NOT TO BE POLITICAL, BUT I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND

[Easy Rider]

but if you're a Palestinian living there, you can't go into Israel. What hope do these people have for the future under those conditions? And the world seems to think this is just fine.

It wasn't always like that.

If you really care about this situation, you need to read unbiased history about what has gone on in the region since 1948 and 1967.
But before you do that, you need to have a general understanding about what went on in the region for a few thousand years before that.

In the history of the world, more people have died at the hands of religious zealots than in all of the declared "national" wars combined.

And that is still going on in the middle east and Africa mostly. Some really bad stuff in Africa. Most of the world REALLY doesn't care what happens in Africa.

[Bob Denman]

...In the history of the world, more people have died at the hands of religious zealots than in all of the declared "national" wars combined.

Yup!
Most of Man's worst inhumanity inflicted on his fellow Man: has been done in the name of God... (Or whatever you wish to call Him.)

[UtahPete]

It wasn't always like that. If you really care about this situation, you need to read unbiased history about what has gone on in the region since 1948 and 1967.
But before you do that, you need to have a general understanding about what went on in the region for a few thousand years before that. In the history of the world, more people have died at the hands of religious zealots than in all of the declared "national" wars combined. And that is still going on in the middle east and Africa mostly. Some really bad stuff in Africa. Most of the world REALLY doesn't care what happens in Africa.

I understand.

Without getting into the role of religion in human misery over the millennia, let me ask you; do you think people today should be condemned and penalized for what their ancestors did?

[Easy Rider]

do you think people today should be condemned and penalized for what their ancestors did?

Only if they continue to do it.......or insist on seeking revenge for transgressions that ended long ago.

What people really should be "condemned" for is teaching their children to HATE.

[UtahPete]

Only if they continue to do it.......or insist on seeking revenge for transgressions that ended long ago. What people really should be "condemned" for is teaching their children to HATE.

I just don't believe the Palestinians are any different than anyone else in that respect.

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

Only if they continue to do it.......or insist on seeking revenge for transgressions that ended long ago.

What people really should be "condemned" for is teaching their children to HATE.

That is what i believe is happening when you bring children to a riot.