Dear Drs. Semashko & Chandra, and all --

I am impressed with the boldness of Dr. Semashko's proposal to bring 30 scientists to the Middle East to try to bring about a positive change between Israel and the Palestinians.

Dr. Semashko correctly notes that the big money goes to the makers of war, not to peace experts. (This fact is obvious when o­ne looks at the Pentagon's budget.Billions and billions of dollars stretching over the next 30 years are budgeted for weapons systems, but with no plans whatsoever to establish the structures required for a future world of peace.)

Funding for Dr. Semashko's project would be a step in the right direction as a token for the importance of a focus o­n peaceful outcomes.

As much as I like Dr. Semashko's idea, I must confess that I don't see how 30 scientists could change the o­ngoing Zionist scheme for complete domination over the so-called Promised Land. The current Israeli Zionist leadership appears to have no intention of ever giving Palestinians freedom and democratic rights, or returning the stolen lands.

Reluctantly therefore, I tend to share Dr. Qumsiyeh'sdoubts regardingforming what Dr. Chandra calls an "International Academy for Global Peace in Israel" or some type of"common platform of peace" with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as its focus.

Unfortunately, as a psychologist with over 30 years of experience with sociopath's,I must conclude that a number of people currently in power in Israel(and some from Palestine) appear to very likely fall into the category of sociopath and/or psychopath. These types of personalities lack a normal conscience and are unlikely to change. Their response to death and destruction is blunted although cruelty may excite or thrill them. There is no shame.

Because of such personality characteristics, changing the attitudes or values of these "shot-callers" by means of peace education or psychotherapy is highly unlikely, although not impossible.

I must confess, therefore, that until Israel has new (enlightened) leadership, I fear that a peace studies group has little chance for success. An added obstacle is the United States Congress which does the bidding of the Israeli Lobby and supports Israeli Zionists no matter what world crimes are committed.

In conclusion, although I like and respect Dr. Semashko's plan, I am not in favor of it at this time. My opinion may change o­nce the Likud Party and Israeli Zionists are replaced by new, humanitarian leadership.

Until there is new leadership in Israel, I see little hope for meaningful change either by applying Global Peace Science, or by using some other approach developed by peace experts.

Nevertheless, I do see a need in the future for an international team of peace experts.Their skills may be needed for a world summit of national leaders to discuss the benefits of the Earth Constitution compared to the United Nations Charter, and to agree as an interim step to take all nuclear weapons off "hair trigger alert."

The Earth Constitution could be the basis for forming a democratic world federal union government. (World federalists have argued convincingly that to end war and eliminate nuclear weapons such a global structure will be required.) A democratic world federation in place, in my opinion, would make the Israeli - Palestinian conflict far easier to resolve peacefully.

World union is a top priority, recognized by Drs. Semashko and Chandra who have wisely shown the important role that the religious and spiritual community can play towards the goal of world unity.

For my part, I will continue to attempt to show how the Earth Constitution is a gift to humanity, waiting to be discovered and embraced. Designed to replace our current geopolitical war system with a nonmilitary global peace system, it is ready to go.

For peace and humanity,

Dr. Roger Kotila,

Editor, Earth Federation News & Views, USA,

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Thanks for sharing this with us. CARE www.care-palestine.com will be please to find a space in this initiative

DR.Ghassan Abdallah, Director of CARE

14/07/15

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I agree with Dr. Roger. I would add that any push for peace cannot be at the expense of human rights. Human rights must be central including the rights of refugees to return to their homes and lands and the need for equality (i.e. no discrimination based o­n religion).

On good news, there is now an agreement with Iran and sanctions are slowly being lifted from Cuba and will be soon lifted from Iran. Israeli politicians are all unhappy about it but will extort the US for more cash and weapons and for more greenlights to commit more massacres in exchange for less media frenzy (oh yes, most of the media frenzy o­n Iran is manufactured in Tel Aviv). Tighten your seat belts, we are coming to rough roads ahead.

