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the Human Rights records are appalling on both sides, but what most concerns me are policies that make the problem more intractable, like the Settlers' expansion, the dismantling of the Palestinian Authority, and the ham-handed way that Israel has tried to dictate political outcomes.  Or, on the Palestinian side, the use of terrorism that hardens the hearts of Israelis and challenges their democratic instincts, and the teaching of hate and anti-Semitism to their children.  

Wherever I see people making the problem worse, I get angry.

by BooMan on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 12:48:46 PM EST
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kidnappings and land acquisition, which has lead to the neverending killings of many civilians. So the rocket fire from Gaza needs to be seen in that light. We always seem to avoid looking at Israel's role.

Banned but hopefully not forgotten.
by Mattes on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 01:33:04 PM EST
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I don't avoid looking at anything.  I blame everyone.
by BooMan on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 01:44:25 PM EST
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It saddens me that American politicians have to go through a kind of ritual where they swear that they are the most pro-Israel politician that has ever lived. In some ways it reminds me of how annoying the anti-Castro Cuban pandering has been throughout my whole life. It's not so much the positions that are espoused that bother me as the way it closes down any flexibility in solutions to break the deadlocks. I consider myself both opposed to the Castro regime in Cuba and pro-Israel (although some would look at my positions and call me pro-Palestinian).

As a Yid I agree 1000%

I find this pilgrimage by presidential candidates offensive. It's equivalent to a pledge of allegiance to a foreign government, especially in the case of Israel.

We need to develop a made in the USA policy, otherwise our hands are tied forever....til the end of time. And it does not advance the true interest of Israel.

I predict there'll be a backlash - that'll take events in the wrong direction.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 03:16:46 PM EST
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I disagree about "blaming everyone" because, although people on both sides have made mistakes and committed crimes, Palestinians have had their country colonized and have had their property stolen from them and continue to have it expropriated daily -- tree by tree, house by house, farm by farm.  However, I really appreciate your willingness to look at this issue, even on the front page of your blog.

A Progressive Christian perspective on I/P at Beyond Bethlehem
by RustyPipes (rustdotypipesatyahoodotcom) on Fri May 23rd, 2008 at 05:13:34 AM EST
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There is a clear victim and a clear oppressor in the case of the Palestinians, and to place an equal burden of responsibility on both the oppressor and the victim is wrong.

And if anyone doubts there is a clear victim and a clear oppressor, I invite you to visit the occupied territories and see for yourself.

In addition, if anyone thinks that Palestinian citizens of Israel (i.e. those Palestinians whose predecessors have escaped being ethnically cleansed) have equalaity with Jews in The Jewish State, I invite you to study the situation a bit better - from the point of view of those Palestinian citizens, not the propaganda put forward by those who call them "Israeli Arabs".

And for everyone I recommend that you obtain and read the book The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Israeli Jewish historian Ilan Pappe.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Fri May 23rd, 2008 at 05:09:48 PM EST
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See Mattes below for a major deletion in your argument.

But this...

...on the Palestinian side, the use of terrorism that hardens the hearts of Israelis and challenges their democratic instincts, and the teaching of hate and anti-Semitism to their children.  

The use of terrorism? If by that you mean the intentional killing of civilians, then I suggest you look up a recent diary of mine, featuring an article by Lawrence of Cyberia concerning Israeli state terrorism, the intentional killing of Palestinian civilians including children by IDF, which you forgot to mention. Most of the killing on both sides is actually retaliatory and has no political or religious intent.

Regarding the "terrorist" meme used in relation to the Palestinians, please see Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land to get up to date on the latest US-Israeli propaganda effort to turn Israel into a victim of terrorism after 9/11.

As for the dumb charge that Palestinians teach their children, through textbooks, hate and antiSemitism, another diary from Lawrence of Cyberia put the "Palestinian textbook" claim that Hillary Clinton actually brought up in the Senate, to rest. It is false. On the other hand, I would not doubt that a people resisting and fighting against a military occupation while their homes and lands are being confiscated, the rest of their country colonized, would not teach their children to become fighters at some point in their lives. Afterall, it is not difficult for a Palestinian to see their enemy daily in the form of soldiers carrying rifles and running around in tanks and jeeps menacing their nieghborhoods.
The expectation that Palestinians would just take their military occupation/colonization passively is just as absurd as to have expected the French or Italian resistance not to be more welcoming of the Germans during WWII.

Somehow, through language, censorship, and propaganda, we have learned to talk about Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza as if they were heroic acts of a people under threat, fighting for the very "existence" of their country. The Existence meme of course is just an extention of the victim psychology we have been treated to these past several years. It is all bullshit.


by shergald on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 08:14:37 PM EST
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