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Originally Posted by KiraYamatoFan
There are days like this when I'm wondering if the people in that region, especially Palestinians, have ever thought about saying enough is enough with the bloody way of arms. 
In Northern Ireland, despite the fact that a strong majority of Irish wanted (or want) to have the entire island, most people accepted to recognize that the UK would never let it off the hook and that the only way to recognize civil rights for local Catholics was by using diplomatic solutions and politics while alienating anyone who'd consider taking a violent path. Such a major shame that they don't think the same way in the Middle East. |
Its easier to manipulate people who live in poverty and have no access to proper education. Now considering that Israel as a state will do everything to claim all natural resources of value for herself in that region, you somehow get the uneasy idea that this situation might not be exactly unwanted for ulterior reasons.
Because in order to uphold the status quo and to further a 2 class citizenship, you need to pit people against each other. And the Hamas is an all too willing tool in that process.
And it is Israel's neighbours that also want that status quo to remain, because they like to have someone their own people can antagonize instead of people who are seeing what is wrong in their own backyards.
So in essence, moderate (normal) people are caught in a matter of circumstances that serves only certain elites. And that is the truely sad thing about it.
If all those manipulative leading elites and their fanatic followers (the few nuts in the system, who make it bad for everyone) were gone, people could actually live in peace in the region. But that is wishful thinking.