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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Thats something of a cop out I think.
'Give us everything we demand or we kill your civilians by strapping bombs to our young people' puts the blame pretty squarely on one side.
Peace with Israel is not in the Islamic leaders best interests, there will be no peace until this changes.
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I don't see it quite as a cop out. I wasn't putting a ratio of 50:50 or 60:40 of who is more or less to blame.
I agree that the suicide bombings are wrong.
But, continuing to exacerbate the problem by colonizing the West Bank and Gaza doesn't help. Building the wall in such a way that it removes access to an already limited water supply doesn't help. Strip searching Palestinian men in front of women on a regular basis doesn't help.
The list goes on and no... these are not as *harsh* as suicide bombs. Not even close.
Palestine had a peace offer on the table after Oslo that would have given them 90 to 95% of what they wanted. The answer, instead of a counter offer, was a campaign of suicide bombing.
The problem with Palestine (in general) is that they do not look to the future and building new things. They look to the past and dream of revenge. This needs to change. They need to start loving life more than getting revenge. Part of that solution needs to come from Israel and the rest of the world. Another big part needs to come from within.