"They include the mass murderers of ordinary people and children."
If that is true, then it is an accusation that can be levelled at both sides - the Palestinians have done have done nothing to the Israelis that hasn't been done to them with a hundred times greater force, with heavy artillery, chemical weapons and by well trained and well armed troops - over a continuing period of 60-odd years.
"I see it as a triumph of humanity, generosity and compassion."
I see it as a totally empty gesture in the light of a blockade of essential goods, annexation and occupation of Palestinisn land, a continuing policy of building settlements (1,500 proposed on land occupied since the six-day war), the maintenance of a 'Berlin wall' cutting Palestinians off from their livelihood and food supply and most of all - an opposition to Palestinian statehood by way of a bullying veto by the world's most powerful nation.
My first entry into this thread was with an article headed
"BEDOUIN PEOPLE ISRAEL WANTS TO RELOCATE TO FORMER DUMP"
That, for me, sums up "the humanity, generosity and compassion" of the Israelis towards those who get in the way of their political and economic ambitions.
What is needed now is the tackling of the real problems BY BOTH SIDES - not window dressing.
Jim Carroll