As I said before, you can chose to stand for principles of of peace (as Martin Luther King Jr said 'which can o­nly be built o­n justice') or you can chose to delusionally support normalization efforts which profit very few Israeli and Palestinian "elites" who engage in the business of "peace process industry" getting fat salaries out of talking "peace" while their livelihood would be threatened if the status quo changes. And it is changing so they beg for attention. I urge them to step back from this abyss. For as Jesus said "For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself?" Luke 9:25. The road to peace is clear. See http://qumsiyeh.org/sharingthelandofcanaan/. Best

Mazin Qumsiyeh

Professor and Director

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Also sorry to tell you, that the siege o­n Gaza was put because OF Iranian ARMAMENT WHICH WAS SENT WITHOUT STOPTHROUGH THE SEA AND THROUGH Sinai and desert, into the tunnels of Gaza. including missiles and rockets o­nly then Israel put the siege to prevent;...the missiles and rockets started flying into Israel at its northern cities by Hezbollah, which received them through SYRIA from IRAN, UNDER THE NOSE OF u.n. PEAE

OBSERVERS, AND THE ROCKETS STARTED FLYING FROM GazaMORE THEN TEN

YEARS;, LONG BEFORE THE SIEGE. THE HAMAS AUGMENTED AND STARTEFD NON STOP ROSCKETS WHEN THEY CAME INTO POWER. WE ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE SIESGE, NOR ABOUT THE ZUK EITAN WAR.. WE ARE DEEPLY SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED, BUT HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT A CIVIL POPULATION CAN WITHSTAND ROCKETS, AND HAS TO ENTER SHELTERSAND RUN INTO THEMM- EITHER EVERY 10 MINUTES, OR HALF AN HOUR, OR HALF A AY, OR AT NIGHTS... THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH SHELTERS, BUT STILL THERE WERE, THE HOSPTAL;, FOR EXAMPLE, DID NOT HAVE SHELTER IN THE E.R. CHILDREN IN THE SOUTHK, IN SHDEROT, THE VILLAGES THE KIBUTZIM..AN EVEN IN BIGGER SCITIES ARE FULL OF FEAR AND NEED CONSTANT PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP.

THE HEAD OF THE TODAY'S REGIONAL COUNCIL, WHO WAS A KIBUTZ MEMBER,

LOST HIS TWO LEGS BY A ROCKET. EVEN SO HE WAS CHOSEN TO BE THE HEAD OF THE COUNCIL.HE WANTED TO MAKE A MEETING BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND GAZA PEOPLE, MANY OF GAZA PEOPLE WANTED TO COME BUT THE HAMAS AUTHORITIES WOULD NOT LET THEM... DO YOU KNOW THAT DURING THE WAR THERE WAS A FIELD HOSPITAL NEAR THE CAMP AND MAJORWOUNDED WERE BROUGHT TO HOSPITALS IN ISRAEL??

Do you now that even today, incognito, Palestinians come to hospitals in Israel?? Do you know that near the Syrian border there was a field hospital which treated wounded people, and brought them to northern hospitals in Israel?? So se are not blind to human suffering, and want with all our hearts to take off the siege, but what shall we do with Iran sending armament and the Hamas wanting to annihilate us??? They don't recognize us in their agenda... WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN SUCH CONDITIONA???

Hedva Bachrach

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First, please do not use all capital letters. In emails this is "shouting" and reveals anger most people do not read it or may get irritated by it. Second, your note about "undermining our demographic situation" is sadly racist. You are talking about fellow human beings who are legally entitled by International law to return to their homes and lands. I suggest you get educated. You can start here: http://qumsiyeh.org/chapter4/. As for Arab Jews: look at myth 9 here http://qumsiyeh.org/liesandtruths/. I will pray for you. Best wishes,

Mazin

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If Israel's population was Muslim war would not exist between Gaza and Israel. The same If the Gazans were Jewish. So this is a religious war. It's been a million years that man walks o­n Earth, and o­nly 2000 - 3000 years appeared modern religions. In few year everything will change.

Prof. Ernesto Kahan

16/07/15

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That is simply not true and you know it. Founders of the Zionist movement were not religious (Herzle was an atheist, Ben Gurion even called religious orthodox Jews as "dogs"). The opposition to Zionism came from Atheists, Muslims, Christians, and even very pious religious Jews. In the 1960s two of the three leading Palestinian liberation factions were headed by Christians (George Habash of the PFLP and Nayef Hawatmeh of the DFLP). There are also (not surprisingly) "Christian" Zionists and even a few "Muslim" zionists. If the early 19th century colonizers were Buddhists or or Zoroastrian or even Martians intent o­n transforming the country o their vision o­n monolithic structure, they would be resisted in exactly the same manner.

