A Zionist visitor

[AlexB]

@dormant

My question was slightly more basic,
a jew anywhere in the world has a right to settle in Isreal because the Roman Empire unjustly expelled his ancestor 2000 years ago from this land, how do you feel about this considering that this has resulted (at least to us) in the same type of in justice been comitted towars other people who have been forced to abandon their land

While I do not totally agree with your fundamental assertion

• I dont intend to debate on it because I dont think either of us would change our point of view . What I would be most certainly interested in though is to understand how you think & see things, so I want to ask you some questions

• While you argued occupation is a consequence of conflict - What do you think is the real cause of conflict between these two people (arabs & jews) who are just 2 generations apart from each other.

Relatives or not, these are two different people now and as turns out, the Jews and the Palestinian see exactly the same piece of land as their one and only national homeland. This is the main problem. There are also some secondary issues, like certain religious directives, which add fuel to the fire.

@dormant

• why do you think the ‘two state solution’ a perfectly sane solution & a good formula is not acceptable to Palestanians, in your own admission they are suffering more from this conflict then the jewish side, its their homes that are being demolished , its their children that are dying because of economic blockage. if anything they ought to have a larger interest to avoid conflict , but inspite of all this they prefer fighting then compromising- what do you think is drivining them

It is a good question. Maybe it’s because their political leaders strongly encourage them against compromising, or because of “support” from other Arab countries who are very enthusiastic at fighting Israel “till the last Palestinian”, or maybe it is because of the influence of some other political groups and forces, which find continuation of the conflict more useful than its resolution.

Hell, maybe it is just human nature. It seems like everybody hates war, and yet wars happen all the time. Go figure.