An excellent and unbiased article.Force with weapons has never brought prosperity,peace and understanding, it has only stimutalted more hatred and rage and let loose forces in all of us that in saner moments we would be horrified to think we could be capable of. Dialogue is the only way to help us calm the indignation on both sides with a real intention of finding a solution.

Simple, get all the Arab/Muslims and other hate mongers to try building something positive instead of spewing hate. As more articles are finally showing, using Nazi like brain-washing, fakes like the Protocols, television shows glorifying maryters, etc, etc, etc, and they'll raise another generation to hate.

Israel leaves Gaza, two choices. Start building a state, create the infra-structure of a state, use the resources left behind to create more jobs, for more farming, etc. Or use the resources to build rockets to send into Israel, wreck the resources left behind, and then seek pity against the absent "occupiers".
We know which course was taken, and as long as that mind-set exists, there can be no peace and no change.

I agree the time for negotiating peace especially on the Iraeli-Palestinian issue is overdue. To believe Bush-Cheney-Rice is going to initiate any significant dialogue on Palestine is to believe a rock can talk. Likewise, the ties of Senator Clinton and Senator McCain to the military-industrial complex precludes either of them from establishing any meaningful peace process in the region.
We can only hope Senator Barak Hussein Obama will be the next President of the United States. Obama has stated early and often he will talk with anyone to further peace. Obama demonstrates daily his charisma and ability to intelligently articulate a myriad of issues. There is hope in Obama.

A VERY REALISTIC, DOWN TO EARTH FACTUAL ANALYSIS WHICH ONE HOPES IS THE LINE UNDERSTOOD AND FOLLOWED BY THE ONLY SUPER POWER.
LET US HOPE FOR GOOD SENSE TO PREVAIL OVER DOG FOOL HARDINESS AND ARROGANCE.

Seems to me that the violent behavior of Hamas is everyone's responsibility but their own. At least from your perspective. I sort of disagree. I think that we are all responsible for our own actions. I think that Hamas is responsible for stopping Hamas from shooting off rockets at neighboring countries.

Seriously. If there were a bunch of rednecks shooting in El Paso shooting rockets into Mexico, wouldn't the US government be held responsible for that? Or if a bunch of gangsters in Detroit were sending car bombers into Canada? Don't tell me that, "well they're just acting out of a sense of historical injustice for past wrongs (insert itemized list here)". That's all a bunch of rubbish.

Hamas is not a legitimate partner for diplomatic talks. Peace is not on their agenda. The destruction of Israel is their agenda. If they accomplish that, then we will have peace. Alternatively, we can put them behind high walls and sort of fight them off until the end of time. Which is the status quo. Guess which one it's gona be?

The question for dialogue should be re-phrased.

Hamas has 1 option:

To accept the concrete walls, fences, and checkpoints from Israel. They have instead, launched rockets to derail negotiations. We approve expanded settlement activities to retaliate.

Vice President Dick Cheney

Israel has 1 option:

To build the walls higher, the fences moveable. Hamas is a spirit that will not fall from the sky, like its rockets. Count on support from the democratic west, and like the Jew you are, steal the land.

The Almighty does not respond to Vice President Dick Cheney, the gold in his pockets weighs heavy in hell.

The Almighty, untill He decides, witnesses the misery of Palestine.

OM
AMEN
Shalom

AUM SHALOM

History will show who the real terrorist in this conflict are. They push the Palestinians into a corner on purpose to delay for as long as they can any peace deal. I say, let them keep building in lands that are not thier's, then when the Palestinians return will have new homes to replace all the one's Israil has destroyed.