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Originally posted by Black Baron:
A short time ago, you , TL agreed that we can return to them 90% of the land. The pieces that we annex are those 10%. Now, you seem to back away from your statement. Why?
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Because now we are talking right/wrong and absolutes again. I never backed off on my stance regarding the law -- taking territory is illegal. I admit that 10% isn't much, and if Israel were to NEGOTIATE with the Palestinians and/or the UN to keep that amount, then it would be okay. And, I think this could be negotiated. I'm not saying something is morally right or wrong here -- I am speaking to the letter of the law. That's my job -- the law. Morally, I'm at quite a loss. [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]
Regarding the recent posts as to the "root cause" of the conflict, that's as useless an endeavor as the tit-for-tat back and forth killing. Where the middle east is concerned, especially Israel/Palestine, there is more than enough blame to go around. Everyone is wrong to a degree, and that is the tone that should be taken as a jumping-off point for negotiations. HOW or WHY mistakes were made in the past should be just that -- in the past. Negotiating peace regarding Palestine is not possible without at least a bit of hakunah matata philosophy sprinkled in -- the past is done, and wrong, and bad.
But the present needs fixing, so the future can be less bleak.