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   From: jb004a8110@blueyonder.co.uk   
      
    wrote in message   
   news:1152144738.246224.293010@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...   
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   > 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.   
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   > 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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   Well I read the comments from the belligerents of both sides before I   
   replied to your idea.   
   Your failure(if that is what it can be called) is in expecting rationality   
   from either side.   
   They have been educated(there's that word again) into their very own belief   
   system and those belief systems are self perpetuating.   
   Let them continue on their chosen path in their own sphere but don't try to   
   change them unless you are any good at emptying the seas with an egg cup:-))   
      
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