Ted Lawrence (not verified) says:

Be serious please. Does anyone really believe that the Palestinian issue has anything to do with violence in the Middle East. Given the risk of nuclear war from that conflict, the rest of the world would buy the Palestinians mansions to make the problem go away if that were the real issue. The issue is just like it is in this country. A lot of religious right wingers in Arab countries are afraid of democracy so they placate their people by preaching religious hatred. That is why you never hear about reparations for all of the Jewish citizens of Arab states who lost their land in 1948 even though there were more of them than there were Palestinians. It's an issue that shouldn't even be seriously discussed.

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