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Originally Posted by KylePavao
Terrorism is terrorism. The intentional destruction of civilian targets to further some sort of agenda is completely uncalled for. How does blowing up busloads of children further anything? Agreed, hands are bloody on both sides, but Israel has been fighting these types since 1948. The Jews just didn't come back from Europe and take the place: when the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, the UN split the area into Arab and Jewish states. Then the Israelis fought wars defending the land the an international governing body had given them, and won! When the allies beat the Germans in 1945, they didn't go on blowing up busloads of children for the next sixty years...its called defeat. The Arabs have had several of them at the hands of a smaller force, even when they attacked from all sides. Both sides need to stop the violence, because retaliation by the other is inevitable, and seen as warranted by the members of each side. Until this happes, it'll be another 58 years of nonstop violence, mostly against those who have nothing to do with it.
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Israel gained a lot of its territory through terrorism. What should the statute of limitations be on that? You also said: "You cannot let terrorists have any victory. Period." Could be the Palestinians believe the Jews were terrorists first and don't want them to have any victory, which they pretty much have, de facto.
The post WW2 Germans might have started blowing up busses if they noticed that Americans and Brits were slowly pushing them off the best parts of Germany and setting up their own communities.
The Palestinians are hot-headed asses, I'll admit, but what would you have them do? People who claim that over-population is a leftist myth might consider that Israel/Palestine is a clear example of too many people and not enough land. The Jews are gradually exhausting their water supply. The dead sea is vanishing, and with it will go a sizable tourist trade.