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Reader comment on item: No News Twenty Years after the Oslo Agreement

Submitted by myth (Germany), Sep 15, 2013 at 17:21

The West has institutionalized the Arab-Israeli conflict into diplomatic rituals. Western diplomats join in pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Ramallah. They spell out peace accords like fatwahs. Their motto is, it seems to me, if Jesus did walk on water in the Holy Land, so can we.

I imagine one further ritual to at least add glamour to a poor performance. Will the Swedish Academy of Sciences please introduce and authorize a Nobel Prize for the Arab-Israeli Peace Process.

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Time for an update [38 words]
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PezDispenserFeb 29, 2016 04:38228267
1What's goin' on??? [270 words]john w. mcginleySep 16, 2013 09:32209786
institutionalized conflict [78 words]mythSep 15, 2013 17:21209775
Some Things Have Changed [208 words]AlexSep 13, 2013 20:40209727
1peace process...yeah,right. [53 words]cvrtSep 13, 2013 13:06209721
AND LIFE GOES ON [78 words]JACQUES HADIDASep 13, 2013 13:03209720
Verdict already in? [24 words]
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David W. LincolnSep 13, 2013 12:50209718
Not so naive [80 words]David W. LincolnSep 15, 2013 17:59209718
2Oslo Accords based on a pack of lies and deceit [276 words]G MarcusSep 13, 2013 07:43209705
The Oslo Accords, historic failure [122 words]NuritGSep 13, 2013 02:33209692
Twenty years after the Oslo accord [45 words]Nenette GrunbergSep 13, 2013 00:25209679
3AMEN! [92 words]
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There is NO Santa ClausSep 12, 2013 22:26209676

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