Gaza 'will not be liveable by 2020' - UN report

[JDPriestly]

61. Palestinians would have more of my sympathy if they showed a willingness to respect and

embrace the partition determined as part of the establishment of peace following WWII.

I think that the Palestinians have wasted half a century fighting over the partition. It is my opinion that they could have easily lessened their problems and established good relationships with Israelis, perhaps even achieved a two-state solution that might one day permit a one-state solution with equal rights, had they accepted the reality of the partition and worked with all their neighbors including the Israelis to bring prosperity to their region.

The Palestinians are a talented, brilliant people, but they have wasted themselves on fighting over the trivial issue of who owns what. They have lost at every turn. It's time for them to decide to live in peace amongst themselves and with all their neighbors including Israel.

Make war not peace.

Prior to the Second Intifada, I hoped so that we would have a real peace in the Middle East.

Title to the holy shrines in Jerusalem, the dispute over who can call Jerusalem their capitol are just childish. Sorry. But they are. Religious superstition.

Jerusalem is something to cooperate about, not something to fight over. It desecrates the holy places in the city in my opinion.

We live quite well in the US without having such important holy shrines.