For the record I am a Palestinian Christian.

Mazin

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I'm sorry sir, but what you call not true is not exact... However, what do you have against the "Zionists" Jews; Zion is o­nly a substitute to Jerusalem... I myself am a descendant to many generations of important Rabbis, and ad MORE - BUT i o­nLY BELIEVE IN god, A SUPREME INTELLIGENCE, AND NOT IN HIS DELEGATES o­n EARTH..INCLUDING OUR RABBIS.. . EXCEPT THE GREAT THINKERS AND THOSE WHO DID A LOT FOR HUMANITY. i HAVE NOTHING AGAINST MOSLEM PEOPLE, OR EVEN IRANIAN PEOPLE - LET THEM BE IN PEACE AND HAVE A GOOD LIFE, PROVIDED THEY DON'T WANT TO KILL US// ISRAEL IS OUR o­nLY HOME IN THE WORLD...

However, do you deny that the Isis is a terrible danger to all of us??? or that Assad is a butcher of his own people???

i'M SORRY SIR, BUT YOU DO NOT REPLY TO MY MAIL, THAT ACCUSES PALESTINIANS FOR NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN ACTS. i'M , AMONG MANY PEOPLE IN MY COUNTRY, AGAINST THE SETTLEMENT POLICY- BUT YOU IGNORE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LEFT LEBANON AND HAVE LEFT GAZA AND ITS PEOPLE WERE FREE, AND THE MOMENT WE LEFTMISSILES, SENT BY IRAN, STARTED BEING THROWN AGAINST OUR CIVIL POPULATION IN THE NORTH AND IN THE SOUTH... WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE WEST BANK - WHICH ENTERS DEEP INTO OUR COUNTRY is filled with missile launchers, and terror groups????

After endless suicide bombers o­n buses, killing innocent civilians, and terrorists exploding themselves in Coffee houses and hotels ( even in the town I live in - o­n Passover meal a lot of tourists and local people were killed by a suicide bomber) and those are young people who are brainwashed that they would enter paradise and even virgins would be waiting for them... So we built the wall which diminished suicide bombers from the west bankby 70%. Then Palestinian propaganda started fighting against the wall... Even our supreme court of justice ordered many times to deviate the wall itinerary, not to go over Palestinian lands... of course there were also mistakes... but you shout against the wallBUT DON'T STOP SUICIDE BOMBERS, AND THIS WAS BEFORE THE MASSIVE SETTLEMENT BUILDING... dO YOU THINK THAT WE LIKE THE IDEA OF THE WALL?? REMINDING US THE GETTO SITUATION..

NO o­nE AMONG PALESTINIANS CONDEMED THE HAMAS FOR SENDING MISSILES FOR MORE THAN 1O YEARS.. WE LEFT GAZA IN 2005, TAKING OUT THE SETTLEMENTS. WHY DIDN'T YOU FORBID AND STOP THE HAMAS FROM SENDING MISSILES, AND IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF THEM... WHY DO YOU BLAME US FOR PUTTING THE SIEGE - IN ORDER TO PREVENT IRAN SENDING MISSILES AND ARMAMENT THROUGH THE SEA AND THE SINAI DESERT..?? AND YOUR PROPAGANDA MACHINE WORKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ALSWAYS CONDEMNING ISRAEL BUT NEVER STOPPING YOUR OWN TERROR... AND DON'T CALL THE TERROR A FREEDOM FIGHT... ALREADY IN `1929 THE WHOLE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN HEBRON WAS MASSACARED... IN 1947, WHEN THE U.N MADE THE PARTITION RESOLUTION - WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE PALESTINIAN STATE, BUT 5 ARAB STATES ATTACKED US INCLUDING PALESTINIANS..the ARAB STATES DID NOT GIVE CITIZENS RIGHTS TO PALESTINIAN REFUGEES (EXCEPT JORDAN) FOR 67 YEARS - EVERY COUNTRY GIVES CITIZENS RIGHTS AFTER 5-10 YEARS ( EXCEPT SWITZERLAND) AND WHAT ABOUT JEWISH REFUGEES FROM ARAB COUNTRIES, WHO FLED THE KILLING MOBS , FOR THEIR LIVES INTO ISRAEL???? 47% OF OUR POPULATION THEIR PARENTS FLED FROM ARAB COUNTRIES....??? THEY HAD A TERRIBLE TIME, AS THERE WAS NO INFRASTRUCTURE OF PROFESSIONS IN A YOUNG COUNTRY, AND NO HOUSING.. BUT THE GOVERMENT PROVIDED EVEN LOW INCOME JOBS, JUST FOR THEM TO SURVIVE.. AND LITTLE BY LITTLE HOUSING WAS CONSTRUCTED...IT IS ALWAYS A MATTER OF TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. AND THE Hamas DENIES OUR EXISTENCE, AND IN THE WEST BANK SCHOOL CHILDREN HAVE NO ISRAEL o­n THEIR GEOGRAPHY MAPS... AND THE LEADERS, IN ARABIC, PROMISE THE RETURN TO TEL AVIV AND JAFFA.... SO DON'T TELL MY ABOUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR... AFTER US, GOING THROUGH 7 WARS , BIG AND SMALL, EITHER INITIATED BY ARAB COUNTRIES, OR BY OUR RETALIATION... DO YOU THINK WE WANT THIS SITUATION????

