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Hope in the children

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Submitted by Archimedes2 (Canada), Apr 12, 2008 at 21:59

Rochelle Michaels:

Of course I would want Palestinian children "...[to] be turned from a life of genocidal hatred" I agree, and it is unfortunate that my suggestion is probably pie in the sky. All hope, in my view, is in the next generation. Children are not born into an evil or good worldview, they have potential for both, Palestinian and Jewish children alike.

Seeing how Palestinian children are deliberately raised in a war zone, indoctrinated with genocidal hatred, dragged into military engagements and encouraged to participate if even by throwing rocks or placing themselves into the line of fire, seeking martyrdom before they're old enough to know the meaning of "the cause" for which they are asked to die, I think they are the key to the conflict:

If all Palestinian children could be taken, as one, out of there and raised in an objective environment that did not fuel the fires of rage or compound the victimhood mentality -- then injected back into the situation as adults with a balanced understanding of the world -- I believe the fires of the conflict would be quenched in a generation or two. As it stands it is only likely to get worse ... the Pal children are the victims of today, and the victimizers of tomorrow.

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Israel, This is a National Disgrace. [149 words]maura collinsApr 23, 2008 21:27126642
Sderot---suicide on the installment plan [136 words]Alaska PaulApr 16, 2008 23:21125883
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Double Truth [30 words]Francesco MangasciàApr 15, 2008 11:05125716
Wrongly directed criticism [297 words]Ron ThompsonApr 15, 2008 10:59125714
S'derot Rockets [14 words]Jean FriedbergApr 15, 2008 10:58125713
1000 years of Arab nothing [46 words]mickey spiegelApr 9, 2008 23:15125235
Shame Shame! [42 words]Na'ama NolonApr 8, 2008 08:58125051
Shame on Israelis and North American Jews [158 words]James BurkeApr 12, 2008 06:43125051
See the positive [422 words]Archimedes2Apr 7, 2008 12:30124935
Saving the Palestinian Children [66 words]Rochelle MichaelsApr 7, 2008 20:44124935
Good examples! [178 words]Archimedes2Apr 8, 2008 18:23124935
Saving the Palestinian Children [21 words]Rochelle MichaelsApr 12, 2008 16:02124935
Hope in the children [215 words]Archimedes2Apr 12, 2008 21:59124935
"...the moral and operational bankruptcy of the Olmert government in Israel" -- Dr. Daniel Pipes [103 words]Rochelle MichaelsApr 6, 2008 16:24124858
Who said it? [299 words]Ron ThompsonApr 16, 2008 10:55124858
Peace can only be achieved when Israel negotiates with an enemy that has lost the war. [35 words]Rochelle MichaelsMay 3, 2008 22:02124858
Nice Plan [52 words]GennadiyApr 6, 2008 01:00124801
This Makes No Sense . . . [75 words]ploniApr 6, 2008 00:07124797
Indeed it is a marvelous idea. [33 words]YnnatchkahApr 5, 2008 20:28124785
More to the point... [64 words]Abram GreenbergApr 5, 2008 18:24124774
Fruits of Modern Jewish Liberalism: Jew-icide [77 words]James BurkeApr 5, 2008 18:15124773

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