respect

Submitted by Felipe Ornelas (United States), Apr 2, 2009 at 18:42

Mr. Lieberman's comments are encouraging. I think his use of the word respect is very important. Israel must respect itself, and any entity or sovereign state must deal with Israel based upon mutual respect. I commented last year that Israel must respect their enemies enough to deal out justice when necessary, or if justice is to controversial a term, they must allow their enemies to feel the consequences of their actions.

Following a strict interpretation of ratified and accepted international agreements sounds like a plan Abba Eban would support.

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