2007-02-27 04:05:31 · 11 answers · asked by Firesidechat 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
If Israel did not occupy middle eastern lands, then the relationship between the middle east and the west should be a lot better. That doesn't mean that we wouldn't be at war, or that something else wouldn't cause a conflict, but it would remove a major portion of the tension between the middle east and the west.
2007-02-27 04:11:43 · answer #1 · answered by Pfo 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's funny that Iran's President Amadenajad asked the same question. He asked where the Holocaust had taken place. The answer, of course, was Germany. "So why is Israel not in Germany? he said.
Now Amadenajad is probably about as unpopular in Iran as he is in the west, but I think he has an interesting point. It never occured to the winning side that taking Palestinian lands and creating a whole new nation would cause a problem with the people that lived there? And, yes, the Israelis have as much right to a homeland as the Palestinians, but the first choices, Argentina and Uganda, were rejected by the Jewish groups. As was the Jewish homeland in the former Soviet Union.
2007-02-27 04:46:37 · answer #2 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Of course not. Alaska, Canada and the States would be good allies. The problem with the state of Israel is its current location amongst Arab countries. Let's move it to Alaska and end of the problem !
2007-02-27 04:18:30 · answer #3 · answered by venmar 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No... but Israel wouldn't BE Israel anywhere but where it is...
Israel is literally the promised land. That plot of soil is the living embodiment of the promise made to the Jewish People by God in the Old Testament/Hebrew Scriptures. It's more than just land to them.
The problem is, it's more than just land to Muslims, too and everybody wants exclusive ownership... particularly of Jerusalem.
2007-02-27 04:11:45 · answer #4 · answered by bumsteadowl 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
this idea doesn't work. russia probally wouldn't have owned 'israel' (alaska) and thus the US may not have ever bought it.
but since alaska has oil I could see why we would want to control it
2007-02-27 04:11:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hail yes. You really don't underrstand radical Islams agenda do you? Distruction of Israel. It does not matter where Israel is located.
2007-02-27 04:11:06 · answer #6 · answered by aiminhigh24u2 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Maybe with the Inuit,as they would be pist you gave their land to The Heb's.
2007-02-27 04:14:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes! this is also a ridiculous question. I hate what if's. What if Hitler one WWII, what if columbus never discovered the western hemisphere, what if you were never born?
2007-02-27 04:09:41 · answer #8 · answered by tobcol 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If islam did not exist we would DEFINITELY not have so many wars.Israel has fought defensive wars while the islamic nation kill their own people and attack their neighbors to spread the "religion of PEACE"
2007-02-27 04:10:21 · answer #9 · answered by pepe32 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Yes the Israeli lobby will make one to stay in business.
2007-02-27 04:10:41 · answer #10 · answered by DAVAY 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