Whether or not the law had a good reason for being passed is another issue. The Palestineans who are "rebelling" (for lack of a better word) are the ones who have NOT been offered citizenship. They are the ones who live in refugee camps for the past 40-60 years and who do not have the posibility of living normal lives. When you grow up in that kind of dispair, extremist types who preach the need to "fight back" sound amazingly attractive, while passive types who suggest negotiating with the enemy give the appearance of being cowards.

And the same goes for the Israeli side. Israeli leaders who respond with force and attack the enemy are much more popular than those who preach peace and negotiation with the enemy.

Both sides suffer from the same nationalism that causes these viewpoints, and until one side swallows their pride and refuses to fight back, like was done in the Indian Revolution or the American Civil Rights movement, there is never going to be peace. Non-violent resistance is the only thing that will lead to an independent Palestinean state.

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