Wednesday, January 28, 2009

IS there an answer?


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What is the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem? If there's no way a two-state solution will happen, why are they wasting time paying lip service to the negotiation of it?

Is there any possibility of a democratic solution? Of a single government with both Israelis and Palestinians represented? Where Israelis and Palestinians can go to Jerusalem with no problem and Palestinian's homes aren't being occupied? But is the idea of a democratic government just as naive? Israel is wrong to create lush green communities with nice roads and limitless water supply and then treat Palestinians as less than second class citizens, not allowing them to even use the roads, dealing with blockades literally everywhere they need to go, limiting their water supply, chastising them, abusing them, killing them. And this is all on what was supposed to be Palestinian land! How do those in power in Israel sleep at night? How can anyone call themselves a "good" person and rationalize this? This is why we are seeing anti-Zionist movements within the Jewish community in Israel, protesters holding signs screaming to end the settlements.

There is no easy way out of this. I don't think continuing to force people out of their homes, Israeli OR Palestinian, is the answer. It can only result in more bloodshed. No matter who they are or why, people are going to defend themselves. It would be unnatural not to. We all want to survive.

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