Spiderman
Veteran Member
I love Israel and glad Israel exists as a Jewish state. If I could, I would restore the Temple.
Modern Israel came into existence on 14 May 1948 as the homeland for the Jewish people. It was also defined in its declaration of independence as a "Jewish state," a term that appeared in the United Nations partition decision of 1947 as well.
However, I have studied what life is like for Palestinians in the West Bank, and it sounds worse than an American prison to me. I don't know. I have never been there. Have you? I have seen documentaries on it, and I have been to an American prison. I would prefer prison than some of the videos I saw of life for certain people in the West Bank.
I certainly want Israeli-Arab relations to be good, as I want everyone happy, but it seems like Palestinians are particularly condemned to a living Hell on earth for many.
I have always had a fantasy that the feud (which kinda dates back to Isaac and Ishmael), will come to a very happy closure, and ending where they love each other (despite their differences), as children of Abraham.
Israeli occupation of the West Bank seems a bit harsh to me, but they kind of have to be, when the threat from the Palestinians , and the obvious hatred so many of them have for Israelis, is so present.
I personally just think the situation in the middle East is ugly. Atrocities are in abundance on both sides. I tend to favor Israel, because they simply strike me as being far FAR less prone to any type of dark-aged religious extremism, but I'm kinda in favor of two-state solution, and some evangelicals say that's anti-Semitic to desire such, or be critical of Israeli occupation of the West-bank.
The two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict envisions an independent State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel, west of the Jordan River. It sounds good to me if only many Palestinians would indoctrinate their children with love for their Jewish neighbors instead of hate. (I'm sure there are some that do.)
What is your solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict?
( I need to know, because, when I get sober long-term and all, I'm going to become a prophet when I grow up, and solve the problems there, so I need some ideas. Thank you! )
Modern Israel came into existence on 14 May 1948 as the homeland for the Jewish people. It was also defined in its declaration of independence as a "Jewish state," a term that appeared in the United Nations partition decision of 1947 as well.
However, I have studied what life is like for Palestinians in the West Bank, and it sounds worse than an American prison to me. I don't know. I have never been there. Have you? I have seen documentaries on it, and I have been to an American prison. I would prefer prison than some of the videos I saw of life for certain people in the West Bank.
I certainly want Israeli-Arab relations to be good, as I want everyone happy, but it seems like Palestinians are particularly condemned to a living Hell on earth for many.
I have always had a fantasy that the feud (which kinda dates back to Isaac and Ishmael), will come to a very happy closure, and ending where they love each other (despite their differences), as children of Abraham.
Israeli occupation of the West Bank seems a bit harsh to me, but they kind of have to be, when the threat from the Palestinians , and the obvious hatred so many of them have for Israelis, is so present.
I personally just think the situation in the middle East is ugly. Atrocities are in abundance on both sides. I tend to favor Israel, because they simply strike me as being far FAR less prone to any type of dark-aged religious extremism, but I'm kinda in favor of two-state solution, and some evangelicals say that's anti-Semitic to desire such, or be critical of Israeli occupation of the West-bank.
The two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict envisions an independent State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel, west of the Jordan River. It sounds good to me if only many Palestinians would indoctrinate their children with love for their Jewish neighbors instead of hate. (I'm sure there are some that do.)
What is your solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict?
( I need to know, because, when I get sober long-term and all, I'm going to become a prophet when I grow up, and solve the problems there, so I need some ideas. Thank you! )