Sheik Ahmed Yassin
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- laurus0
Well,
Yes, many Israelis have a problem with it. But many don't.
Israel is the only country in the middle east (including Muslim countries) that muslims have the right to vote in.
And if you are talking about respecting other religions and ethnic groups—what about the other countries in the region? much less tolerance there. Let's not forget that half the Jewish population in Israel (the half that is not of European origin) were forced to leave muslim countries in which they have been living for hundreds of years—being persecuted by Muslims.
The fact that Jews and Palestinians are living siide-by-side is not going to change. The historical wrong-doings don't really matter. On both sides. The only way to solve it is to look at the future.
Israel is not going to become an homogenical part of the middle east and the Palestinians are not going to become westernised. Doesn't mean they cannot live in peace. My best friend's gradfather was a Nazi and my grandparents died in the holocaust. We are very different—but we can accept it. We even joke about it. It wasn't that long ago, there are still people with numbers tatooed on their hands living in my neighborhood—yet the relations between Germany and Israel are OK. Just 50 years ago European were slaughtering each other—and look at Europe now.