we would only have ourselves to blame.

The Jews did not have the power or authority to create a homeland for themself in that area, we did it along with the ROW and now we don't have the balls to enforce it or the good grace to shut up, step out of the way and let them settle it on their own.

If I recall correctly the idea of a Jewish state had benn kicked around for decades and the original plan was for the entire Trans-Jordan area to be that state.

We whittled it down to what it became originally and the Arabs paid no attention to us as they will never pay any attention to anything that the western world tries to impose on them.

As I have said a hundred times, if we are not willing or able to exert the power to fix the situation then tell the Jews we are sorry, it was a huge mistake and they have got to move.

Forgodsake some of these problems had to be apparent and foreseeable from the beginning.

Can you imagine this going on for another hundred years? Do you really think that mealy mouthed Euro style diplomacy will ever change anything?

If your eye offends you, pluck it out.

But then, I have alway been the impatient type.