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Originally posted by 84porsche
Just a few questions.
Is anybody here of Palestinian decent, or has anybody asked a Palestinian that lives here what they think, how do they justify what is happening in the region?
Part of my family history extends into the Palestinian region, my grandfather lost every possession he owned and his business and they took the family on a bus into Jordan in 1948 with not even proof of birth records and the rest is history so to speak. My father immigrated in his 20s and built a life for himself and is a very proud American now as am I. I believe it is possible to move forward because at one point or another, every culture in history has been tormented, killed and put under some form of oppression.
We can spend all the time in the world trying to figure out what causes/caused the hatred and the problems but what would be an acceptable solution to both and who can stand up and implement the solution without violence and more killing.
Just my 0.02.
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I'm of Lebanese decent (actually Irish, German, and Lebanese). No, my user name, sand_man has nothing to do with my ethnic origins. My family moved from Beirut in the 20's. They came in through Windsor Canada, then settled in Akron, OH, and then finally Sarasota, FL in the 1940s. All of my family are Christians (Catholic).
I had to stop following Middle Eastern affairs many years ago. I find it all too troubling...from all sides.
I was once told by a Palestinian man that the most sacred thing a Palestinian family posseses is the key to their actual family home in what once was considered their country. I don't know from which war or conflict he was refering to, but the symbolism is representative of a family actually locking the door to their home, and fleeing for their very lives. The key, I'm told, signifies the posibility of a return to that home in a peacful unoccupied place...if ever there really was peace there. Take it with a grain of salt...there are two sides to every story...two sides of a coin...two sides...