i DON'T IGNORE PALESTINIAN HOPE FOR FREEDOM. i AND MANY PEOPLE IN MY COUNTRY WANT THEM TO BE FREE AND PROUD , TWO STATES - Israel AND PALESTINE, HOWEVER NOT BEFORE PALESTINIANS CONSTRAIN TERROR.. AND STOP BEING INFLUENCED BY IRANIAN OR OTHER WISH FOR DOMINATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

In MY RESEARCH PAPER, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF YOU RECEIVED IT , ESPECIALLY IN THE NEWS PAPER WHO CALLS ITSELF A PEACE NEWSPAPER.... THERE I WROTE AT THE END HOW I SEE THE FUTURE OF THESE TWO STATES AS A SORT OF CONFEDERATION OF TWO FREE STAES, WITH UPPER REGIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, AND COURT OF WORK PROBLEMS, AS WE'LL WORK o­nE AT THE OTHER, AND A COUNCIL OF RELIGIONS REPRESENTATIVES TOGETHER WITH FOUR NON RELIGIOUS SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, TO HAVE ALL THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS COMBINED TOGETHER AS CUSTODIANS OF THE HOLY PLACES IN JERUSALEM... HOWEVER THIS IS NOT A NOW AND TODAY'S DREAM, AS THERE IS TOO MUCH TERROR AND TERRIBLE DANGERS OF TERROR FOR US, AND ALSO FOR YOU PALESTINIANS... CONSTRAIN YOUR OWN TERROR, WE'LL CONSTRAIN THE RETALIATIONS AND HOPEFULLY ALSO THE SETTLEMENT POLICY...

I’m BUT o­nE CITIZEN OF MANY IN OUR COUNRY... BUT WE ALL WANT PEACE...

Hedva Bachrach

18/07/15

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Dear All,

With great frustration I'm responding to You. Reading most of the emails I received from you, it is clear that each side keeps narrating the traditional unpleasant narrative with out suggesting an out let/out lets for that. Although I believe deeply that just by abolishing The Israeli Occupation to the Palestinian Lands Occupied in 1967, I'd like to suggest starting brain storming about how

we may invest in the role of informal education to help breaking down misconceptions & stereotyping wherever Ready to meet /participate in any workshop, seminar devoted for this holistic goal. Regards ,

DR.Ghassan Abdallah

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I do not understand dear Hedva, why you insist in convincing Mr. Mazin Qumsiyeh if he is 100% in the side of the Arabs in this 100 years’ war between the Arabs and the Jews (openly initiated by the Arabs in 1948). I am sure that he believes that the world will be better without Israel and the Jews. He never said the contrary! Obviously, after the Holocaust a and for the majority of that kind of people, it is not nice and "not politically correct" for the moment, to ask for the elimination of the Jews.

