| Ash, the Israeli government offered to give Palestine back some of the land they had annexed, the Palestinians refused to accept because they wanted all of the land they were entitled to. Not all of Israel. Israel's land has never been offered to Palestine. They only offered a small amount of the land they had taken in the first place. The offer also included travel restrictions and checks that the Israeli government knew the Palestinians could never accept. Palestine would be divided into two areas with one road connecting them, and Israeli soldiers monitoring and restricting the movement of palestinian citizens. That's a bit like Canada conquering the US then offering to return California, Oregon and Washington-New York, New Jersey, and Delaware, connected by one road patrolled by soldiers who want you dead. Think you could accept that? Bombs in Tel Aviv are, as you point out, not in the Palestinian area. The bombers want to cause as much death to Israelis as possible and do so in a high profile way. It is not only an act of terrorism, it is an act of protest.
Japle, you and I will have to agree to differ on this point, but I do not believe that the majority of Muslims in the midle east share the opinions of those you encountered. |