Originally posted by ravells
Flyboy:
Good points, well made.
Isn't it the fact though, that the people who are building these settlements are extremist jews? There was a post up here recently, of an article written by Israeli soldiers who were shocked by how they saw Palestinians treated by settlers.
yes they are extremist and they do treat arabs worse then dogs
they are one of the roots to the probelm and they must be moved. but it cant be done with just one swift blow, it will take time.
I go back to my old solution: get Israelis and Palestinians in primary schools and mixing with each other from an early age, and then have places where they can be sent abroad to live with each other without the pressure of immediate problems. Maybe a few marriages between the two? Good things might happen.
ahhh in a perfect world maybe
dont take this the wrong way but its a naive sulotion.
there are few people (from both of the sides) that will allow it to their children, and those who will allow are the ones that allready recognized in the co-existence.
on a more optimistic note, your solution is allready applied- there are elemntry schools kinder gardens and seminars that have both israelies and palestinians, a friend of mine is flying to the US to take part in such seminar that discuss coexistence, in which she will sleep with palestinian girls in the same room for allmost a month with no grown ups from both sides (she is 17).
i myself will join/ be drafted to the army in less then a year.