How many cheeks?

Muhammad said we should give someone seventy excuses and be tolerant and forgiving. Jesus said we should turn the other cheek. But is there a limit?

For more than sixty years, Palestine has been occupied. When the initial occupation occured. many families lost their homes. Throughout the occupation, oppression and humiliation have been used to keep the people of Palestine down.

Sometimes they fought back. I didn't agree with all of their tactics. For instance, I cannot reconcile the practice of suicide bombing with the teachings of Islam. But I have understood the anger, frustration, and hopelessness.

Up until the time of the occupation, the Palestinians had done nothing against the Jews. Germany was responsible for the Holocaust, not Palestinie. Why has Palestine been punished?

"How many times can a people exist before they're allowed to be free?"

"How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn't see?"

How often do people have to forgive? When is it time to stop turning the other cheek?

The current crisis didn't start with the capture of Israeli soldiers. It began with the theft of a land and continued with the constant humiliation of a proud people.

I know Israel wants to end the resistance. But sixty years of repression have not worked. Maybe it's time to consider a new approach.