You know, I have a problem with anyone's thinking that all people in a certain region think exactly alike... I mean, when I read stuff like "what the Palestinians are themselves saying" it gives the wrong impression that every last Palestian on Earth is saying... I believe it would be more accurate to use terms like "what many Palestianians' are saying...

This is the problem when people see things as either "black or white" and it is an important distinction that needs to be made if we are going to make any progress in changing a dogmatic and outdated foriegn policy into a pragmatic and workable one...

We collectively need to stop trying to pigeon-hole people based on where they live or their national creed...

BTW, what cannot be argued is that in 1948 some 4,000,000 Palestians were uprooted from their homes and pushed into refugee camps... We need to keep this *fact* in our thoughts as we try look for ways to find an equitable settlement of the Middle East situation...

B~