Joe, I have to respect your desire for peace. I share that desire. What I would ask you is what you would do if someone parked their car on you foot, and wouldn't remove it? Would you just stand there and smile?

The reality the Palestinians live with isn't too different from that. They are asking to be allowed to live in freedom within an area that is less fifty percent of the land that used to be their home. They are willing to let go of any claims to more than fifty percent of the land that was once their home. What they want is the same rights, freedom and liberty that you and I and the Israelis enjoy, within the borders of that less than fifty percent.

They aren't looking for retribution for past injustices. They just want to have the same human and civil rights as you and me.