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You've lost me there, T. Mind spelling out initials that some of us are too slow on the uptake to understand?
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It would be disingenuous to imagine that all Israelis are cookie-cutter clones.
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Not only disingenuous, but dead wrong. I sure hope nobody on this board entertains such a supposition.
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Israel and Palestine have been in conflict for six decades. It is simply impossible for such a protracted saga to be a sterile and innocuous affair. Both sides have indeed engaged in atrocious behaviors. Inexcusable, but that is the dark nature of the beast.
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Right. The events of those six decades (or nine, depending on how you calculate it) give the shrikes on both sides an endless supply of grievance-fuel, so they can concentrate full-time on self-righteousness and thus avoid looking for a way out.
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It has been my experience that most political debate forums with threads on the Israel/Palestinian conflict tend to focus on historicity and blame. The past cannot be changed, and neither side is blameless. Continually haggling over a past that is irrevocable is unproductive and debilitating. It is rare to discover I/P threads that dissect current events and attempt to extrapolate how these happenings may influence our tomorrows.
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OK, Tashah, I think you and I have at least a generous modicum of common ground.