There's an ongoing if dysfucntional process of negotiation, much of which takes place behind the scenes. It should be noted that Palestinians have never had a "nationality" as such as there has never been a country called 'Palestine'. It was a province of the Ottoman Empire then a British protectorate, then occupied by Jordan (and Gaza by Egypt) and then Israel. Palestinains are actually closer to achieving statehood now than they ever have been before, but much more needs to be done. Yet this still isn't apartheid. It is an occupation and credible negotiating partners are needed. One aspect of credibility that the authorities in gaza might strive for would be to desist in their stated goal of the destruction of Israel. It is not reasonable to expect to have serious negotiations with a party whom you pledge to destroy.

I wonder if Smithee will be out on a day pass anytime soon. Here's an observation; I wrote Israel is a democracy and isn't really an apartheid country and here's what I got:

-"LimeJello....You tow the partyline so well." [I'm not sure what party he's talking about. Maybe the party that the UFOs or the voices in his head are warning him about.  Obviously not the Canadian Communist party]

-"Anyone who can look at the state of affairs in Israel and somehow justify it as free or democratic is deluded,ignorant and a brown shirt wearing Nazi." [Maybe in his mind, in as much as he has one, That puts me in the same company as Barack Obama, Chief Buthelezei of South Africa, Martin Luther King, Robert and Ted Kennedy and Michael Ignatieff, who I suppose are all nazis too in his demented thoughts]

-"You are clearly one of 3 things...A jew,a christian fundamentalist or a muslim hating xenophobe...Hell,you're probably all 3." [Insane, but I'll chalk that up to an attempt at humour on his part]

-"It's people like yourself who deserve to be blown up" [and I can guess who's in his basement building the bomb right now].

-"With all you people gone,the world would be a far more safe and peaceful place." [Yeah, it'll be much safer if there were only people like you who want to see others blown up.]

-"You're a xenophobe" [and the major qualification for that is saying a country where all citizens regardless of race get to vote is a democracy?]

-"As for a psychiatrist..That's rich...Neocons all suffer from deluded revisionism,delusions of grandiore,narcissism and paranoia,just to name a few illnesses.And you all suffer from foot-in-mouth disease...You're all hypocrits." [aside from not being sure how I got to be a "neocon" that rant speaks for itself. What could I possibly offer to make it sound any more psychotic than it already is?]

-"So have another donut and go pray to your conservative messiah Glenn Beck...Talking about psychiatrists,your portly hero is not but a raving mental patient himself,Buckwheat."  [I'm not quite sure how Beck got into this or how I became a worshipper of Beck. This must be part of Smithee's internal narrative where anyone who disagrees with him is a nazi..and what's the "Buckwheat" supposed to mean? Does he think I'm one of The Little Rascals?]

And all this brilliant insight was derived from my saying Israel is a democratic, non-apartheid country. Great job of discrediting your side, Smithee. Anybody that angry sounds like he hasn't been laid in a decade. Smithee, do yourself a favor and put aside some of your welfare check and hire a hooker, as that's obviously going to be your only shot at sex. You should also consider changing your current psychiatrist, whoever it is now obviously isn't helping you much.