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Majority of Israelis want to negotiate with Hamas

A view that is deemed "anti-Israel" in the U.S. is actually held by most Israelis.
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  • Wednesday, February 27, 2008 08:14 AM

    Kufir77:

    Looking at history, is it usually the best idea to make huge government decisions, based solely on what the people think is the best way to do things?

    Well, that's called "democracy." I'd love to see a poll suggesting that 90 percent of Americans wanted to invade Iraq. But even if that's true, so what? The government should do what the people direct. We fucked up before, and we should take responsibility for that. One way to do that is to insist that the democratic will of the people be implemented now, and the war ended.

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