Reply #28: OK I'll bite

[AnOhioan]

The mideast conflict is NOT simple.


Israel does not wish to destroy anyone, they simply wish to live in peace.

I believe Israeli citizens want peace, just a s I believe Palestinian citizens want peace.

I believe the Israeli gov't is not interested in a true peace..they want peace on their terms, with the Palestinians restricted to non-viable partitioned land areas.

Why? You may ask? The Israeli gov't fears that a true peace would dilute Israel, therefore making the entire point of a Jewish homeland moot.

If Hezbollah and Hamas stopped terrorizing Israel, there would be peace for all.

Hezbollah and Hamas could disarm tomorrow and there would still be individuals and groups who would resist what they see as Israeli/Palestinian inequities.

As complex as the Middle East situation is, at it's base it is quite simple. One side wants seemingly endless war leading to the destruction of a sovereign state; the other, simply to live in said sovereign state in peace.

I despise Hamas and Hezbollah, but killing innocents merely strengthens those organizations.

If you are not willing to admit that Israel bears equal responsbility for the bloodshed then we have nothing further to discuss.