Yes, CS and RB, Israel's immediate response was to authorise 3,000 more houses in occupied territory, and not just any ocupied territory but territory chosen to thwart any remaining prospect for a contiguous Palestinian state.

Little Hawk, it may have been the UK that gave the world the Balfour declaration, but even that far back it was the US that was pulling the strings. Britain was at that time (1917) desperate for financial support from wealthy Jewish interests, most of which were in the States, and from the US admin. (Wilson's two closest buddies were virulent Zionists.)

I am not against an Israeli state; I go along with what Kendall said. But I am against any Jewish state, and indeed against theocracies of any kind. I am also against any state that tramples on human rights and international law in the way that Israel does persistently. This puts me in the company of many Jews in the US who hold similar views. It is too easy to assume American Jews are all extremist Zionists of Keith-like mentality, ready to exploit the holocaust at every opportunity.

Even if Keith's entire family died in Belsen it would not excuse his using the Nazi atrocities to justify today's horrors. Watch this stunning three minutes Keith, and pay attention: it's aimed straight at you.