The whole situation sucks monkey balls.
And that argument about "God gave us this land" doesn't hold up under scrutiny.
Recent DNA testing has confirmed what many have long suspected. The Palestinians are just as much the descendants of the ancient Hebrews as modern Jews are.
And the shame of it all is that most Israelis are not like the ultra-right settlers portrayed. There do exist a sizable body of Israeli Progressives who are just as horrified and disgusted by these people as we are. And an equal number who stand in the middle undecided.
I follow these stories regularly, but I seldom post them here because the community is, for the most part, not interested.
"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."