Israel's foreign minister suggests Palestinians could be housed on artificial island in the Mediterranean - sources

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50. I used to lurk here years ago, when DU was young

and I came lurking again in recent years, when Twitter started getting less and less civil. Have noticed that DU of today is a LOT different than from back in it's infancy and it is flippin disheartening to see. Is it the whole national trend or is it something else? I am truly understanding of your tendency to be here less lately. Sadly, I am feeling the same and that is bad because my recollection of DU was that it was a great place for sharing valid information and filled with a lot of very thoughtful people who came together with different perspectives which enriched all of us. Now? It's like the song says: Paranoia strikes deep

Anywho, I am glad to meet you here, JohnSJ. Glad to know there are still level headed folk here. As much as I would love to run from the degradation of discourse, I know it may be essential for calmer heads to stick it out and battle the knee jerking factions who often run on anger born of misunderstanding. If we allow volume to become more important than genuine concern and constructive questions, this site, and maybe this society, will become impotent to help make life better.

Again, good to 'meet' you here.