Johnny,

From Brucie's opening post:

I'm guessing that a rehash of history or who did what to whom would cause things to get us all back into a loooong argument.

Many people here do not agree with your assessment of 1948, which is factually inaccurate. In 1948, the neighboring Arab countries and the Palestinians began a war with Israel; Israel did not just "kick everybody out." But we've just been through a "loooong argument" about it on another thread, so I won't go into all the details here. The point is, what can be done NOW?

As you say, Nelson Mandela would be a good start.