Thursday, August 10th, 2006
In case I failed to make myself perfectly clear
The real tragedy of the current situation in the Middle East, beyond the wanton destruction in Lebanon, is that American and Israeli hardliners, along with Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and al Qaeda, are two sides of the same coin: both want a one-state solution - they just disagree as to which one state should exist. And when they fight each other, all too often moderate-to-liberal Americans, moderate-to-liberal Israelis and moderate-to-liberal Muslims get caught in the middle.
As for myself, I would like to see a two-state solution. I also think that in the case of Jerusalem - a frequent sticking point in any such deal, the best solution would be to treat it like a toy that two kids are fighting over: if they can’t share it, than neither one deserves to have it.
