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Fill in X with either "Palestinian" or "Israeli", and Y with the other, it doesn't matter.
There will always be some X who would like to see every last Y either killed or driven from the land. But there will also be both X and Y's who want nothing more than to be able to live their life in peace.. go to the store, walk their kids at night etc. without fear of being blown up, attacked by overzealous soldiers, caught in some gunfight, etc.
Unfortunately jaguar's right, neither side even trusts the other enough at this point for a cease-fire to be meaningful. If X calls for a cease fire, some idiot from Y will kill some more X, forcing X to retaliate and here we go again.
Thankfully Bush is starting to get serious about the need to intervene and push both sides into some sort of agreement.
Tw, you seem to have a lot of hatred towards Israelis.. how would you feel if the tables were turned, and the Palestinians became the ones with the more powerful army, making incursions into Israeli land, tearing up buildings, arresting citizens.. would you then be screaming just as loudly against them?
The one thing I definitely agree with Bush on is that Arafat has failed his people. If he were halfway serious about stopping terrorism, this process would be much further along today. It is time for him to step up to the plate, and get serious about peace. Forget whatever grudge he has with Sharon, I hope he realizes that once Israel withdraws from his HQ, this may be his last chance to lead his people towards peace.
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