Comments on: The Mundane in Jerusalem https://rachelsruminations.com/the-mundane-in-jerusalem/ Taking the road less traveled Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:39:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/the-mundane-in-jerusalem/#comment-1084 Sat, 26 Jul 2014 03:08:51 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=2420#comment-1084 I’m not as pessimistic as that! I think that eventually they’ll find the political will to stop. The question is how long it’ll take before that happens and how long it’ll take to heal after that.

]]> By: Jon J https://rachelsruminations.com/the-mundane-in-jerusalem/#comment-1083 Sat, 26 Jul 2014 02:39:13 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=2420#comment-1083 I agree with the idea that there is no sense at this point in looking backwards and assigning blame. For better or worse, all parties to the conflict do exactly that, plus the causes are not all in the past, they keep piling up with new grievances being added to the list. You could also say they should all ditch all of the symbolic thinking – this holy city, that holy site. Everyone wants Jerusalem. Promised land. It sounds like the freaking crusades.

I used to say that the fundemental truth was that niether side was going anywhere, and that they would eventually have to figure out how to live with each other. Now I think one side might just wipe the other out.

]]> By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/the-mundane-in-jerusalem/#comment-1079 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:00:12 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=2420#comment-1079 I agree that it’s really hard to parse out the arguments and counter-arguments, but I don’t really care, to be honest, who started what when or who’s at fault for what and how much. They need to just start over and look at the future and figure out how they can make it a peaceful one. It seems unlikely to happen anytime soon though, since they’re both so busy doing harm and justifying it. And even just talking about “both” is oversimplifying a far more complicated situation that’s not just made up of two sides.

]]> By: Jon J https://rachelsruminations.com/the-mundane-in-jerusalem/#comment-1078 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:01:26 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=2420#comment-1078 I’m not really sure the contention that Israel ever stopped shooting at or otherwise committing violence against Gaza holds water. I am not making a judgement right now as to whether the policies were justified or not. Frankly I have a hard time parsing the arguments. But I do not recall a time when Israel did not do targeted killings in Gaza, did not have the strip blockaded, which in itself is an fact an act of war. I’m not saying that your cousins are lying. One of the frustrating things about this conflict is how propaganda on all sides drowns out any real news reporting.

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