IN SEARCH OF A REAL MIDDLE EAST PEACE -- Dismantling The Palestinians' WMH (Weapons of Mass Hate)

Iconoclast ^ | by Murray Soupcoff

[BurkesLaw]

The hollow diplomatic dance for Middle East peace may continue in the capitals of Europe, the Mid-East, and in Jordan. And a very sincere George W. Bush may be doing his best to bring some stability and good will to the Israel/Palestinian stand-off. But the perfect storm for more murderous terror and war continues to build unabated.

That's because the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians can really only take hold if the elemental Palestinian campaign of hate and terror against Israel ends. However, for that to happen, the most fundamental systemic changes must be made in the infrastructure and culture of the Palestinian Authority (PA). The PA's 'WMH' (Weapons of Mass Hate) must be dismantled -- and as soon as possible...

[BurkesLaw]

Let's hope George W. Bush doesn't get suckered into the same quixotic pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize which finished William Jefferson Clinton.

[MEG33]

There's one thing I believe with all my heart.Bush is not going after the Nobel peace prize.

[tupac]

You seem to have misunderestimated the man.

[enuu]

The problem is even more widespread. It's not just Palestinian WMH, it's the entire Arab world. The Arab "brothers" are united in their hatred of Israel. They may not be the suicide bombers themselves, but they fund them, they preach hatred of Israel, they support Hamas and Hizbollah, etc. And I'm including not just the Saudis in this and the terror states like Syria and Iran, but some (not all) of the moderates too, such as Egypt and Jordan.

[XBob]

It's more than just a hatred of jews, it is a hatred of non-muslims. The uneducated are bombasted daily many times a day from the mosque loudspeakers with hate for infadels. The newspapers are full of it. The radio's and TV's are full of it.

The constant barage of hate in muslim countries is just astounding, and we will never win anything until we start to overcome this culture/religious propaganda war. It is in every muslim country I have been in, including Egypt, Jordan, Saudi, and others.

Hate propaganda piled upon Hate propaganda piled upon Hate propaganda - every day, sponsored by a religion which essentially surpresses any critical thinking.

This is only a method for religious leaders of maintaing power and is why nothing innovative has come out of the muslim countries for a thousand years - the people can't think, not that they are dumb, it's just that their religious culture suppresses thinking.

[XBob]

a quote from the article:

"According to 58 new textbooks and two teachers' guides for grades 1, 2, 6, 7 and 11 published in the past two years by the Palestinian Authority, Israel does not exist -- nor does the concept of peace... Children are encouraged from the earliest school age to hate Israelis, glorify 'martyrs' and seek the 'liberation' of all of Palestine, including Israel." And the very latest online translations of current Palestinian educational materials on the Internet indicate that so far nothing has changed in that department in 2003.

The bottom line is that the most amazing national and/or cultural attitudinal changes are possible (witness the dramatic post-World War II change in Japanese attitudes toward the United States and Western culture, despite the lingering wound of Hiroshima). However, fundamental changes have to be made in the formative cultural message imparted to present and future generations for such attitudinal changes to occur. And so long as the Palestinians refuse to dismantle their state-sponsored WMHs, peace between Israel and the Palestinians will remain only a glimmer of wishful thinking on the part of George W. Bush and his naive enablers in the American state department.

[CyberAnt]

After indoctrinating Arabs with hate for Israel for 4000 years, what are people expecting ...??