Reply #45: No idea what you mean by that comment [View All]

[oberliner]

If you can point to any post that I've made which indicates anything other than total and complete disdain for the killing of any and all civilians, I invite you to do so.

I am very confident that no such post exists.

I think the Palestinians should renounce violence, vote out Hamas, and agree to adhere to past agreements made by the PA. Abbas and Fayyad have actually done quite a bit in that regard already. The schism between the leadership recognized in Gaza and the one recognized in the West Bank, however, makes entering into negotiations very tricky as there is a large segment of the Palestinian population who would not view any such negotiations as being valid. However, I believe the best thing the Palestinians could do would be to rally behind those who reject violence and support peace.

In doing so, they would thrust the ball completely into Israel's court - leaving the Israeli government with no further excuses to avoid entering into a real agreement along the lines of the Geneva Initiative that results in two states living side by side at peace with one another.

Similarly, Israel should immediately halt all settlement activity and take aggressive actions against those who would attempt to defy such a ban.

Violence of any kind by either side only serves to perpetuate the conflict and continues to result in the loss of innocent lives.