Finally, something in common: the brotherhood of political leprosy.
HESHIM
A good place to start from to fashion a peace settlement, yes?
MOISHE
That's why we're locked inside this room, Heshim. We're the deal-makers.
HESHIM
Too many generations have spilled their blood, too many children raised in hate and suspicion--
MOISHE
Time to give something, get something. That's why we were given the mandate: end the slaughter on the battlefields, make the peace.
HESHIM
You know, Moishe, we were well aware that we could never beat you on that battlefield. You had all the tanks, airplanes, helicopters, even nuclear bombs. So we fought you with public relations, letting the world see the big bully Israel beating up on defenseless Palestinians. It worked, too.
MOISHE
Uh, Heshim, it was a bit more than rock-throwing by children in the street. You're forgetting the hijacked airplanes and cruise ships, the massacre of our athletes at the Olympics, suicide bombers in pizza parlors and wedding receptions inside Israel, deadly rockets into our towns and villages.
HESHIM
What were we supposed to do? Live on our knees forever without taking action? Let you occupy our lands, terrorize our people, and not respond? I think the world understood our breaking point, understood the effect of decades of humiliation and repression.
MOISHE
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