Bakary: I like your piece but the conclusions you make really begins to undermine the subjectivity of what you wrote. It is certainly true that decent men or women should stand for freedom, which most want for the Palestinians. You made many comparisons and one which stood out in particular was the comparison with our stance on The Gambian govt.. I already called someone out for making this disingenuous comparison and IMO, and you again are comparing apples and oranges here. Again, I am for pre-1967 borders and this is certainly fair given that the state of Israel is here to stay. However, I am anti any violence from either side be it from the Israeli army or the Al Aqsa suicide bombers. It is simply not the right way to go. A culture of violence in this region has stalled any efforts towards a concrete agreement. You should hear some of the names they call each other. IThis culture of hate is perpetrated in both Palestinians and Israeli schools, yet we wonder why it is that the violence persists. I am all about peace, understanding and love. And for this reason, I support the tactics of neither side. This said, I once again reiterate that Palestine does need a state. -Yus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~