I'm sorry to say that I don't know anything about the Belgian system, although I'd like to know more. Can you summarise for us?

Also, do you think that it would work in the Middle East? As you said, you all have the same ethnicity and religion. That is a big problem in the Middle East.

Frankly, I think any solution will first require that both sides stop killing each other. I hold them both responsible to a certain extent, but it is terrorism that is the real problem. If two nations are fighting, both using militaries, it is possible to call a cease fire that both sides can agree to and then they can sit and discuss. Terrorists don't generally honor cease fires (at least they haven't so far).

-- Jeff

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