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Israelis yearn for an end to military confrontation and the Intifada. With the Gaza-Jericho agreement, Israel has taken a calculated risk and given the Palestinians a chance. Now, it is the Palestinians' turn to prove their commitment to peace...
...began to think about all the young men and women who died fighting for Palestinian sovereignty, about the martyrs of the Intifada and the mourners left behind. How did they all feel about peace? "All this talk about peace looks good on paper," my mother told me. "I just hope it will not be a disappointment...
...Palestinian and yet I am very different from other 20-year-old Palestinians who have known only life under occupation. Of course, I hope that the violence and bloodshed will soon be over. But I ask myself how I would feel if I were a child of the Intifada or a father whose son or daughter was killed by a stray bullet. It will take more than a handshake to make the anger of my people subside...
...great Satan shall we strike at next?' And the rest of the mice pitch in, "By the beard of the prophet" and "Allah be praised." The comic strip ends with the mouse throwing a brick at a cat, which the author, for some reason, stereotypes as the Intifada...
...Constructive criticism this isn't. With the present efforts being made toward peace, this name calling isn't necessary and certainly doesn't contribute to any dialogue. Furthermore, to compare the IDF to the Nazis displays nothing more than a stunning ignorance of both the Holocaust and of the Intifada...