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World News and Trends
An OverView of Conditions Around the World
As
pressure mounts for a peaceful resolution to the conflict between Israelis and
Palestinians, it is important to understand why no easy solutions are in sight.
Much of the world press tends to blame the problems on Israeli intransigence.
In the news media's view, Israel, backed by the United States, has the weaponry
while the Palestinians are a suffering people that simply wants to return to
its ancestral homeland. Yet it's not so simple.
A recent article by American columnist Michael Barone sums up the situation:
". . . Israel is ready to accept a Palestinian state. The problem is that
the Palestinians refuse to accept the Israeli state."Read the full article at www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn40/worldnewstrends40.htm
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