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i don't see that there's much in the way of common ground for dialogue between us, xazy. feel free to keep posting to the thread--i'm just not sure how much we actually have to say to each other unless there's some shift in frame of reference.
at the moment, there's a report that's just surfaced about a french proposal for an immediate cease-fire of 48 hours on humanitarian grounds. apparently, this proposal is being considered by the israelis as i write this. i hope for everyone's sake that this is agreed to and that it issues into a more lasting ceasefire.
a strange sidenote---in almost all us-press accounts, the Problem is understood to be hamas and not--for surreal reasons--the israeli siege of gaza.
one of the actual main demands that hamas has been making is that the siege be lifted.
the policy box that the americans and israelis walked into 18 months ago makes this a difficult move for israel--but i think that lifting the siege would be a fundamental step toward normalizing the situation.
of course, that would mean dealing with hamas.
that is the sticking point.
there are multiple ways out of this. any of them would be better than what is presently taking shape.
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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
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