[JSDSKI]

Fail to see how the "eye for an eye" attack/counter attack has aided either side. They've been doing this to each other since 1948 to no benefit. Israel unsecured. Palestine without a real state.

Same thing is true throughout history (with the obvious exception of wars in response to all out attacks from governments- WWI & II) Irish and British, Christian and Jew, Protestant and Catholic, Hindu and Muslim, Athens and Sparta, Norman and Saxon - the list is endless. Tit for tat neighbor hatred and strife benefits only those who seek power and sell arms. Actual resolution only comes with exhaustion of people and resources.

Given the passionate level of discourse in these threads, I am certain all of you would quietly and peacefully accept the reality of occupation on your forefathers land by a foreign culture with serene grace. And don't use that tripe that "it wasn't a real country, they didn't have a flag, it's just a bunch of Arabs". It was and is as real to them as if your grandfather's ranch had been taken by Federally mandated eminent domain.

This is exactly what the Christian movement preaches against and for obvious good reason. Ethics and morality aside - it is not pragmatic or successful.