Shouldn't Israel and Palestine put their differences aside to fight their common enemy?

Question

There is a threat that threatens both Israel and Palestine. The only way to defeat this threat is to come together, join forces, and work together. And only together will they have a chance. United they will stand but divided they will fall.

Other Arab countries and Muslim fundamentalists.

They intrude in Israeli Palestinian affairs and meddle in Israeli Palestinian business. They will only bring Israel and Palestine down. They are not helping and are in fact only hurting.

Unite and fight for the sake of both your people. Thoughts?

Answer 1

i COMLETLEY AGREE...HATE WILL ONLY RESULT IN BAD THINGS....NOTHING GOOD CAN EVER COME FROM HATE.

YOU ARE CORRECT

Answer 2

I think it is a great idea - in fact there are people both in Israel and Palestine who are quite willing to put aside their differences and work in common for peace and justice.

I have to question your choice for the common enemies of these two peoples?

The truth is the other Arab countries don't threaten Israel or really Palestine. Israel threatens the other Arab countries, not so much the U.S. allies Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt but Lebanon, Syria (also Iran - not an Arab country). Israel has pretty much destroyed Palestine, mostly because the Zionists covet the territory. (http://www.palestineremembered.com ). Israel has attacked neighboring countries more times than Saddam Hussein's Iraq. It is currently occupying parts of Syria and has invaded Lebanon several times.

With respect to Muslim fundamentalists, the most fundamentalist state in the region is Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, the birthplace of Al Qaeda. There's no way Israel would attack them, despite their recent peace proposal which Israel rejected, nor would Saudi Arabia attack Israel. Anyway, I don't know why you think the Saudi peace proposal (http://www.al-bab.com/arab/docs/league/peace02.htm ), coming another Arab country and the most fundamental of fundamentalist Muslims, from is hurting things?

Furthermore, you have left out both Jewish fundamentalists (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/685792.stm). These people can be terrorists as much as any Muslim fundamentalist, who knows how many innocent people they have deliberately killed as members of the Israeli army. Or more mainstream Israelis calling for mass killings of innocent people because a few Palestinians employed violence against Israelis (http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6987.shtml). These armed and violent fundamentalists operate pogroms against Palestinians largely with the tacit approval and protection of the Israeli occupation forces (see www.btselem.org, http://www.telrumeidaproject.org, http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/07/29/telrumeida/) Not to mention Christian fundamentalism (http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=5879)

I agree with your point that fundamentalism is a negative, but I don't see why you specifically pick on Muslim fundamentalists - and I think you have it backwards. The dispossession and oppression the Palestinians have gone through at the hands of Israel, and now, our invasion of Iraq, serves as a recruiting tool for fundamentalists.

The common enemy is injustice and lack of understanding that other peoples are human beings. Fundamentalists of the fanatic sort just tend to be blind to to this - but there are fanatics in all religions.

Answer 3

The main problem that Palestine has with Israel IS Israel. To them, they are occupying THEIR country. Not parts of Palestine - ALL of Palestine. I don't think the Palestinians can simply let that lie.

Also, how can you simply put aside thousands of years of differences? Couple that with pride and the belief that your religion (Islam) is the one true religion and you have yourself differences that run way deeper than you'll ever understand.

Answer 4

The palestinians are supported by other Islamic countries and don't see them as enemies.

Answer 5

lots of the Diadochi in the wars following the loss of existence of Alexander the large might form moving alliances with one yet another,in an prolonged time finishing up combating one yet another. in the time of the Axis profession of Yugoslavia in WW2 the Cetniks might sometimes cooperate with the occupying forces to attack the Communist Partizans.Then they might flow decrease back to attacking the occupiers.

Answer 6

Oh man!! that's a huge ask considering one side still hates Israel enough to strap bombs to family members including children

Like your thought process, just think it's a long long way away!

Answer 7

What world are you living in? Unite and fight who?

Hezbollah, Hamas, PLO, ever hear of those organizations?

Answer 8

You really don't get it do you?

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Edit:

The answer by "m i" below shows that he/she gets it.

The only difference between a "terrorist" and a "freedom fighter" is whether or not they're on your side.

Answer 9

How about they should put their differences aside and have....peace! Wouldn't that be a novel concept. geez....

Answer 10

I agree.