In reference to the letter from John Scrivener from February 19, you are wrong in your assumption. l do believe that a one-state solution is possible after a massive DE radicalisation program of the Palestinian population areas, and the teaching of real history stating that Jews were indigenous to the land before the 7th century Muslim colonisation, and that Jews deserve to be there. This is achievable, and would take decades to show results but would be by far the best long-term plan for the entire region. The current form of ‘education’ in Gaza, the West Bank etc. includes in some cases that the killing of Jews is their highest calling – some are brainwashed into believing this from childhood, the ultimate goal of some groups being the murder or expulsion of all Jews.
Enough is enough. Israelis and Palestinians deserve to finally live in peace. Neither peoples are going anywhere. All energy should be put into making peace a reality, and teaching similarities, rather than differences. Peace now.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
