This would've been more interesting without the trolling. Though, there are times I fear you genuinely believe in the stuff you say. When I opened this thread, I couldn't get passed the first sentence.union wrote:I think the current Israeli attack against the Palestinians and this entire ongoing conflict is caused by the collective trauma the Jewish people have experienced through countless ages manifesting itself through hyper aggression. After hundreds of years of languishing in exile, the Jews have finally regained control of their most holy and ancient land, a piece of real estate granted to them by Yahweh himself, and they are keen on guarding it. There is no way the Jews will be forced from their land again, because today they rely not on the power of Yahweh to protect their borders but an effective and valorous military and a stockpile of nukes. The Palestinians must realize that the Jews are not going to leave the land, must accept Israel's legitimacy and right to exist, the reality that Israel will not return to the 1947 border, and that there is no right to return. The land the Palestinian currently occupy, the West Bank and Gaza, will become their state. The world, taking responsibility for Israel's aggressive actions, must pressure the Palestinians to accept this. Then, and only then, can we begin to convince Israel to come to the table of peace. I think it's reasonable to request that Israel compensate those who lost properties in the the Jewish take over, compensate those who have been unjustly killed in Israel's attacks, bring to justice those responsible for disproportionate retaliations, grant East Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state, immediately withdraw from all settlements, and effectively safeguard and ensure the rights and equality of Israeli Arabs.
Both sides must make serious and painful comprises for there to be peace.
Miko Peled makes a lot of sense. But it's all talk until the walls come down. I think numbers will dictate when, that is, when the numbers of Palestinians become unmaintainable, forcing reconsideration of their policies. I don't know, maybe. But the rates are probably dropping.
American segregation, South African apartheid, and Canadian residential schools have all ended. Unfortunately for Israel, it was 100 years too late in their efforts of stealing land. Had they developed during the pre-Internet age, perhaps we'd be looking at something akin to the Basque region of France, Kurdistan, Kashmir, etc.
