It is not that they are without redemption, it is that a significant portion of their numbers want all of the land that is Israel. They have said it openly and to ignore it is suicide.
There may be peace one day, but not without much more turmoil and death. And, probably not in my lifetime. No US administration has been able to broker a deal. Not Nixon's, Reagan's, Clinton's or will Bush. Rice's announcements exacerbate things, not help.
But there can be a peaceful enough arrangement so that less innocent Israelis will be murdered in buses and cafes and pizza parlors.
The Palestinian people have been brainwashed for a very long time. It may BE naive of me, but I don't believe that Palestinian mothers really want their kids strapping bombs on themselves in suicide/murders. I believe that there are many more Palestinians who want to be able to raise their families in peace than some of you do. I believe that the Palestinians were created in God's image as much as I am.
And I have seen this administration do enough things that "no US administration has" ever been able to do, and know of their unswerving support of Israel, to not react to this statement with too much alarm.
It is not that they are without redemption, it is that a significant portion of their numbers want all of the land that is Israel. They have said it openly and to ignore it is suicide.
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Ditto for a proportion of Israelis wanting Palestinian lands.
Eventually, I hope, both sides will come to a non-violent compromise.
I do not hold a great deal of hope but am praying that this will all end peacefully one day.