Carol C: you want to compare what is currently going on in Palestine and Israel with what has been going on in Northern Ireland? Okay, but I don't think so. The will of both sides in both confrontations might be similar, but I don't believe (and I'm ducking my head as I say this) I don't think the conflict in Ireland ever reached the same point that it has in the Mid-East at the present moment. I hope the truce in Northern Ireland results in a final solution to the problem there, but I would not bet on it.

DougR