Replies to post #41089 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[aim hier]

Tel Aviv was originally the capital of Israel

http://www.travelershub.com/destination_guide/middle_east/tel_aviv.html

[Kayaker]

Copter Attack Kills Rantisi and Two Others in Gaza
By GREG MYRE

Published: April 17, 2004

JERUSALEM, April 17 - An Israeli helicopter strike on Saturday night killed the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, Dr. Abdel Aziz Rantisi, hospital officials in Gaza City said. Dr. Rantisi assumed the post just last month after a similar attack killed the group's founder, Sheik Ahmed Yassin....

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/17/international/middleeast/17WIRE-HAMAS.html

[porter]

Google has Jerusalem as the Capitol in 1948. Of course maybe google is part of the conspiracy.(g)

My question is: why didn't the Saudis in the 1970's use their oil (=power) to force the West into creating a sovereign territory for the Palestinians? Could it be that at that time Arab "nations" sympathetic to their cause were few? I am questioning how united this front really was THEN and is TODAY?