Israel has been under constant attack since 1948 because Israel was created by Britain, with the help of the US, out of land occupied by Palestinians and Jews since time immemorial. Many Palestinians were forcibly displaced to Gaza and the West Bank to establish space for the politically created state of Israel.

Who among us, if we were Palestinian, wouldn't fight for freedom, self determination, and family property taken without compensation?

On the other hand, after 60 years Israel is a reality and isn't going away. The anti-Israeli Arabs that won't get over that might as well piss up a rope.

The mess in the land that is Israel and was Palestine has been at war for longer than anyone can remember. Britain and the US certainly contributed to the mess in the last 6 decades (and Britain for long before that).

Sometimes I'm of a mind that there will never be resolution, no reconciliation, and there is no solution. I don't know whey the US is so pro-Israel, since Israel is pretty clearly not a friend of the US, other than the US media is one-sidedly pro-Israel. Since the US armed Israel to the teeth, maybe we should arm the Palestinians equally well and train them. Then maybe the Palestinians and Israelis will do the world a favor and destroy each other. I realize this totally lacks any compassion or humanitarian aspect. But then Israel and the Palestinians are totally incompassionate and inhumane toward one another anyway. That part of the middle east is a huge financial drain on the rest of the world and keeps the region politically and socially unstable that the world might just be a better place without both of them. After decades of failed attempts at peace accords, is any other solution possible?

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