http://share.triangle.com/node/27349 Comments for "Palestinian Israeli conflict- the onus is on......?" en http://share.triangle.com/node/27349 <!-- BeginContext name="" q="forum" --> <p>Are we looking at the Palestinian Israeli conflict in the wrong way? Americans typically think, if those Palestinians would just stop the violence, there'd be peace. Or Israel has extended it's hand in peace, but Palestinians respond with violence. Or Israelis have made concessions, now it's Palestinians' turn. I'm not even sure what concessions people are talking about. Maybe they're as mythical as that saying- 'land without people for people with no land' or 'Arabs left voluntarily in 1948 and 1967', Israel=David vs Palestinians=Goliath, 'there is no such thing as Palestinians' etc. </p> <p>Should we be looking at it like:  Palestinians have already made a huge concession in being forced off all but ~20% of their land into the least developed areas without being consulted by (or negotiated with) the British or the UN, now it's Israel's turn to make the &quot;concession&quot; of complying with the organizations and laws that gave them what they have-  to welcome refugees back home, withdraw to pre-1967 borders or create one secular democratic state for all, etc. </p><!-- EndContext --> <!-- BeginContext name="forum-teaser" q="*" --> Are we looking at the Palestinian Israeli conflict in the wrong way? Americans typically think, if those Palestinians would just stop the violence, there'd be&hellip;<!-- EndContext --> <p><a href="http://share.triangle.com/node/27349">read more</a></p> http://share.triangle.com/node/27349#comment general discussion Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:39:09 -0400 jabdo 27349 at http://share.triangle.com