position, however, is that the Palestinians have a real grievance: their homeland for over a thousand years was taken, without their consent and mostly by force, during creation of the state of Israel. And all subsequent crimes - on both sides - inevitably follow from this original injustice.The breadth and complexity of issues tugging at the Israelis and Palestinians provide both barriers to and, perhaps, opportunities for achieving peace. The history, land and culture embroiled the people of the region in its grasp. Unfortunately, the Israeli-Palestinian situation is so long-lasting that making any optimistic prognosis would be not only fatuously but also inhuman towards those who are unwittingly involved in the conflict. The situation has not extremely changed for many years and it will not extremely change in a year, or two, or more. This is the Middle East with its character and its constant desire for tension, conflict and struggle. ...
