Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: The Global March to Jerusalem, a brave and admirable attempt to awaken the world’s conscience [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)The problem is that you can't bring yourself to admit that what Hamas and the PLO really, truly want is not self-determination, recognition, compensation, end of occupation, settlements, etc...
That's all nice and they'll take that, but what they really want is the end of Israel.
You should know that by now.
If they wanted their own land, they could have had it back in 2000 had they negotiated in good faith. They would have asked for the things you think they require in order to close the deal. But they didn't. How do you square that? You don't. You just keep repeating the same, stale cockamamy BS.
Please stop telling us that we believe the occupation is a good thing for Palestinians and that it must continue. The point we're trying to make is that your theology (and that's what it is b/c it's based on nothing but blind faith) doesn't work. It doesn't lead to anything better for either the Palestinians or the Israelis. That said, maintaining the occupation is the lesser of 2 evils and that's all we're saying. When the PLO, Hamas, etc.. want peace, they know they can have it almost immediately. It's up to them.