IMO Israel has shown a great deal of restraint when fighting with Hamas and Hezbollah. IMO, they should be given credit for showing such great restraint and not wiping them off the map...(as Iran has vowed to do to Israel)
George Bush and Condaleeza Rice pressured Israel to give up the Gaza strip and the Palestinians immediately went on the attack and Barack wants them to draw back to the 1967 borders; it ain't gonna happen.
Palestine was never, historically or geographically, a country..."Palestinian" was a derogatory term used by the Romans to describe the inhabitants of that geographical area of their empire. on the ancient maps, it was shown as a territory of the roman empire. after WWI, the British were appointed as administrators of the territory they called "Palestine"...most of which consisted of current day Israel.
is the UN looking to replace current day Israel with a state of Palestine? that ain't gonna happen either. Israel is here to stay.