Israel does have a dilemma if they want a two state solution. The Arabs may balk at creating a state if too many conditions are put on the type state it will be. They may simply say no to the conditions and decide to let Israel continue to rule them. Israel can't permanently subjugate what would be almost half its population.

Well said, Dov. I figured somebody would handle the light work and provide a glimpse of reality to the good doc. His is a very typical perception from pilgrims who visit East Jerusalem and listen to the tales of woe from the Palestinian shop keepers trying to get the extra sympathy shekels for their "hand carved crosses made from ancient olive trees in The Holy Land". It happens all the time.

The Palestinian areas in Israel are much like the housing projects in Richmond County. "Take care of us, but we demand all our rights to do/not do whatever we want". Think about it.....

The Palestinian have cause so much destruction in Israel in the name of some guy called alluh? Now the world is suppose to just forget the past and say let by gones be by gones and come enjoy the fruits of our labor while all you did was fight among yourself and blow things up. Oh wait if Israel wont control us we will let Hamas but we wont do it ourself. Get real doc!

The wall can't stop the rockets, but the number of suicide bombers has fallen off. This was the initial purpose of the wall. Your LTE is as politically ignorant as any I've seen. I'm guessing you two are Democrats. If not, you sure qualify.

LOL cliff! Please do not invoke the name......

The letter-writers ignore the many rockets that Arabs regularly shoot into Israel, often at families, including women and children. While the wall between Israel and the Arabs pretending to be Palestinians remains a barrier to suicide bombers, it can be used as a bargaining chip in peace negotiations. Why should Israelis make themselves even more vulnerable to people who have vowed to push them into the sea? Besides, as is evident from history, the so-called Palestinians are actually Arabs pretending to be Palestinians and making false claims to the land of Israel. Yassar Arafat himself was a native of Cairo, Egypt. Israelis, our nation's most loyal allies, needs to stand strong and trust God since our nation likely will betray them.

Ok Cain..........directly on topic so you can't dodge the question with THAT excuse. like you usually do. Why do you feel Israel has no right to exist, but you are ok living on land that your ancestors stole from the natives. You may now start ignoring the question again.

Well since we have heard from the biggest racist that posts here daily I would say cue the biggest hater of America next.....Cain?

I personally don't care about the middle east mess, neither side really wants peace. I do care about the $4 Billion we give Isreal, the $2.5 Billion we give Egypt and the $2 Billion we give Jordan. This is money we don't have and have to borrow from China and the Arabs.

Obviously, Dr Johnson, the wall is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. Protect the Israeli citizens from the constant barrage of Palestinian rocket attacks and suicide bombers. In fact, I believe we should be learning from the Israelis - they are surviving in a very violent part of the world. They are surrounded by Muslims who have vowed to wipe them from the face of the earth. Does this sound remotely familiar? They have built a wall to protect them - something we should be doing along our southern border. But for some reason the democrats protect the illegals and promote their osmosis into our country. Future democrats in the making.

And just how many of you parrots have visited recently? What is practiced there more closely resembles apartheid than our own misguided "efforts" along the Rio Grande. It was the Palestinians who were originally dragged off their own land. We don't understand their position and don't want to. They do not operate a massive lobbying/propaganda machine in this country (Israel does).

dashiel, I've been there dashiel--also to syria, egypt and jordan, have you?