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The Key to Ending the Conflict in Israel and Palestine
Time for Mutual Recognition
Across the pond here in the U.S., many see the recent unrest, violence, terror, death and destruction in Israel and Palestine as another typical round in the cycle of he-said-she-said that has plagued the two peoples for nearly a century.
For most Israelis and Jews worldwide, it’s the violence and terror Israelis face. The rain of rockets from terror groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad. It’s about the Jews’ right to live on their original indigenous land they were kicked out of so many times and could finally return to. To prevent another Holocaust from ever happening. It’s about their right to live in peace and security, free of violence.
For Palestinians, it’s the barricades, security walls, searches, dealing with sometimes overzealous Israeli security forces, and the seizure of land their grandfathers and grandmothers once lived on. It’s the expansion of Israeli settlements on land that by any stretch would have to be a part of a Palestinian State. It’s their lack of opportunity and self-determination. It’s their loss of their home.
Some of what’s taking place now is a repeat of past violence. When Ramadan began this year, extremists in Jerusalem attacked Israeli police with fireworks and rocks and police responded with tear gas and by erecting…
