re: milesg
There Sooker we agree on something yes this whole thing could be stopped tomorrow by the palestinians and ISRAEL but it want because there are to many on BOTH sides who are to small minded and caught up in there hate and own agenders to do what needs to be done.
No I do not beleive that children throwing stones at tanks are automaticaly gunned down but it is clear though that when the Israeli military do act they do so with little or no respect for civilians that get caught in the way.
"The Israelis are educated, comiited to their country, are not taught to hate (from textbooks paid for by the UN) the Arabs, but will fight them hard and even harder if the neeed is there." Maybe this is true but there are also a large number of Palestinian children that are not educated because due to travel restictions and curfews imposed by Israel they can not attend school leading to the breeding of more hate and ignorance.
"One word from Arafat and this could all stop. Well maybe once, one word would have been enough."
I do not beleive this is true because he does not have enough control over all of the groups and factions and the infrastructure needed to force control if this was desired has been destoyed by Israel.
I also agree Arafat "ain't a Nelson Mandela.........Even though they both have a Nobel Peace Prize". But neither is that war mongering pig Sharron.
The truth is this problem can not be solved because there is not enough commitment on either side to come up with and enforce a workable solution.
One solution would be for the 250,000 + military force sitting on the boarder of Iraq to be deployed into Israel and Palestine and force a resolution by coming down with force on any group that does not comply regardlesss what side thet are from.
This though would mean the US coming down equally as heavy on Israel as Palestine - something that is very unlikely to happen.
