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Originally posted by 1967 R50/2
Not really about religion at all. It's about power and land. You never hear anything from the Israeli side about dying for Yahweh and crap like that. Even the most radical of the Jewish settlers don't couch it in the kind of rhetoric that the Palestinians do. If it were about religion NYC would be a wreck. It has large populations of both Jews and Palestinians yet there has never been a single incident to my knowledge.
In fact, the "Islamic" side of things is a very recent development. The first Palestinians to oppose the state of Israel were actually Christians for the most part. Later, during the 60's Arafat's rhetoric was strictly secular. It wasn't until the late 80s that the Islamic nutzos started coming out of the woodwork.
Hamas got elected because Fatah was openly corrupt. And being corrupt in a time and place with 40% unemployment makes people very pissed off. The only other alternative was Hamas. So they got elected. Unfortunately, they too found out that it's very easy to shoot at Israelis, but very difficult to create jobs.
The Palestinians need to realize that it doesn't have to be about land. Creating wealth no longer requires a plot of land to farm. India has discovered that you can create wealth through a computer terminal. This is an example they should consider following.
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You are quite right in your analyses in both your posts with which I agree 100%.
However the last paragraph quoted above is hopeless idealism. A nation of happy Palestinians forgetting about land issues and generating wealth through computer terminals??? Surely this is meant tounge-in-cheek. If not, you are talking about the twilight zone - or cloud cuckoo land.