Israel/Palestine

The things you defend-the occupation and in particular the settlement project that Ben-Gurion always opposed have never made Israel any more secure or brought peace any closer.

I want BOTH sides to have better leaders-but we both know that nothing your hero Netanyahu(the man whose hate-based, war-based policies you always unquestioningly defend in this group) does or wants to do can ever lead to peace, or to a change for the better in the Palestinian leadership. Why even pretend otherwise? And why pretend that, if bigotry is even part of the reason Palestinians seek to change the situation, it is somehow possible to militarily crush bigotry? People can't be subjugated into tolerance. And you always forget the fact that, when the Palestinian leadership did make major changes in tactics in the Nineties, all they got for changng was MORE settlements and more repression.

The most "pro-Israel" position a person can take is to oppose the settlements and to call for Palestinians to be treated like human beings who are capable of living in peace with Israel if Israel as a country gives them breathing space and treats them like human beings rather than what Shamir called them.

BTW if you're going to denounce violence on the Palestinian side, will you agree that the Israelis were wrong to deport Mubarak Awad, the man who was trying to get Palestinians to use Gandhian tactics? And that no nonviolent protest marches and rallies in the Wesrt bank should ever be violently broken up by the IDF?