Israel vs Palestine or is it Jew vs Muslim? You decide.

[Behind the Aegis]

[JI7]

1. another

[dballance]

8. Good one. Thanks! /nt

[Warren DeMontague]

2. I, for one, wish it was neither.

[Uncle Joe]

4. I feel the same way, Warren DeMontague.

[kelliekat44]

5. Ditto! nt

[Marrah_G]

3. Beautiful picture

The world needs more Love

[BainsBane]

6. I love photos like these.

It's important to remember that human relationships--love--can transcend geopolitical conflicts. It is that love that holds the promise of peace.

[dballance]

7. Actually, I think it's extremists on both sides against one another. Thanks for the PICs.

I love, love, love the pics you posted. Thank you!

I've posted this thought in other threads. I believe that many, many of the masses in both Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank would like for all of this to be over so they could all just live normal lives.

I believe what we are seeing is the extremists on both sides trying to effect their will on a region that will never accept that. Extremist Hamas is wrong for firing rockets into Israel. The extremists of the Likud like Bibi Netanyahu and his ministers are wrong for the extremely out of proportion response they have taken to those very ineffective rockets and tunnels.

I think my statements support the idea you were trying to convey with your OP. I believe that the Jewish peoples and the Arab peoples such as the Palestinians could live along side one another peacefully if not for the extremists on both sides directing policy in the name of their peoples.

[postulater]

9. Neither

It's a fight-or-flight response by a small crowd squeezed into a corner by superpowers and given all the weapons they need to attack each other ceaselessly.

Like cockfighting.

Where's the Cock Whisperer when you need him?

[JI7]

10. this is from some movie

involving palestinian and israeli relationship.

[Behind the Aegis]

11. It is.

Out in the Dark and it is currently on Netflix.

[randome]

13. It seems to me that in real life...

...people in these circumstances would question why they bother with religion in the first place if, in the end, it doesn't matter.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The night is always young. It's never too late.[/center][/font][hr]

[jambo101]

12. Peace would be nice but it soesnt seem likely.

It seems to me its the state of Israel fighting a terrorist organization thats vowed to wipe Israel off the map, their weapons are a constant barrage of rockets and now it seems kidnapping Israeli citizens and killing them.
I dont see what other course of action Israel can pursue.

[intaglio]

14. Please check what has been debunked as Israeli propaganda

Hams did not kidnap the hitch-hikers.

As for the pictures they should give hope.

[jambo101]

15. Link?

I can only go by what i see and hear on the news, if you have some other sources of information on the kidnappings i'd like to read them..

[Katashi_itto]

17. There is this "Israel to pay students to defend it online"

Israel to pay students to defend it online
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/08/14/israel-students-social-media/2651715/

5 mins of reseach you will find out the students werent kidnapped by Hamas.

[intaglio]

18. Micky Rosenfeld an Israelis police spokesman

From Mondoweiss: Claim that Hamas killed 3 teens is turning out to be the WMD of Gaza onslaught
Truth is famously the first casualty of war, and the Israeli war on Gaza is no exception. Yesterday Jon Donnison of the BBC pulled the rug out from under the Israeli government’s pretext for the Gaza onslaught with a series of tweets about a conversation he’d had with Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld about the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens in the West Bank in June.

[m-lekktor]

16. Damn i wasn't aware of this movie, now it is on my list to watch.

I had to look it up because it's been awhile but i saw a movie by the Yossi and Jagger guy, Eytan Fox, long ago about a Palestinian and an Israeli getting together called "The Bubble". thanks for posting this, it's a wonderful picture and a nice thing to look at for my first DU post of the day!

[MohRokTah]

19. Likud v. Hamas eom

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? Joan Baez

[Coventina]

21. Thank you for this picture. It was just what I needed today.

I opened DU and was about ready to close it in the depths of despair over the state of the world when I saw your post and decided to open it.

So glad I did!

Will be sharing....

Thanks!!

[William769]

22. Beautiful pic, thanks for sharing.