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Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Will there be peace if Palestinians lay down their arms? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)6. And Israelis feel that that is what the Palestinians want.
That's what we have to understand. Both parties feel aggrieved. It's like a divorce. It takes two.
Except in Palestine/Israel, the parties cannot just agree to separate and leave each other alone. They have children. Both sides have children so they are going to have to deal with each other for a long time.
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This war is about the tunnels that Palestinians dug out from under the border
JDPriestly
Aug 2014
#14
There will be Palestinian subjugation, which is really Israel's goal, don't you think?
ProgressiveMuslim
Aug 2014
#21