A group of 40 or 50 people gathered at the Israeli-Palestinian border staging a protest as UN chief Ban Ki Moon crossed over into Gaza from Israel. The protesters held signs that said things such as “enough bias for Israel” and bombarded the convoy with shoes. Mr Ban was on a visit to the region in order to promote peace between the two regions. Many of the protesters who gathered were relatives of Palestinians currently being held captive in Israeli jails. On Wednesday, Ban urged the Israeli government to offer good will gestures toward the Palestinians in order to promote the peace talks.
Do you think that there is going to be peace between Israel and Palestine in the near future? What do both sides have to do in order to have successful peace talks?
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The article said the “exploratory talks” were unsuccessful. What was the ambassador trying to accomplish? Was he seeking to release the prisoners?
My guess is that he wanted the Israelis to release these prisoners in hopes to make peace efforts with Palestine. Ultimately I think the goal of UN is to resolve that conflict as peacefully as possible