A few thoughts on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
Give to Receive
From Hamas, PA officials in Cairo solidify agreement on conditions for ceasefire I read:
…a senior leader from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine…said the different Palestinian factions had agreed on a unified list of conditions.
“Ceasefire, the pullout of Israeli forces, ending the blockade, releasing the prisoners … and starting the reconstruction process,” he told Reuters by phone.
“There are details attached to each of these points and there will be a meeting soon with the Egyptian side to discuss the (Palestinian) paper,” he said.
I noticed that the Palestinians only talk about what they want out of a peace, but not what they’re willing to give in order to get it. The Israelis do the same. Maybe if each side started by stating what they would give up for peace we could get to a resolution more quickly.
Nazi Fools
From a pro-Palestinian rally in Seattle: placards that say “Stop the Holocaust in Gaza” and “Zionist Israel = Nazi Germany” simply reveal uneducated fools who don’t actually understand what the Holocaust was or means.
The Holocaust was a systematic execution of millions of people. Execute. Kill. Murder. The Nazi’s literally invented technology in order to execute more efficiently. Israel is not perfect, but by no means can you equate their imperfect actions to the intentional genocide of the Nazis. To do so illustrates an indescribable level of ignorance.