Comments on: Obama: Next Year in Jerusalem…? http://www.365gay.com/uncategorized/obama-next-year-in-jerusalem/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Kari http://www.365gay.com/uncategorized/obama-next-year-in-jerusalem/comment-page-1/#comment-7053 Kari Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:38:20 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=2244#comment-7053 Israel needs leadership that can deal with this issue rather than an unelected fool like Olmert. The problem is if there is an election (and signs are showing that the current government might be dissolved) that anti-Arab war hawk Netanyahu and his right-wing Likud party will win. The Palestinians need to start electing leaders that are more than militants wearing suits and ties, but I think that's a smaller issue than the lack of Israeli politicians who can really lead a country. Israel needs leadership that can deal with this issue rather than an unelected fool like Olmert. The problem is if there is an election (and signs are showing that the current government might be dissolved) that anti-Arab war hawk Netanyahu and his right-wing Likud party will win.

The Palestinians need to start electing leaders that are more than militants wearing suits and ties, but I think that’s a smaller issue than the lack of Israeli politicians who can really lead a country.

]]> By: Dan http://www.365gay.com/uncategorized/obama-next-year-in-jerusalem/comment-page-1/#comment-7027 Dan Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:50:48 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=2244#comment-7027 As a gay man who grew up in Israel, I have no doubt that neither side is even remotely prepared to deal with this issue. Personally I would have loved Israelis and Arabs to live in peace, but that would require Israel to provide arabs living in Israel (or under its occupation) equal rights. Such equal rights would mean that Israel would become more like an arab nation instead of like a western nation. In other words, no gay rights and no women rights. So what's the solution? Arabs, on their part know that as time passes they get closer to overtaking Israel demographically. Arabs tend to marry younger and to have more children. Why should they compromise anything? They aready waited 60 years, what's another 20? Anybody who thinks they can change anything in that region is either naive or uninformed. As a gay man who grew up in Israel, I have no doubt that neither side is even remotely prepared to deal with this issue.

Personally I would have loved Israelis and Arabs to live in peace, but that would require Israel to provide arabs living in Israel (or under its occupation) equal rights. Such equal rights would mean that Israel would become more like an arab nation instead of like a western nation. In other words, no gay rights and no women rights.

So what’s the solution?

Arabs, on their part know that as time passes they get closer to overtaking Israel demographically. Arabs tend to marry younger and to have more children. Why should they compromise anything? They aready waited 60 years, what’s another 20?

Anybody who thinks they can change anything in that region is either naive or uninformed.

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