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To: tejek who wrote (448735)	1/19/2009 3:49:39 PM
From: one_less	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574198

I am long on record as having little or no hope of seeing any reconciliation in the conventional sense; while over the past few years I've also been very low on words recommending anything for either side of this dispute. However, the first of your questions can be answered even though the key players might not want to consider it. There is nothing in the archival Islamic lore suggesting that there is anything wrong with an Israeli state, or forbidding such a state. At least nothing more wrong than other groups forming nation states. Only recently (past 80 yrs or so) have the scholars on both sides come to declare the other side too fowl to share an Earth with, and that has risen from disputes over power and real estate...with a moral attachment clause added for emphasis. The Israelis have prospered and could now grant the non-Israelis the right to reclaim their losses or to be compensated where that is no longer practical. The Palestinians could agree to coexist within or next to an Israeli state that does not deny them access to the Holy lands and full and equal representation in civil matters. True, there are plenty of vocal absolutists on both sides that would see this as compromising with Satan but if allowed to reason the thing through, it could be demonstrated that such a proposal does not violate the principled obligations of the Quran or the Torah, which are actually based in similarly principled guidance. The extremists would find exception by interpreting the Hadith and the Talmud to that end. That's how it could work out and why I don't believe it will.