[JSteff]

"Let's say Israel told Yasser Arafat that there would be an eye-for-an-eye exchange for every attack against Israeli civilians. You kill twenty of ours, we bomb a school room with twenty students."

That is exactly what Arafat would love. Look at the mileage he got out of Jenin (sp?) and Bethlehem a couple of years back. When the Israeli's fight back it give him ammunition for the press war.

Remember the press treats the Iraeli's like Republicans... they twist and turn everything said or done in an attempts to make even good news bad.

[geedee]

Remember the press treats the Iraeli's like Republicans... they twist and turn everything said or done in an attempts to make even good news bad.

Good point. This conundrum has baffled folks far smarter than me since 1949 . . . I just can't for the life of me figure out how we bridge the gap of differences between us and the Israelis and those born and raised in an Arab culture. Although, to be fair, I suspect the media isn't telling us everything. As you said, the media treats the Israelis like Republicans. If a bunch of Palestinian mothers got together to protest against all the atrocities, we would never hear about it.