Sure, but how do we stop the occupation? This is my hearts deepest question.
I want an end to the occupation. I absolutely do. I cheered and was thrilled when Israel pulled out of Gaza, even though it was unilateral and all that bs. As far as I was and am concerned, we should just pull out of the West Bank unilaterally, too. Sure, the land will be divided by one group's choice at that point, but it would be -- should be -- a place to start. From there the Palestinian people can get on their knees, and then on their feet, and build something of their own, all while working through international negotiations to get a more reasonable permanent settlement.
(Do you know how many years it took Honduras to get its captured land back from El Salvador? 29 years. Oh, and the Salvadorans were given a choice of whether to stay on the land and become Hondurans or move elsewhere in El Salvador. Just sayin')
But, here's the problem. When Israel got out of Gaza, the rockets didn't stop, and the suicide bombings didn't stop. Getting out of Gaza didn't help bring us closer to peace, so people who want both peace and safety are hard pressed to say, "OK, let's just back out of some more territory!!"
I wish that I could come up with a comprehensive and reasonable political and diplomatic solution, because then I'd write an essay, a book, shout it from the roof tops, make youtube videos and gods knows what else! Seriously. But I haven't got that solution, so I'm left with thinking, "OK, we had to do SOMETHING. We can't just sit there and take rocket after rocket after rocket and do NOTHING."
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I want an end to the occupation. I absolutely do. I cheered and was thrilled when Israel pulled out of Gaza, even though it was unilateral and all that bs. As far as I was and am concerned, we should just pull out of the West Bank unilaterally, too. Sure, the land will be divided by one group's choice at that point, but it would be -- should be -- a place to start. From there the Palestinian people can get on their knees, and then on their feet, and build something of their own, all while working through international negotiations to get a more reasonable permanent settlement.
(Do you know how many years it took Honduras to get its captured land back from El Salvador? 29 years. Oh, and the Salvadorans were given a choice of whether to stay on the land and become Hondurans or move elsewhere in El Salvador. Just sayin')
But, here's the problem. When Israel got out of Gaza, the rockets didn't stop, and the suicide bombings didn't stop. Getting out of Gaza didn't help bring us closer to peace, so people who want both peace and safety are hard pressed to say, "OK, let's just back out of some more territory!!"
I wish that I could come up with a comprehensive and reasonable political and diplomatic solution, because then I'd write an essay, a book, shout it from the roof tops, make youtube videos and gods knows what else! Seriously. But I haven't got that solution, so I'm left with thinking, "OK, we had to do SOMETHING. We can't just sit there and take rocket after rocket after rocket and do NOTHING."