Does anyone else realize how peaceful Israel and Palestine really are?

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I will try to get to the point real quick with this.

-For the most part, the area is very peaceful. There are 10 million+ inhabitants in the Israel-Palestine area. Only a few thousand have actually been affected by the conflict. Thousands may not seem like a small figure but compared to millions it is.

-If the conflict was as bad as the media says it is, you'd have hundereds of thousands of people dying, not a few thousand as the stats show.

-If Arabs and Jews taught their children to hate each other and want to kill each other (as some people say) then you'd have non-stop war for the past 50 years, not a militant action put out every 6 or so months which usually gives mild results.

-There are Arab-Muslims in Israel who hold high ranks in society such as judges, politicians, etc. . .There are also Jews in Palestine. If it were as bad as it's said to be, all of the Arabs in Israel would be dead and vice versa.

Does anyone else see it this way?

If you compare the total number of inhabitants to the number of people affected by violence, the area isn't really all that bad. It's peaceful for the most part. If you look at the facts, more Americans are affected by street crimes and random shootings than Israelis/Palestinians are affected by violence/terrorism.

I think that there are alot more things that are far worse than this "conflict" that don't get any attention. I'm not saying that this isn't bad. I'm just saying that it's more peaceful than it is violent.

Anyone agree?

IMO, the violence is only put out by a small small minority on both sides. Hezbollah, Hamas, and all those other Jihadist groups have very small numbers. 20,000-50,000 all together at most, compared to millions. That's not much. And most of these people aren't even active. We only see terrorist attacks and operations put out every few months or so and they usually don't kill alot per operation. It's not good to have any number killed due to terrorism but it's not fair to label them all as warmongers when it's a small minority that actually do this.

I think that the main reason for the conflict being blown out of porportion is because of sensationalism and the media's pathetic habit of reporting only the bad side of everything.

"That is sort of like claiming that during the years of the Cold War, America and USSR were peaceful since the war wasn't hot!"

Nope, bad analogy.

"Or, how about a more absurd analogy, the Korean War was peaceful since, compared to WWII, hardly any countries were involved and not nearly as many people died."

I didn't compare it to any other military conflict.

"So, when you say the conflict is not as bad as the media says it is, I want to know compared to what?"

I'm not saying that it's not bad because there are worse things. There are worse things but all I'm saying is that the conflict is overexaggurated because it's not nearly intense as the media says it is and only like 1 percent of the entire population has been effected by it.

"Another thing, I think your numbers are a little off."

Israel: 6.3 million
West Bank: 2.4 million
Gaza Strip: 1.4 million
Do the math.

SOURCE: CIA World Fact book

BMCR, my point is that people are getting false impressions of Palestinians and Israelis as well as the entire area. The hype leads to people making generalizations about both Jews and Palestinians when the fact is that both side, for the most part get along and are peaceful while the radical minority is causing violence.

Just compare the number of people who inhabit these lands to the number of people who are effected by the violence and you'll see what I mean. It would be the same as the media getting hyped up about all those coconuts in the Carribean that kill people every now and then when they fall off of trees. But that's not gonna get views is it?

And no, I wasn't comparing it to any other conflict in the world. Your analogies make no sense.

Also, I'm not saying that it's not a problem at all. Whenever there's anytype of conflict, it's a problem. I'm saying that it's not a major problem because it does effect alot of people and the chances of it escalating to something

to something larger are very slim.

You can disagree with me all you want, you have that right. This is just my opinion that I'm backing with stats and pure common sense.

If anyone has anything to ask, comment, etc. . . just send me an e-mail and I'll get to it as soon as I get it.

Thank you all.

Answer 1

I agree... most of it is blown completely out of proportion... the coverage is excessive and obsessive

Answer 2

Part of the basic problem is that you are speaking in highly relative terms.
That is sort of like claiming that during the years of the Cold War, America and USSR were peaceful since the war wasn't hot!
Or, how about a more absurd analogy, the Korean War was peaceful since, compared to WWII, hardly any countries were involved and not nearly as many people died.

So, when you say the conflict is not as bad as the media says it is, I want to know compared to what?

Another thing is that one can argue that the relative calm is due to vigilance of Israel's army, not due to any peaceful intentions.
Case in point: A couple of years ago, there was a rash of suicide bombings. Israel started a major offensive and later on, built a barrier fence/wall and the incidents dropped off.

Another thing, I think your numbers are a little off. There are 7 millions Israeli citizens and about 1 - 1.5 million Palestinians so I think the total figure would be under 10 million.

Answer 3

This problem exists because both sides claim that God told them each, "This land is yours". Obviously during biblical times people didn't have the knowledge of today and with that misinterpreted something that they witnessed. Unfortunately because of the religious dominance in the area this issue cannot be discussed. It's a shame that so many innocent people on both sides have been victims of ignorant biblical people.

Answer 4

Okay
You got a point
but...
The jews just want people to think us Palestinians do the bad stuff
to tell you the truth, Israel doesn't let the UK put the bad stuff on the news
heres proof
(my proof is the link in sources)
LONG LIVE PALESTINE FALASTEEN ARABI FREE PALESTINE
Canada reacted sooo quickly to Hurricane Katrina
Did America? try one week later
but when the Israelis needed money for weapons to kill Palestinians they gave them 4milion right away
WOW

Answer 5

does not or not this is staggering if there change into eventual peace between both. in my opinion I doubt this may ensue. faith is a divider of folk regrettably. I do imagine bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright did a spectacular pastime of negotiating peace between Israel and Palestine, they worked tirelessly, as did Condoleeza Rice for the period of her time period as Secretary of State. global leaders favor to inspire peace talks and in no way condemn both aspect as a thanks to attain this. John Lennon's track "imagine" is idealistic yet does not or not this is something if there change into global peace.

Answer 6

You enlightened us. Thanks.

I was passing by a shop once, when a guy started chatting with me, he told me that he was from Israel.. and he had deep respect for Islam. He condemned the politics that is so dirty and not making any way for them to live peacefully. He himself hated Israeli Government and its joint and secret policies with America.

There r now many inter-religious marriages secretly happening there. Cuz i believe that there is no difference between a fundamental Muslim and a fundamental Jew.

Answer 7

I've never been there but I feel in my heart that I would feel so peaceful just walking around their open land. The outside countries just want to pick b/c they don't have what they want. I love God's country and will continue to pray for them.

Answer 8

Hi Benjamin
No, it wasn't too much to ask.
Hadn't thought of it that way. You're right, It deserves media attention, but as much as it has been getting.
There are other issues, Global Warming, for example.

Answer 9

It's been like that for ages, at times is peace at times war and I believe they will continue that path for some time..☺

Answer 10

I was born in israel and
my neighbor was palestine and we get a long just fine.
Dont belive everything you hear
some hate each other some dont really care . .
yeahh