>Just a somewhat qualified hunch. I've followed politics in three countries, and met people from several more. And I'm coming from a mixed culture, where you get some insight into cultural differences and how they can still come together. And, mind you, both Hebrew and Arabic are Semitic languages - and the origins of the two people overlap in several places: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic (and a few more on origins of both peoples).

Well, I'm afraid I'm going to need more than a hunch to continue with this part of the debate. I'm sorry, I honestly don't mean that to be offensive. I've read your posts on here and respect them, both in the political sense and from a technical perspective.

>So we have two wild claims: Israel doesn't officially say where they think their borders will be (i.e. 1948, 1967, later borders, green line, wall line, biblical borders?), and several Palestinian organizations won't officially forget their promise to wipe Israel. Sounds like both sides have something big to give up and show magnanimity in some future negotiations.
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>I just wish to live to see it.

I think we can agree on that.