Israel and Bangladesh are building relations? Good?

Question

According to a Israeli newspaper, Bangladesh and Israel are making attempts to establish diplomatic relations. Do you think it will be good for both countries and help middle-east peace process?

Here is the link : http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3187290,00.html

Answer 1

I think that if majority of past and present 'enemies' of Israel are now trying to establish good relations with that country, Bangladesh should not keep itself aloof.

Remember, India has diplomatic as well as economic, military and social level contacts with Israel, but still darling to many Arab nations who would despise Islamic Pakistan.

So, it is useless to keep alienating Israel to please the Arabs when we can learn so many things from the way that tiny country survived the very harsh nature of desert environment.

However, Israel must try to understand the sentiment of the Muslims all over the world when they subjugate the Palestinians and show big brother attitudes when dealing with its neighbors. The attitude of the Israeli governments those came to power since its inception was mainly responsible for the creation of so many guerilla factions those ultimately defeated the cause of both Arab and Israeli populations.

Therefore, I am in favor of establishing good relationship with people of Israel, if not its government. I am sure it will benefit people of Bangladesh.

Answer 2

I really doubt it. Bangladesh is a Muslim nation but remember that it won its independence from Pakistan by aligning with Hindu India. Actually the war was fought between India and Pakistan in reality. Iran had diplomatic relations with Israel until the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and this did nothing to promote peace in the Middle East. Egypt and Jordan have had diplomatic relations with Israel for round 30 years and this has done nothing to promote peace in the Middle East. Its time people came to the realization that there a considerable number of people in that region of the world for whom peace can only be achieved when their adversaries are dead. They don’t want peace, they want the annihilate Israel. On the other hand Israel has demonstrated repeatedly that she is willing to befriend anyone and everyone.

The only problem I see in Israelis is that they just have to get past that foolishly irrationally refusal to allow the Muslims to decapitate them and toss them into the Mediterranean. How unreasonable can they be?