re peace talks resume in article jcpltyo jcpl co jp ohayon jcpltyo jcpl co jp tsielohayon writes in article bdd dfc news service uci edu tim clock writes tc do you as i do agree that this sort of peace process is needed tc what about the particular points mentioned in the article is what tc israel is supposedly going to propose good does it go too far tc not far enough tc if you don t agree that a peace process is needed what is i personally think that a peace process is needed since only through negotiations will the future generations be able to live in stability unfortunately not all think like this we have cases like anas omran hamza saleh jle mohammed reza mehmed abu abed anwar mohammed and others who think that jihad is the only solution if we can t avoid throwing out gut reactions to what we see as extremist views here in the newsgroup we re certainly not going to be any better at it in the real world hey it easy here after reading the offending post we can step back take some deep breathing exercises have a gallon of ice cream or sex whichever calmsus and reply in something other than the usual king of the hill mentality my view is that israel has made more gestures towards its arab foes than the opposite what have the sysrians given to us or proposed what have the palestinians proposed if the palestinians would just revoke or rewrite their charter or just condemn acts of palestinian violence that would be a good start perhaps starting here with an immediate accusation is not a particularly good way to generate open responses how about explaining what you see as being israel s real worries and how they need to be addressed since the other side sees israel s gestures in a completely different light than you do perhaps they also have real worries from their point of view what are they how can those worries be addressed the palestinians have all to gain from these negotiations its seems though that they are not strong enough to make decisions on their own and are plagued by internal strife that is why we are not getting anywhere fundamentalism is slowly taking over in the territories then it will be too late to discuss issues with the palestinians since they will only vow for the destruction of israel it is certainly much harder to reach compromise or even sit down and talk with an other side which is fractured into several different ideologies each with its own set of demands while it is up to them to generate unity on their side is there anything that israel can do without sacrificing its security its position to encourage that unification along lines that israel prefers arabs must take example on egypt egypt came to the bargaining table got what it wanted from israel and there is now peace and cooperation between the two countries the tougher you play ball with israel the tougher israel gets tsiel tim clock ph d graduate student uci tel department of politics and society fax university of california irvine home tel irvine ca
