Maybe Israel shouldn’t have been allowed to participate in the games. How’s that for a lousy suggestion and uninformed opinion?
Day after day we hear of another bombing, another two dozen or more civilian deaths, and there’s hardly a peep from the rest of the world. We’ve moved way beyond “Israel has a right to defend itself.” What’s happening in Gaza are crimes against humanity, and Israel’s scorched earth response, besides hobbling Hamas, will most likely only have provided fertile ground for the next resistance movement.
Granted, the Palestinians need to provide assurances that they are willing to coexist. And any remnant of Hamas or its evolutionary descendant must also change its stance on Israel’s existence as a sovereign nation. It can’t continue to hold that Israel must be driven from the land and destroyed. That obviously will serve as a non-starter and will not be helpful or acceptable.
All sides need to chill, but what are the chances of that ever happening? This insane cycle of retribution is itself hard to kill.
What would happen if they set aside their holy books and dared to talk to each other, as people who are dreaming of living in peace in a place they call home?
An identity crisis would probably ensue.
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