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Nothing was gained short of villianizing Israel in the world's eye a little more. The news clip you provided was symbolic. I saw a video report where several Palestian "gunmen" and bomb maker prisoners were interviewed. The common theme was they would put down their arms if the settlements located in the west bank were dismantled and the land retuned to its rightful owners. They feel to do nothing would be inviting genocide. Much of the call for the destruction of Israel is because Israel is destroying their culture. They feel the Token of Gaza was a joke and one that has never been very true to begin with.
There is a big Zionist lobby in America. Its unfortunate because what happend and has been happening is not representative of all America. I personally want it to stop because I think enevitably that conflict will spark a much larger a destructive war.
Like Israelis, Palestinians are made of flesh and bone can be cut down. But this will never stop because ideas are bulletproof.
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To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.- Stephen Hawking
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