Reply #13: Your actions are certainly courageous [View All]

[oberliner]

My actions include trying to get the Republicans out of office and trying to get a Democratic candidate elected President. Someone who will devote time, energy, and careful attention to the region in an attempt to get both sides to sit down together and work out a negotiated settlement that both Israelis and Palestinians can accept.

It is my hope that both Israelis and Palestinians will be willing to make difficult compromises that will result in an independent Palestinian state living side by side at peace with Israel.

I do believe that most of us on this board have the same (or at least similar) goals.

Secondarily, I have the goal of respectfully chiding my fellow progressives when I feel that they use language or make comments that brush up against sentiments presented by people whose interest in this conflict stems not from concern for the Palestinians but from prejudice against Jewish people. (i.e. Israelis are like the Nazis, Jews control America, etc.)

My assumption is that no one posting here would hold those viewpoints and therefore I assume that any comments that may appear to suggest otherwise are inadvertent.