Hi Israeli and Palestinian Humans,
As a follow up to my blog yesterday about the Israel/Palestine peace talks, let me give a little doggie advice to you. As I said yestrerday, the biggest problems are not between Israelis and Palestinians, at least not between the majority of you who are sane. The big issues are between Israelis and Israelis and between Palestinians and Palestinians.
To Israelis I would say, don't narrow the definition of who is a Jew and who should be an Israeli. Narrowness is demographic suicide. Immigrant workers who want their children to remain in Israel as Hebrew speaking loyal Israelis should be encouraged, not discouraged. Immigrants give a country life, progress, and innovation. It was not Herzl's dream to make Israel a closed national ghetto theocracy. The Middle East already has too much of that. Judaism is a beautiful religion, but you you don't have to be a religious Jew to be a Hebrew.
To the West Bank Palestinians I would say, your bretheren in the Gaza strip have bought themselves a bad leadership in Hamas that is taking them nowhere. Don't let them drag you down. Partnership and peace with Israel has already brought you a certain measure of prosperity with the potential for even more growth. Cut Gaza loose. Do your own thing. Make your own peace. If and when Gaza is ready for peace in the future, the two of you can join together if by then you still want to.
Anyway, that's how this dog sees it, and I think dogs have greater insight than humans.
Chloe