re: Unfortunately...
in the US, we hear far too much criticism of the Palestinians and not enough of the current Israeli policies towards the Palestinians.
Far too many in the US think Israel cannot do anything wrong.
"The Jewish people did not survive for two millennia in order to pioneer new weaponry, computer security programs or antimissile missiles. We were supposed to be a light unto the nations. In this we have failed."
(BTW, the author is an israeli, and was speaker at the Knesset);
Raoul