For more than hundred years there is a war between these two cultures, while Israel tries to make peace, however in the same time they have to defend themselves in order to be safe from terror. On the other hand there are planty of palestinians who wrealizes that there is no other way ecsept of peace, but there is a small group of people called terrorists who spoils the life of the whole nation.
Do you think there will be peace there???

Errrr... Israel is the one trying to make peace? Noticed Arafat was poisoned? By whom? Why are the Israelis killing all these people?

where did you get the info that arafat was poisoned?? that's a joke and a half. LOL, the guy was 75 years old!! If Isreal wanted to assassinate him, why wait till now when he already had one foot in the grave? it is so absurd that anyone would try to perpetuate such a stupid rumor

Jews are not the only ones killing people.. have you ever heard of suicide bombers? you might say they are in retaliation but you have NO IDEA who is retaliating and who is initaiting.. it can be argued both ways...

I dont think that the Isrealis are the people who are looking for trouble. the palestinians, been arabs, are known for their suicide bombing and they are the people who always attack the isrealis with their suicide bombings before the isrealis retaliates more viciously.

BTW, i do not think that Arafat was poisoned. By who? will b the BIG QUESTION. I believe that evrything will be fine in that region when the time comes.

I think peace in the Middle East is a joke. Muslims and Jews view the area as holy, Jerusalem especially. Both sides claim the same holy land so neither side will be willing to concede. The conflict is so deep that it can't end. The Palestinians use one of the ultimate weapons available, human life. If you value your cause so much more than your life that you are willing to kill yourself along with several of the enemy you can be effective. The Palestinians have so much hate for the Jews and so much devotion to their leaders and/or Allah that they are willing to commit suicide bombings. I think that the problem is bigger than a small group of terrorists. Granted most Muslims don't want to kill people that disagree with them religiously, I think that in the Middle East most don't know any better. Many grow up believing in the Jihad against all other religions. The Middle East is a very volatile region, peace is a far-fetched goal at this point.

hmm .. i think that there's still a long way to peace for the middle east. Althought i dunno too much politics or history of the middle east. But i wish that everyone is safe and there's no war for this christmas

I am IN the Middle East. I know more than most of you. I'm in Lebanon, just on top of Israel. I'm a Muslim, and we aren't bred to hate all religions. Anyway, the Palestinians, in my opinion, are fighting against ISRAEL, not the Jews, as Israel took their homeland away. That's the case.

You see, millions of Jews were thrown out of their homeland by Roman Empire. As a result israel could make a battle agains Palestinians, and the one who will survive, will live in Israel, However, Israelis don't want to fight, because it willl be very easy to win all arabs aroud, Israelis want peace. they want that all the people around the world will live in peace, because this is the most important thing in the world...

My friends, there is no impossible with GOD. GOD is great much great that the terrorist, Palestine and Israel will be in peace soon. Just pray and ask God for peace for both country and us. No one can rule or defeat Israel. Israel is the land of Promised as God said.