SRS: You make valid points re: the U S , Native Americans, and treatment thereof. However, when it comes to Israel and Palestinians I think one has to look at history---history of thousands of years past. Therein lies the problem. This is not the same as the U S and the Native Americans. Rather, it has to do with that ancient history as well as the will of the nations of the world--or something called the UN in seeking a viable solution to an age old problem and justice for displaced people.

      By the way---as side topic. The area is a hot-bed that we cannot possibly convert to our image. I urge you to read Frank Rich in today's NY Times and his history of Irag (the artificial country--since it was Mesopotania until the events that made an Iraq. Not to mention the Bush involvement there)