david f,

"Of course, compromises have to be made...."

Oh good to see that your views have a little nuance. I felt that was lacking in your earlier posts.




SR,

Welcome back from your sabbatical. Enough separation from 1 November I guess.

"So what is hostility to and prejudice toward Palestinians?"

Well since, as I taught you earlier, there is no race called 'Palestinian' there probably isn't a term....although anti-terrorist would seem to fit the bill.

"The violence between Israelis and Palestinians is
often falsely presented as a conflict between two
equal sides with irreconcilable claims to one piece
of land."

" In reality it is a conflict over territory between
a nation-state, Israel, with one of the world's most
powerful and well-funded militaries, and an indigenous
population of Palestinians that has been occupied, displaced,
and exiled for decades."

There's more at the following link:

http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/israeli-palestinian-conflict-101/

Dear mhaze,

Sabbatical from what? From you? Hardly.

If you aren't posting in the threads I am for whatever reason that is on you.

So now you have stooped to Singer's level of racism, not recognising one of the Semitic peoples, the Palestinians, as real. Even the Nazis didn't go that far in this regard.

In terms of terror dealt out by either side the Israelis own that score card by a country mile.

Dear David,

«I think it more worthwhile, more conducive to peace and more interesting to learn to live with people who think differently.»

This being your preference, I fully respect it.

I hope you similarly respect the choices of others with different preferences.

«To gather with like-minded people may be a prelude to conflict and hate for people who aren't like-minded.»

Yes it may, or it may not.

I cannot see it necessary or likely for people who prefer to rest on Wednesdays to be in conflict with others who prefer to rest on Tuesdays. Not on these grounds anyway.

«Even if people are like-minded their young may not be of the same mind as their parents.»

Granted, and then these young should be able to create their own environment where they are free to live as they choose.
But you cannot tell in advance, even before they are born, what their preferences are going to be, nor is it justified for the older generations to sacrifice their lifestyle over that hypothesis.

Dear Yuyutsu,

Our preferences are not set in stone. We can learn to live with people who think differently. Although I am not a Christian I think some of the things Jesus did were both wise and practical. He associated with publicans and sinners. He shut nobody out. That's a good example to follow. Limiting my associations to people who agree with me would be boring and stultifying. In participating in online opinion you are interacting with people who disagree with you. Are you the worse for it?

SR,

It's racist to say they're not a race? When everything is racist then nothing is.

Even their fellow Arabs (that's the race so-called Palestinians belong to) have had a gutful of the Palestinians.

http://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-694955