Palestine

Here we goBackgroundLet it be known, that Israel is a legitimate nation with the rights to the land they occupied in 1948. They have victoriously held that territory despite multiple attacks from neighbooring Arab nations such as the Yom Kippur and Six Day War. [1] Israel has been given it's territory, has defended itself in several large wars and is therefore a sovereign nation. Just like when the U. S. broke away from England, just like when Cuba broke away from the U. S, just like when East Europe broke away from Russia. Therefore Israel is a legitimate and sovereign nation and has the right to defend itself and nations that choose to leave it alone will not feel Israel's wrath. But Israel hasn't been left alone. Ever since the creation of Israel, Israel has been plagued with constant terrorist attacks. [2][3] Many of those responsible have been Palestinian terror groups including but not limited to: Black September Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Fatah Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Hamas So we have a legitimate, sovereign nation being constantly attacked by terrorist groups. These terrorist groups are fighting for Palestine, from Palestine and are funded by Palestine. [4]Argument: Israel has the right to defend herselfIsrael is, by all definition of the word, a sovereign nation. It has been able to hold it's territory for more than half a century and it is ridiculous to spend any more time fighting to prove otherwise. With that said, Palestinian terror groups have been conducting routine attacks on Israel by multiple different terror groups. For the past 40 years, Palestinian terror groups have been blowing up Israeli army vehicals, hijacking airplanes, exchanging gunbattles in populated areas killing Israeli soldiers, policemen, and civilians. These terror groups are funded by Palestinan tax dollars. Since Israel is a soviergn nation, and Palestine is funding terrorist groups to wage war against Israel, Israel has the right to wage war on Palestine. By waging war on Palestine Israel has taken Palestinian territory and annexed it. This is a common consequence of war and merely the outcome of a tragedy instigated by Palestine itself. Israel has proven to be a peaceful nation. After the 6 Day War and Yom Kippur War, Israel had given back the territories it rightfully captured such as the Sinai Peninsula [5] and has offered to give back the Golan Heights to Syria [6]. Israel has even returned the Gaza Strip back to Palestine but took it back with force when during the Second Intifada, rockets being launched from Palestinian terrorists were found to have been launched from the Strip. [7]Therefore I argue that if Palestine ceased their aggression immediately, cut off all funding to the terrorist groups, and sued for peace with Israel, Palestine would not be ravaged by a war they have no possibility of effectively fighting. Vote CONSources[1] . http://en.wikipedia.org...(History of conflicts fought by Israel)[2] . http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org...(List of terrorist attacks on Israel)[3] . http://www.adl.org...(List of terrorist attacks by Hamas)[4] . http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org...(Palestine imposes a "Palestine liberation Tax Fund" on its citizens. A 5% on every citizen's income. Proceedes are given to terrorist groups) [5] . http://www.britannica.com...(After capturing the Sinai Peninsula Israel gave it back after Egypt proved it wanted peace)[6] . http://www.telegraph.co.uk...(Israel offers to give Golan Heights to Syria)[7] . http://en.wikipedia.org...(Israel has returned Gaza Strip to Palestine, they took it back when terror rockets were being launched from the area. )