2/25 Extra: Israelis, Palestinians, Death

[sleemanj]

Originally posted by dhamsaic
...and if Palestinians would stop blowing up innocent Israeli civilians, maybe Israel would make some of those concessions?

Vicious Circle. And it's really neither here nor there. The point is that the hatred runs so deep that there will probably never be true "peace" there. If Israel makes some concessions, wahoo. It will not stop the hatred. It will not stop the suicide bombings. Hamas opposes a Jewish state, period. They are large. They are well funded. Even if all of the civilians, on both sides, were just hunky dory with one another, Palestinian terror groups would ruin it. I promise.

The Palestinians were effectivly evicted from thier homeland by the creation of the Jewish state - the minority of the people took the majority of the land. They have good reason to be angry and to want thier home back again. Israel is not asked to make concessions - they are asked to give back what is not thiers, or more importantly, to share what they have with those that they (more or less) took it from in a fair an equitable way.

Let's not forget, Palestinians HAVE NO COUNTRY any more. They used to, and it was taken from them.

In New Zealand, there is a similar land issue with the government and the various Maori tribal groups. Basically, settlers took the Maori's land without making the terms of the taking clear. Now the government, and the people's of New Zealand are having to share the land of New Zealand with the tribes - not make a concession, but share the land in a fair and equitable way.

Of course, the only real solution is for all people to shun religion and become atheists (like me :-)). At the heart of all evil, of all hate, of all war is religion in one of it's many guises.

Don't mind me, I'm in an argumentative mood, and thier isn't much on at work :-)