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   From: nglr@cogeco.ca   
      
   The atheist.   
      
   "Ben Cramer" <[remove]bencramer7@gmail.com> wrote in message   
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   > "zr"  wrote in message   
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   >> It was Gods wish that they be circumcised.   
   >> That is the covenant God made with his people.   
   >> You have no biblical knowledge at all.   
   >> Get an education moron.   
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   > There is no god. Of any flavour. Now who's the moron?   
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   >>  wrote in message   
   >> news:1152155922.632997.45960@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...   
   >>> God intends to punish the circumcised. There is no hope unless the Jews   
   >>> and Muslims stop the practice.   
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   >>> eric.hagedorn@hotmail.com wrote:   
   >>>> I think that there has been enough misdeeds by all parties to fill a   
   >>>> library if we were to spend the time cataloging them.  But if we did,   
   >>>> we would fall into the trap that the parties to the conflict find   
   >>>> themselves in now.   
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   >>>> Instead, I suggest that we concentrate on 2 things;   
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   >>>> 1. Finding a way out of this mess for BOTH Israel and Palestine.   
   >>>> 2. Figuring out how to convince the involved parties why this might be   
   >>>> the best way for them to proceed.   
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   >>>> It is my belief that the great problem here is a lack of trust on both   
   >>>> sides which tends to create a self-fulfilling prophecy.  Because either   
   >>>> side does not believe the other side's wish for peace is genuine, they   
   >>>> do not make a whole-hearted effort at peace themselves.  Their opposite   
   >>>> numbers read this lack of conviction as betrayal-in-waiting and then   
   >>>> starts pulling back themselves.  This goes back and forth until the   
   >>>> peace collapses for lack of trying.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I believe that the solution to this is to arrange the steps to peace as   
   >>>> a series of Boolean Logic - Israel could agree that, IF Palestine   
   >>>> recognizes Israel's right to exist and agrees to peace, THEN  Israel   
   >>>> will grant Statehood to Palestine along the lines that it has drawn   
   >>>> now.  That places the ball in Palestine's court.  If it fulfils the 2   
   >>>> steps (peace and recognition), then Israel is bound by its agreement,   
   >>>> and Palestine is its own state.   
   >>>>      If Palestine fulfils the agreement and Israel renegs, then they   
   >>>> can go back to war- Palestine loses nothing.  If Palestine fulfils the   
   >>>> agreement, Israel fulfils its part and then Palestine begins attacks,   
   >>>> Israel can re-invade.   
   >>>>      But if both sides stick to their agreements, then a major step   
   >>>> towards peace has been taken.  Palestine gets control of its own   
   >>>> affairs again, aid can flow in and both sides have to realize that the   
   >>>> other side is capable of moving  forward with the peace process   
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   >>>> Comments, anyone?   
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