Palestine and Israel Conflict

God! When will it end???

Now you have Hamas taking over, you can expect it to escalate even further since they are are not willing to budge at all until they have eliminated Israel off the map.

I was reading up general information on the conflict in Wikipedia, and it just makes me sad that after so many decades, the people in power over there just can't realize how wasteful the conflict is.

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Hamas got elected in a legit election. I believe that even if the people picked an unpoplular candidate their choice would be respected. That may even be a cornerstone in democracy. I didnt start to boycott the US when George Diablo Bush got elected, even though i know i should.

Israel on the other hand. It has an arabpopulation of 20% yet theres no arabs in the knesset, there was one but he was accused of sabotaging the war effort against lebanon and got ousted. Arabs are not allowed to join the military. Jews all over the world are allowed to be citizens in israel automatically, its in their constitution. Laws that give one ethnicity advantages over another is discriminatory and undemocratic. In a liberal democracy it doesnt matter what you are as long as you are a citizen, your ethnicity is your private concern, i.e. Israel is not a liberal democracy.