"""Israel came into being through acts of terrorism - as with the measures Palestine is adopting to defend itself."

I am no expert, but Teribus and Michael both utterly refute that claim.""

You are no expert! That at least is one true statement from you.

It is only five years since I attended the funeral of an uncle who was based in Palestine after WW2. People used to turn away when they caught sight of his face, and he suffered agonies all his life after one of the Irgun Zwei Leumi action groups headed by Menachim Begin poured petrol over the tent where he and five comrades were sleeping.

He was closest to the opening, and the only survivor, and remarked on several occasions that his mates were the lucky ones.

Teribus and Michael don't know everything.

Don T.