Ernesto Kahan

18/07/15

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It is almost comical (though sad) how when faced with facts and figures they cannot refute, Zionists bring up the Jewish holocaust! It is actually ironic considering the answer to myth number 52 here which details Nazi-Zionist collaboration: http://qumsiyeh.org/liesandtruths/

To claim that racist Zionists like you represented "the Jews" and Judaism is actually anti-Semitic in the same way that claiming that Nazis represent the white people or that supporters of the African Apartheid system represent the whites. The latest good article I received is this:

Chicago’s Rebel Rabbi: An Interview with Brant Rosen http://jewschool.com/2015/07/37432/interview-brant-rosen/

and here are links to Jews of conscience: http://qumsiyeh.org/predominantlyjewishlinks/

The jig is up, the trolls are exposed, the Jewish prophetic is now moving to challenge the Zionist fascist discourse and your puppets who accepted their status as subservient for a few dollars are starting to realize that their fate will not be any better than the "South Lebanon Army" and people like Anton Lahad. For as Jesus o­nce said: what profits a man if he should gain the whole world and lose himself?" There is still time to join people like Abraham Burg (previous speaker of the Israeli Knesset) who came to see the light. Repent of your sins, seek forgiveness from your victims. Let us start now with a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" ala South Africa.

Stay tuned, get educated, stop the hate. And try to stay human. Sincerely,

Mazin

18/07/15

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Dear Mr. Mazin Qumsiyeh

Why you do not respond if you believe or not, that the world will be better without Israel?

Prof. Ernesto Kahan

18/07/15

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Ernesto Kahan

Instead of posturing, you should demonstrate that you actually read what I post and respond to it. For example I posted to you twice a link to my book http://qumsiyeh.org/sharingthelandofcanaan/ (now a third time) and the least you could do if you claim education is see what my thesis is instead of this childish behavior! But even if you hate to read things that you do not agree with, at least you could tell from the title: Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human Rights and the Israeli Palestinian Struggle. Do you want me to spell it out for you since you do not read material with substance? OK here it is in summary: I believe Israel (previously Palestine) should be transformed to a democratic state that respects basic human rights like the right of refugees to return to their homes and lands instead of insisting o­n maintaining a racist apartheid regime, a democratic state where citizens are treated equally regardless of their religion. In other words I believe in equality not in "chosenness" or racism that you seem to support.No more and no less. Like South Africa, we did not believe apartheid has a right to exist, we did believe white South Africans (Africaaners) had a right to live in equality. And I was active in that struggle as I am in this o­ne. If you are against basic human rights and equality, I also think you should have the conviction to clearly state so.

Mazin Qumsiyeh

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Well Mr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, as I stated in my last mail - you do not take responsibility for what you, Palestinians, are doing to us - terror, suicide bombing, missilesshort and long range - aimed at our cities and kibbutzim and villages in the south and in the north by Hezbollah - all armed by Iran. You o­nly want to shout what we, Israelis, are doing wrong... (yes, we are not always saints and do wrongs, but you are much worse).your hateful propaganda, financed by rich oil Arab countries, is quite successful i must say, we Israelis do not have so much money for Propaganda...

I read your article which you suggested;I was shocked by the terrible hate and prejudice, and also untruth!!! Well Mr. Qumsieh.. you see - I'm much more a peace person than you, although I want you to stop completely the terror...I also see, unfortunately, that there is no use conversing with you... Yours is blindhate.. hate... hate...I , Mr. Qumsieh, am a mother of a son who was wounded, thanks god he has recovered - his friends did not.. and still me and my son and family want peace.... But with people like you there is nothing to talk about..

Dr. Hedva R. Bachrach,

-Former member , for two maximum terms of six years, of an international committee

evaluating community projects in eastern European countries, Turkey, Egypt and

then in Asian countries

- Cir of the Academic women organization

- The cultural attachee of the council of Women Organizations with the outside world

- Poet and writer - bearer of three international prizes for poetry, and translation of poetry

poems and stories translated into several languages,into Chinese as well.. many books

in the country and abroad, and in many literary magazines..

reading stories in school classes and poverty neighborhood afternoon activities, and initiating

enrichment programs for children..

Mother and grandmother..

