>No, a poor statement on my part. I apologize. Although Israel was not attacked in that case, it was clear that they were going to be attacked. Rather than sit back and wait for it, they did the smart thing. In the other cases, Israel was attacked first.

First you justified Israel occupying Palestinian land because they were attacked & it would teach them a lesson so they wouldn't attack again. Now you admit that they weren't attacked in the first place, what justification do you now give for the Israelis occupying Palestinian land & ignoring UN resolutions.

This does sound a little bit like American history, when I think about it. A group of people go and occupy a foreign country, when the native peolple get upset, they attack them, take over more of the country & then say it was the native peoples fault. So I guess the Israelis are just emulating the "American" way (quotes, because let's not forget the majority are descended from immigrants who stole the land they live on).