Israel's borders

[joanna bujes]

At 04:12 PM 07/18/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >But there is another set of rights at issue here. Presumably Israelis
> >have a right to live in peace behind secure borders. Does anyone have
> >a clue as to how that is to be accomplished? Or is the long-term plan
> >for everyone now in Israel to move to Greater New York?

Hmm. Did the Palestinians have a right to live in peace behind secure borders?

It seems that that kind of "right" is either earned by treating your 
neighbors with respect, or it is earned by power: you can annihilate your 
neighbors, so if they don't like what you're doing, that's tough. We know 
which path Israel has chosen.  We also know how tricky the notion of 
borders can be. The US felt waging a war in Viet Nam was necessary in order 
to defend its "ideological" borders.

Which, brings up the the 64,000 question: where are Israel's borders? And 
who has a right to determine that?

Joanna