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Mr. Mazin Qumsiyeh

Even if you don’t like, I will continue to cite historical events as the Holocaust. I do not have nothing against you personally, you are in a side of the war and I respect that. Just I do not recommend you to say “read my books” when a person asks you a simple question, this is narcissism. Sorry, but I am not interested in continuing this dialogue. Be happy,

Ernesto Kahan

19/07/15

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Dear All,

Please note that WE, Palestinians are not against the holocaust. We are just wondering why the Jewish People who have been suffering from it and other historical terrible events are practicing such un humanpractices against the Palestinians. Regards,

Ghassan

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I wanted to add several more points to this terrible discussion;

1. Refugees - what about israeli refugees from Arab states, where the mobs wanted to kill after the defeat of 1948??those refugees are almost half of our population. Why doesn't mr Qumsieh ask Arab leaders why they did not give citizens' rights to palestinians who were dispersed in 5-6 countries - o­ne million at that time.. Arab states are not responsible and o­nly Israel is?? Those arab people who remained are citizens of our country with a representation in Parliament. At first they had 4 parties, now they have united and have more representatives now.

When Ehud Barak was prime Minister he offered Arafat, during Clinton's regime, and the Soudi Prince as liazon - he offered him the Gaza strip, custodianship of the holy places to Islam and 94% of the west bank - the rest, exchange of territories for security reasons.Arafaat wanted to bring back 5 million of refugees (many of them even non palestinians) just to undermine our 8 and a half milion citizens, of which 20% are of other religions) and that we could not and can not accept, as this would mean undermining Israel's demography and finishing Israel.WHY DON'T PALESTINIANS ASK ARAB STATES TO FULFILL THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED AMONGST THEM FOR 67 YEARS???? o­nLY ISRAEL IS TO BLAME??? AND WHAT ABOUT JEWISH PEOPLE WHO FLED ARAB COUNTRIES, THEY WERE MORE THEN THE 950 THOUSAND WHO FLED DURING THE WAR (THE NUMBER IS ACCORDING TO U.N. DOCUMENTS). Yes. Refugees are miserable. Those who remained in refugee camps. The solution must be - paying restitutions for both sides, and given citizens rights in Arab countries,while discussing a part in the west bank and a small part in our country, so they would not be a danger to our demography. And stop saying about the "poor refugees wanting to come back home" after 67 years. In the west bank there are also millionairs, so why didn't they care a little bit about their brothers refugees??

2. The "former Palestine" is also very inaccurate.Please read history books and U.N. documents.Until 1919 in these areas there was the Ottoman empire, no palestine, no Israel etc.The world war in the Middle East was just about that. Afterwards, when the Ottomans were conquered, there was the British Mandate and French Mandate, and the Middle East was divided into Zones of influence. Then the fight against the British mandate started by both Israelis and Palestinians - in 1946Syria and Lebanon were recognized by the U.N. as free, independent states, and in 1947, Israel and Palestine were recognized - by U.N. partition decision ; Israel recognized and accepted the Palestinian state.. Palestinians were then divided - some thought they belonged to Jordan, the others to Syria, and the Gaza strip was under Egyptian rule, until 1967. In 1948, 5 Arab states attacked Israel together with palestinians. Miracously we survived. Since then, and even before, we had endless terror, and for the last 14 years Missiles from the north and the south.

As for the name Palestine, that was the name of the area even under ottoman rule, reminding the old Biblical philistines who live in nowadays the Gaza strip, but it was a name and not a state. So please ad hear to facts and history.

I am for Palestinians having their own state, and many people of my country want it, but not when they don't stop using terror, suicide bombers and rockets and missiles, killing our civil population. Palestine beside Israel and not instead of Israel.Let us all stop killing, terror and also settlements, then we'll start talking. But not with complete denial and propaganda as it is done here.

Why you do not respond if you believe or not, that the world will be better without Israel?

Dr. Hedva R. Bachrach,

20/07/15

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I already responded to these zionist tired talking points in other emails. Please check previous emails. For Arab Jews and European Jews who came to Palestine under the Zionist banner, see http://qumsiyeh.org/liesandtruths/myth9 and for evolution of Israel to stop being racist and fascist (not eliminate Israelis but change the regime), see http://qumsiyeh.org/sharingthelandofcanaan/

For the issue ofd violence and terrorism (khamas khamas khamas as Netanyahu likes to say), please see http://qumsiyeh.org/chapter8/.

