Western slanted core beliefs on Israelis and Palestinians

I recall back in the early 90s a discussion on the evening news concerning peace talks. It was between the Palestinians and the Israelis. I was with a Jewish friend of mine who was a U.S. Citizen. She had spent some time living in Israel. The question was simple. Is that possible? Peace in the Middle East.

My friend helped me to understand some things about fundamentalism. She said that when she was there. the average Jew and Palestinian. Hang out at the same coffee shops, and various venues. She said for the most part they live in harmony. She went on to explain that the common people were not at war. It was the extreme factions who had fundamentalist views. that created both the friction and war. The average person in those regions. Would rather that the fighting go away.

I was grateful for her opinion on this. It made a lot of sense too. I get very tired of American's who rely on the media machine. To spew out propaganda that is fairly inaccurate at times. yes there are factions on both sides that are extreme. Fundamentalism of any kind is a dangerous rigid path. Even thinking that every Jew or Palestinian are at war. That is a form of fundamentalism.

This entry is the result of a pod entry. that asked how zaadzters deal with disagreement. Someone got on the tangent that both sides are at war. this is not true. It is extreme factions of those core values that have programed things to happen. I am sad that we still have this form of rigid thinking around. It is the greatest cause of war. Spin Doctors manipulating others to believe things that are not true.