> There are an awful lot of people who would make the same arguement > stating that it is one sided and that the Palestinians are the only > ones willing to make an real effort. I don't support either side over > the other. Both states have the right to exist.
I have never heard anyone say that the Palestinians want everyone to "just get along". Michael already pointed out that Israel made an unprecendented offer of peace to Yasser Arafat four years ago- a deal brokered by Bill Clinton in what I thought at the time would have been Clinton's shining foreign policy achievement. No bash on Clinton, he did everything humanly possible to bring the parties to the table, and he helped secure a pledge from Israel to agree to the deal. And then, without explanation, Arafat walked away and called the intifada. You can read that to say that he started the war, because that is what he did. > > There is a complete lack of trust on bothsides. Neither side seems to > willing to work at a real solution and when they do make a step > forward someone always seems hell bent to stir it all up again. Just wait. Israel will finish the security barrier, come hell or high water they will pull their people out of Gaza, and then they will tell the Palestinians to go rot. > Israel has offered to give up land for peace. Do you see the > Palestinians > accepting or even negotiating? This is not two sided, it's one sided. > One > side wants peace and one side wants to see Israel destroyed. It's as plain as day to anyone who looks at the record. If I could just interject a little political advocacy here, can anyone here recall a war between two democratic states? I can't. Israel is a democratic state. Barring any other connection we might have to any state or people in the Middle East, if we believe in democracy we should be supporters of Israel. We should hope for a peaceful resolution to the crisis that preserves Israel's security and gives a responsible Palestinian government self-rule in its territory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=35 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132231 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
