will you not agree that Sharon (beginning with his unwelcome visit) has done much to flame the passions of the Palestinians? will you not also agree that Israel MUST make some concession on Jerusalem? That city is one of the holiest places in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Is there a resolution, in your minds, to this problem? Is there room for compromise?

Seems fairly straightforward and non-rhetorical to me, SharonA. I am asking the opinion of a Sabra and an American Jew who lived there what their opinion is of these questions. Mike Miller is certainly vocal and spouting with righteous indignation, but he steadfastly refuses to get into the type of discussion that can lead us into understanding. I appreciate your approach. It is calm and well reasoned. This guy demonstrates better than anything I can say exactly why the Israeli's and the Palestinians will never resolve this themselves. They both can spout these arguments with the same sense of resolve and righteousness. And the hippocrites in the rest of the Arab League who treat the Palestinian issue as sacred, while treating the Palestinians like shit, have a vested political interest in seeing this go on. And, of course, Lepus Rex at least id's himself, but that is all the good I can say about the shit he spouts. So I am down to trying to get these folks to just tell what their opinion is of my questions re: Jerusalem and Netanyahu/Sharon. And I am very interested in yours, as well.

Mick