Comments on: Of People and Walls http://nigelwarren.com/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:47:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://nigelwarren.com/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Anonymous Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:27:00 +0000 http://s92547451.onlinehome.us/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/#comment-167 "The fact that Israel pulled settlers out of the Gaza Strip shows that attitudes do change."<br/><br/>Nige, I'll try and feel as optimistic as you, but with a little bit of history lining my diminishing grey cells, I can't help but feel that that was just a token offer of good will to pacify certain powers that be.<br/><br/>Both sides have such a long way to go that more dramatic steps than that will be necessary to make any difference.<br/><br/>As you say, it's a question of how to get to accepting borders on the Green Line. That is a sixty million dollar puzzle, -- but like the people who live there, we must never give up believing that a solutiopn is possible. “The fact that Israel pulled settlers out of the Gaza Strip shows that attitudes do change.”

Nige, I’ll try and feel as optimistic as you, but with a little bit of history lining my diminishing grey cells, I can’t help but feel that that was just a token offer of good will to pacify certain powers that be.

Both sides have such a long way to go that more dramatic steps than that will be necessary to make any difference.

As you say, it’s a question of how to get to accepting borders on the Green Line. That is a sixty million dollar puzzle, — but like the people who live there, we must never give up believing that a solutiopn is possible.

]]> By: Nigel http://nigelwarren.com/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Nigel Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:22:00 +0000 http://s92547451.onlinehome.us/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/#comment-166 <i>If the situation was bad when I lived there, how much worse has the hatred, fear and suspicion become between Arabs and Israelis, with no solution in sight.</i><br/><br/>I have hope things will get better. I really don't have the perspective of history, but some of the people I talked to felt that people know how the conflict will end - borders will be set on the Green Line. It's a question of how to get there. The fact that Israel pulled settlers out of the Gaza Strip shows that attitudes do change. If the situation was bad when I lived there, how much worse has the hatred, fear and suspicion become between Arabs and Israelis, with no solution in sight.

I have hope things will get better. I really don’t have the perspective of history, but some of the people I talked to felt that people know how the conflict will end - borders will be set on the Green Line. It’s a question of how to get there. The fact that Israel pulled settlers out of the Gaza Strip shows that attitudes do change.

]]> By: Anonymous http://nigelwarren.com/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Anonymous Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:17:00 +0000 http://s92547451.onlinehome.us/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/#comment-165 P.S. I'm referring to your blog entires for the 29th and 30th of June. P.S. I’m referring to your blog entires for the 29th and 30th of June.

]]> By: Anonymous http://nigelwarren.com/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Anonymous Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:14:00 +0000 http://s92547451.onlinehome.us/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/#comment-164 Most amazing write up, Nige. Many of the photos brought back memeories of when I was in Israel forty years ago.<br/><br/>I am too emotional to say anything worthwhile.<br/><br/>If the situation was bad when I lived there, how much worse has the hatred, fear and suspicion become between Arabs and Israelis, with no solution in sight..<br/><br/>How sad.<br/><br/>Take Care. Most amazing write up, Nige. Many of the photos brought back memeories of when I was in Israel forty years ago.

I am too emotional to say anything worthwhile.

If the situation was bad when I lived there, how much worse has the hatred, fear and suspicion become between Arabs and Israelis, with no solution in sight..

How sad.

Take Care.

]]> By: Nigel http://nigelwarren.com/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Nigel Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:45:00 +0000 http://s92547451.onlinehome.us/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/#comment-163 Some of it was salvageable, so it wasn't as bad as I thought at the time. (Based on what I had read on photo sites I expected the pictures to be wiped out.) Luckily the shots I took weren't particularly good anyway. Some of it was salvageable, so it wasn’t as bad as I thought at the time. (Based on what I had read on photo sites I expected the pictures to be wiped out.) Luckily the shots I took weren’t particularly good anyway.

]]> By: Jolin http://nigelwarren.com/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Jolin Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:38:00 +0000 http://s92547451.onlinehome.us/blog/2007/06/of-people-and-walls/#comment-162 Very interesting post, Nige. Thanks for taking the time to write it. Out of interest, what happened to the film? Was any of it salvageable? People who go on power trips like that must be very miserable in their own life... Very interesting post, Nige. Thanks for taking the time to write it. Out of interest, what happened to the film? Was any of it salvageable? People who go on power trips like that must be very miserable in their own life…

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