Exodus the Palestinians to the West Bank from Gaza. Kill Hamas Leader.

I will move to rebuttals, noting two things first: 1) Again, Pro has the BOP to demonstrate why evacuating the Gaza Strip would be a good idea, and2) Pro's entire arguments are completely unsourced and unsubstantiated. This means that these arguments are assertions, and can be shot down with assertions. "The Old Testament is actual Israelite history. .. Roman novels. .. "Four responses:1) Firstly, a book does not give a group legitimate land claims over an area. Pro needs to demonstrate why, even if we accept the validity of the Old Testament as a historical and spiritual document, why we should accept that it should reign supreme over any land conflicts and border disputes. 2) The Old Testament is incredibly inaccurate as a historical document. There are numerous historical flaws and contradictions, which severely compromise the legitimacy of the book [1]. As an example that fundamentally undermines the legitimacy of the land claims in particular, there has been absolutely no archaeological evidence for the Exodus from Egypt, nor has there been evidence of any Israelites EVER in Egypt [2]. This means that the fundamental premise of the document is flawed. 3) The principle Pro is advocating, taken to its logical conclusion, necessitates forced evacuations of the West Bank and Lebanon, in addition to the Gaza Strip. This would create even further humanitarian and military crises. 4) Roman documents, for instance, demonstrate a historical claim to Gaul, now France [3]. Does that mean we must give France to Italy, and deport all French people from their homes? "No one would die. .. "This is pure assertion, and should be immediately discounted. Two responses:1) Refugee crises, by their nature, cause massive suffering and death, often due to disease. We see this in Africa, where the displacement of millions of people has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths due to disease or malnutrition [4]. The evacuation of almost 2 million would surely result in this. 2) Forced evacuation would likely spark massive resistance from Hamas and, likely, normal Palestinians who have no choice but to join Hamas to protect their homes. This would cause massive casualties for both sides. "I understand the Palestinians need more room. .. but Hamas. .. "Two responses: 1) You are not advocating giving the Palestinians more room. You are advocating halving their territory and forcing some of the most population-dense places on Earth to absorb a 100% rise in population. This would only exaggerate the humanitarian problems for the Palestinians. 2) Hamas has a well-hidden and organized network of leaders and militants. The idea that Israel could somehow smoke out all of them, without allowing some to escape to the West Bank (which is, incidentally, much closer to Israeli population centers) absurd. Moreover, this type of humanitarian crisis would rally normal Palestinians around radicalism, to fight Israel, thus strengthening Hamas. "How many Jews died in the Holocaust. .. how many died in Egypt. .. "Two responses: 1) Past atrocity is not grounds for future atrocity. Simply because something horrible happened to the Jews does not mean that they have the right to inflict suffering and death on other groups. 2) The Jews were never in Egypt [see earlier source], so this does not matter. ********************************************************************************************Pro's case essentially boils down to 1) The Old Testament/Holocaust allows Israel to take this land, 2) Hamas is bad, 3) The evacuation could easily be handled. While I will not argue the second premise, Pro has not substantiated the first and third premises, and I have demonstrated that Pro's proposal will actually increase Hamas' strength. This is simply not a justified or practical course of action to stop a marginal evil that has resulted in the death of one Israeli citizen this year. If Israel has shown anything in this brief conflict, they have demonstrated that they cannot do things correctly. The deaths of 1,000+ Gazan citizens substantiates this [5]. I. Security RiskPro completely drops my argument about the security risk such an evacuation would pose. Thus, you must flow these to Con for the time being. Thank you, and I look forward to Pro's future arguments. Sources:1. . http://www.weseekthetruth.org...2. . http://www.examiner.com...3. . http://www.heritage-history.com...4. . http://www.sciencedirect.com...5. . http://www.washingtonpost.com...