"Let me put this as compactly as possible, If there we're a group in the same pathetic political and economic situation as the Palestinians, be them Muslim, Christian, Hebrew or Animists, the same shit would be happening. "

I agree, with one major difference: Were it Christian, Jew, Buddist, Hindu, or virtually any other religion the moderates voices within that religion would outspokenly condemn the DELIBERATE killing of innocent civilians by extremists. The deafening silence of the "moderates" is the biggest rap on the Islamic religion. There are no cries of outrage when ice cream parlors filled with children are blown up, as long as the victims are Jews.

The religious leaders in Islam almost universally support terrorism; either outright support or by refusing to publicly condemn it. Do you believe that would be the case for any other major religion? What other religion welcomes the murders of little children into a whorehouse heaven?