some talk over coffee. They really need to get their shit together -- in a non-violent way.

Keri-Jade, 21
Brampton, Ontario  CANADA

Neither side is in the right on this issue. Perhaps Israel wouldnt be the target of so many suicide bombings if they weren't repeatedly slaughtering palestinian refugee camps full of civilians on the excuse that they might be harboring terrorists.

Talia, 24
Wilton
, CT   USA

I'm surprised to get this question. The bombings lately have been Palestinian, killing Israelis during Passover. Personally I try not to think too much about the whole issue.

etoile, 21
Washington
, DC  USA

I don't know enough about this issue to express an opinion either way.

Fisch, 46
Preston
, CT   USA

that is a question that I do not have nearly enough knowledge to answer.

Maggie, 22
Sandwich
, IL   USA

I think it might be. Immigrant Jew reclaimed desert that no one else wanted irrigated and made it grow. In '67 they were attacked and won more land in the resulting 6-day war. Later they returned part of that in an effort to obtain peace, but it didn't work. I think the Palestinians just want Israel to go away and won't be happy until it does. That's not going to happen peacefully.

Judy, 62
Easton
, KS   USA

History will decide whether Sharon's policy of retaliation is justified. From my perspective, I think that violence is begetting more violence. If both Sharon and Arafat were replaced by moderate men (not women, not yet, in the Middle East) that a fresh beginning might be possible.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg
, PA  USA

Unilikely. I'm not completely up on it all, but I do know that the escalation of violence in the last few months makes me very uncomfortable about the world in general.

Felicia, 36
Lowell
, MA   USA

There is a long history of excessive force on both sides of the conflict.

Jane, 62
West Linn
, OR   USA

No.

Laura, 37
Lowell
, MA   USA

I have no idea.

Karen, 22
Ames
, IA   USA

I can't say as I really know. I haven't been following it too closely.

Nicci, 27
Las Vegas
, NV   USA

Both sides are equally guilty. This is a situation that goes back so many years, I do not even known how long. The old saying that the path to hell is paved with good intentions applies here. We cannot legislate people's opiniions of each other and, to be brutally blunt, we should not get involved. It is far too complicated and involved for itsy bitsy brain to comprehend.

Frodo
age unknown, parts unknown

No, Israel is not justified in the amount of force it is using against the Palestinians. Neither are Palestians justified in the amount of force they are using against Israelis. In this case, though, Israel has MUCH more power and in that sense is slightly more responsible to use it in non-oppressive ways.

Eric, 19
Beverly Hills
, CA USA

Yesterday /`Tomorrow