For views of decent Jews who are not racist and do not believe in racism (unlike you), see http://qumsiyeh.org/predominantlyjewishlinks/

Soon, this whole scheme will fall apart, all refugees will be given their choice of return or compensation as is demanded by international laws. War criminals and those who engaged in such will be tried at the Hague for their crimes, a truth and reconciliation commission will be established. We will then live in equality and justice. In the meantime, we accelerate this inevitable outcome via boycotts, divestment, sanctions (bdsmovement.net). Stay tuned

Mazin

20/07/15

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Dear ALL ,

As I pointed before by such discussion will never help in reaching a compromise for all.

Dr.Ghassan

20/07/15

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For o­nce I actually agree with Ghassan (that is rare).

Only those open minded enough to look in the mirror would be worth communicating with and then again not through email exchanges.

Mazin

20/07/15

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I think is very important to look towards the future of understanding by love towards all human beings whether we can understand them or not. Forgive and love.

María Cristina Azcona,

www.mcrisazcona.wordpress.com, www.facebook.com/azconacristina,

WWPO President Founder: www.wwpo.org,

IFLAC Director in Central &South America: www.iflacenarg.wordpress.com

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My very very dear Maria Christina.

I know you are a wonderful woman , but you don't live in our area. In an area where there are so many many killed and injured people of may nation,because of terror, suicide bombing and missiles for so so many many years, and o­n the palestinian side so many injured and killed by Army retaliations...

You also don't live in an area, none of you live here, where there is so much terrible terror and killing around, by Assad's butchery, by those owful Isis murderers and killers of cultures, and by Iran instigating local wars by armament of proxis... you also have not heard , o­nly today, the eXtreme religious leader of IRAN - HAMINAI- WHO SAID THAT WITH AGREEMENT OR WITHOUT AGREEMENT ISRAEL WILL BE DESTROYED IN THE MIDDLE EAST.I do not think that Palestinians themselves want an extreme religious regime- I ran's mesures and hope to dominate the Middle East. You don't live here and don't see it.

I do want a Palestinian free state. Let Palestinians stop the terror , missiles and suicide bombing and let us stop the Settlements and Army retaliations, thus - with mutual respect and forgiveness we could talk peace. I still remember the beautiful days after the Oslo agreements, when Israelis started to study Arabic and Palestinians started to learn Hebrew - until Prime minister Rabin, a wonderful leader, was killed. Thus religious extremists from both sides started raising their heads.I hope so much...

Dr. Hedva R. Bachrach,

20/07/15

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Dear ALL,

If the discussion will keep like this please take me away from the list. I'm afraid you came late. As I suggested this weeks ago. The soil now is poisoned with the destructive perspectives.

Ghassan

21/07/15

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Peace is not too late never. It is always actual, even in the endless war in 67 years. Because peace - that's life, and the war - is death. Death may be late or early but not a life.

Dr. Leo Semashko

21/07/15

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You are totally right as it is better to start late than never.

Ghassan

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Dear Colleagues,

We see that our discussion has reached an impasse. All of its active participants acknowledged its unsatisfactory and even terrible. Many have expressed doubts and refuse to participate in it. The reason for this lies in the fact that instead of the proposed positive discussion of o­ne of the ways to peace, we cannot get out of the negative circle of mutual accusations and reproaches, which o­nly leads to the continuation of the war and close the path to peace. Such a discussion is meaningless for peacemakers. So I close it and offer to return to a positive discussion in a year when the book "Global Peace Science" in English will be published, each of us will be able to read it and make for themselves positive conclusions, if he/she can.

Unfortunately, now we are showing o­nly o­ne, the destructive capacity of endless repetitions of well-known words about terror, its horrors, killings, sufferings and so forth, as if these words and emotions could lead to their cessation and to achieve peace. PEACE requires its own positive colossal WORK, especially the work of intelligence, reason and science. But we're not ready for this work in Israel and Palestine. It is a sad conclusion, but it is a fact. Let us think about it and try to start this work again in next year, given our sad experience to overcome it. Maybe for this I will publish o­n our website a few positive responses of Subhash, Ernesto, Roger, Ghassan, etc. Best harmony wishes,

Dr. Leo Semashko,

GHA President. 21.07.15.

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