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What are these people thinking? That they have paid the price for whatever bad karma that they can create?

It doesn't work that way. Each olive tree destroyed, each house knocked down, each child killed, each action that causes anger and frustration in others who are weaker than they, will cost them in the future.

One would think that when a solution is causing more problems than the problem you are trying to solve, that it is time to re-evaluate the situation. This is continuous madness.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:09:00 AM EST
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As far as I can tell, the people currently in power in Israel can only stay in power so long as there is a hot conflict with Palestinians. A resolution is not in their interest.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 03:24:10 AM EST
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Yup. I wrote this in my blog recently (re-translating):

"Jerusalem (Reuters). The international community is worried about the crisis in the Middle East. Representatives of all major powers involved expressed fear that an outbreak of peace could be imminent, and could expand to the entire region in the worst case. Both conflict parties were apparently willing to take extreme measures in protecting their interests, and if necessary, to declare peace on each other. Radical organizations on both sides made unmistakably clear that this would endanger their very existence. "As long as we're here, there will be no peace", said a spokesperson for the..."

"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles." Sun Tzu

by Turambar (sersguenda at hotmail com) on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 at 08:08:31 AM EST
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