[FreeReporting]

We Israelis have long been aware that we want peace and "they" don't. We do whatever we can to promote peace and they reject it. We have educated the Arab peasants, given them western medicine and brought them generally into the 20th/21st centuries. However our money and patience is not unlimited and there is much bureaucracy in the civil service; I suppose because we are a new country which is establishing its infrastructure during a time of continuous warfare, where most resources are devoted to defence. There is also the fact that some Israelis have a personal debt to settle with Arabs. The courts never support such racist behaviour, but the Arabs take it personally. Each failure to perform is taken as a personal insult, each success is taken for granted.

Considering the intense spotlight thrown on every aspect of Israel's dealings with the Palestinians I think we have actually come out of it quite well. Can you imagine if this intense scrutiny were turned on other countries and their shortcomings?

[ArGee]

I have no end of respect for the tolerance of the Jews toward their Arab neighbors. You have continuously shown a willingness to work with a people who have denied your very right to exist. When terrorists blew up two of our buildings we declared war on the country that harbored them. You have to put up with many such bombings on an almost daily basis, yet have continued to try to make a way for this new nation of Palestine to be created as your neighbor - sacrificing some of your land to accomplish the task.

In the mean time, their own leaders treat them like dirt. There is no question that the Arabs in Israel had it much better under Jewish rule than under "Palestinian rule". Money that was intended to reduce poverty has been used to fatten the coiffers of the leaders and to buy weapons. ArafRAT and his cronies get richer and the "Palestinians" get poorer and the Jews get the blame.

May Ha Shem bless Israel and grant peace to Jerusalem.

Shalom.