Just goes to show, Keith, there are some fanatics in all communities, aren't there? And they are the ones who cause all the trouble for the rest. I would suggest that the Israelis have problems with that too, not just Hamas...the rightwing parties in Israel are ethnic, religious, and political fanatics too...but what about the ordinary and perfectly decent people on both sides who get caught in the crossfire? And what about having land theft enshrined as a national policy? Who else in the world gets away with that, except Israel? Who else gets to build a large nuclear arsenal unofficially and with no objections from the West except Israel? Who else gets support from the USA to invade anyone they want to except Israel? And why? "Why" is really the most interesting part of the question. I think we'd all like to know exactly why...and how...that is accomplished.

Don T - Oh, well said, sir! (your last response to me) LOL! indeed. Touche! As you say, none of us here knows everything. I did think it was fairly common knowledge that the Romans scattered the Jewish nation to the 4 winds not too long after the beginning of what's now called the Common Era, but I might be wrong about that.