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J. Ernesto Rodríguez-Nazario's avatar

The same question applies: how do you make peace with people who rather be dead than letting you be? All these people who are clamoring for Israel to show restraint (which goes without saying), offer no realistic solutions for this conflict. They insist on imposing their own moralistic ideology on a situation that the supposed “victims” have worked since the mid-20 century to create. Many “Palestinians refugees” living in Gaza do not, DO NOT want a two-state solution to this crisis because they rather be dead than living alongside Jews. This is by their own declaration and their votes in favor of Hamas. Remember, when someone tells you who they are, you better believe them. It’s time to stop trying to impose our own ideology on people who think and basically are different from us. It’s the same mistake Bush/Rumsfeld made with Iraq/Afghanistan. Arabs/muslims living in the Middle East are different from us, and we must understand and accept their mentality and values. They believe it’s their sacred duty to do their part to ensure the nonexistence of Israel. That’s fact. Ofc, that doesn’t mean they should be exterminated, OF COURSE NOT. However, wishful thinking won’t cut my fellow humanitarians liberals. Wishful thinking will not work/help/make the problem go away. Time to stop the pity party and behave like grownups, offering realistic solutions and not just complaining about the situation. Keeping in mind ofc, what the situation actually is and who the people involved in it are, crucially including how they think and what they believe. Anything other than that is hot air and adds to the problem, offering nothing in terms of a realistic solution.

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Carolyn Ann Vaughan's avatar

Dear Soul, I am not Jewish, I am Canadian, I don’t even know if I know any Jewish people, however, the impossible position that Israel is in, calls for the obliteration of Hamas- I do not see how anything else is possible. I have watched the Middle East for many, many years- it is my humble opinion that the Israelites have done everything humanely possible to appease or live peaceably with surrounding countries THAT WISH to annihilate them. I confess I say NO to WAR, all WAR, so perhaps the only possible situation if there is to be NO WAR< is for a third party to smack itself straight down in the Midst between Palestinians and Jews -I suppose something similar to a no go zone between north and South Korea? The differences between the Jewish country and the Palestinian country is too vast! Perhaps those who beg for a cease fire would be prepared to be a “safety buffer” between? I don’t believe their is a country in existence that has had to fight or its very survival as much as the Jewish country has! BUT I could be wrong!

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