I think it's necessary to understand the past in order to be able to move effectively into a better future, McGrath. As long as Palestinians are the victims of the kinds of libels that have been and are still being committed against them, people will use those libels as an excuse to deny the Palestinians' humanity and their rights as human beings, as we can see from posts in this thread, such as beardedbruce's.

The truth about the history needs to be told so that nobody will have any more excuses for denying the Palestinians the status of human being.

I think Obama is probably more aware of this history than the other candidates, but if he's not, I intend to make every effort to help him become aware of it if he is elected. Of the three, I think he is the least likely to deny another human being their status of human being, and the rights that they are entitled to as human beings.