GUEST who posted on 01-Apr-02 - 04:50 PM: I said "millenia" and I meant "millenia". I was referring to the fact that, ultimately, the Israel-Palestine conflict is rooted in the Jewish-Muslim conflict. I refer you to Joel, chapter 3, in the Old Testament of the Bible (King James version), specifically Joel 3:4 which says:

"Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompence me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head"

In other words, "you retaliate against me and I'll retaliate against you" and on and on it goes. So, you see, bad blood between Israel and Palestine goes back millenia.