In two short sentences, you've said it all.

I do believe that the US and her allies should try to get these sides to negotiate for solutions to their problems. A powerful outsider might be the only opportunity they have of stopping the violence for a while.

Gaza onslaught has shattered west's view that Arabs are source of violence

I found this a very good article about what it is like to be a Palestinian-American woman.

Not sure who that would be. But it has certainly been proven over the presidents tenures over my life time that the USA....IS NOT.....going to change how these peoples think or act.

We have no basis to give advice. We as a nation were not in existence yet when they were killing each other.

We, the USA, are certainly not looked upon favorably by that part of the world, so why do we think we can change the course of their history?
Especially as we, the USA continue to demonstrate our inability take care of our own.

We are not the influence we once were in the region. And back then when we were it did not affect how they think and act.

At some point it will dawn on our politicians they are wasting precious time and resources on that part of the world. History documents this status.

It looks like we have influenced their history over the past 200 years or so. Global Connections . U.S. Foreign Policy | PBS

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We don't read much in Ohio. I think we have a library there somewhere.

Bazinga!!!
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

http://www.ashland.lib.oh.us/ http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...g-recipes.html http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...in-100-recipes

One recommends this book A History of Food in 100 Recipes
by William Sitwell . I hope a recipe has something to do with Israel and the Gaza Strip?

Sad thing is that some of these people in these wars zone often wind up with very little to eat except maybe their pets, rats, etc.

To be fair, here are Palestinian Public Opinion Polls
 

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As long as you have a message board and google you're okay.:coolsmiley:

Et tu, Patty?

No. You know I read, write? ;) lol.

Love your avatar Patti.

There does seem to be a cease fire going on now so that the besieged can get food and water.

Update. There may be hope after all. http://www.modbee.com/2014/07/17/344...ck-foiled.html

A very interesting insight not very well known!!!!!!!!
 

Moral clarity in Gaza - The Washington Post

This is the type information we will never hear from main stream media or politicians.......too many facts!

Here is a quote from the above mentioned Washington Post article.
Israel accepts an Egyptian-proposed Gaza cease-fire; Hamas keeps firing. Hamas deliberately aims rockets at civilians; Israel painstakingly tries to avoid them, actually telephoning civilians in the area and dropping warning charges, so-called roof knocking.

“Here’s the difference between us,” explains the Israeli prime minister. “We’re using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they’re using their civilians to protect their missiles.”