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Quote by: Trotsky  If anything not talking to them gives them legitimacy, it just gives them yet another "victim" card to play in the whole mess. In my opinion though Carter is not the man who should be talking to them. Israel should be talking to them directly, not through the US or the EU or whoever. |
I couldn't agree more. I what I was saying that Carter was right on, was directly engaging Hamas!
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Israeli politicians though garner too much support from the more extreme elements in Israel, in particular the religious settlement movement,
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Disengagment of Gaza is proof that its not over-welming. I believe most Israelis know that a Palestinian State is inevitable.
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most of whom believe that Israel should stretch from the Red sea and the Med to the Euphrates.
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They are the minority.
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Couple that with the lot in the strip and west bank who want to drive the Jews into the sea I don't hold out much hope.
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True, but I think most Palestinians have a stronger desire for the simple life. I am sure most Serbians want to drive all the Kosovian into the ground or at the very least retake Kosovo, but amazingly they have not done anything since Kosovo declared independence.