Oi Vey Gordon I am sure you didn't mean that "it is all the fault of the Jews" etc. Nichola well your views are interesting but actually giving a homeland to the Jews had nothing to do with the Holocaust, the Balfour Mandate was passed in November 1917 ---
"His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
When Israel was established in 1948 the first that that happened was their Arab neighbours, who obviously also believed in the extracts from the Mandate of " nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country." --- attacked them with an avowed statement of "sweeping them into the sea! So much for tolerance on their side!
Israel buys arms with money from the US to defend itself?, Hamas buys arms on the black market to attack Israel?, Hamas fights to be free of Israeli Control and Israel blockades Gaza? Israel only blockades Gaza because Hamas keep firing rockets from Gaza? Question is can they ever live together? Is there an end? Not while Hamas refuses to recognise the right of Israelis to live and Israel blockades Gaza.
In actual fact as nearly one third of the Israeli males under 30 don't work as they are "studying" Judaism and this is a growing number unless they change their attitudes drastically there wont be anyone to fight anyway
I don't like the blunt instrument of Israel, but I wouldn't like people tunnelling down my street and firing rockets at me either!
If I was in Gaza I don't think I would like Hamas firing missiles from my Children's Schoolyard, the Hospital we use etc. either! We just had a 72 hour truce, broken by ......................Hamas.
Has anyone noticed how quiet the Palestinian Government in Hebron has been?