Bobad, I realize that there were atrocities committed on both sides. I see no value on dwelling on long-ago history. If there ever is to be peace in Palestine and Israel, we must disregard what people did 40, 50, and 70 years ago and consider the present reality.

I am both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian. I have met and talked at length with people from both sides, and I think I understand and accept the positions of each fairly well. I find that most people on both sides are willing to disregard what happened so long ago. All they want is peace and stable housing and employment and education, and the ability to move on from the present instead of being hampered by past grudges.

What happened in 1967 is irrelevant. That was over fifty years ago, and the people who fought those battles are now dead or nearly so.

-Joe-