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Most of us have no problem with negotiation that wishes to right away define borders (although it is beyond sensitive issue to Israelis) like the problem of prisoners release.
It would depend on what those prisoners did. If they attacked civilians, they can rot for all I care but, if they attacked military targets, they're freedom fighters/political prisoners and should be released.
Iraq defined it's borders as the edges of Kuwait but the international community disagreed (Rightly). Do you agree with the first Iraq war as I do?
Last time we agreed because a brothers of ours was held in captivity, and even that agreement was with a very very thin line, if you get what I am saying.
That depends on the situation. If he was military, he's a prisoner of war and should be treated as such as laid down by international law - even if Israel doesn't follow such law.
Hundreds of thousands of Israeli signed up petitions to "postpone the madness", and right now the official webs of the political parties calling the ministers of Likud to reject and object the steps of Netanyahu. an inside rebellion started in the right-wing today very much because of it.
THAT Is the major issue.
And there goes your biggest problem.
Extremists in your government have no interest in peace' only killing the enemy, regardless of the cost to Israel and the world.
The exact same, but in mirror image, is very probably happening on the other side of the fence ...sorry, fucking great big wall.
I'll refer to the wisdom of a great man who was almost right on another issue that translates to Israel/Palestine - Muslims/Jews.
Styles tend to not only separate men - because they have their own doctrines and then the doctrine became the gospel truth that you cannot change.
He went on to suggest there should be no styles at all but I tend to disagree.
If the style is right for any given person; go with it but don't insist everyone else's style is wrong.
That is the real root of the conflict, both sides know how right they are and how God is on their side but neither stop to consider - it's the same God, the one who is probably really fucked off because man is destroying the lives he created because they're too fucking stupid to consider, the other guy may well be nice as well, regardless of what he calls God.
An interesting aside.
Salam means peace, as does shalom.
How you say "peace", defines who you hate and kill.
How stupid is that?
One last note to consider.
The Israeli press defines Palestinians as hate filled monsters.
The Arabic press defines Israelis as hate filled monsters.
The vast majority of both I've met were nice people.
Perhaps your press lies to you and shapes your opinions; I know the UK press does.