From my perspective, I can also see both sides very clearly. Although I was raised as a zionist, my wife's side is quite different. Her father is a member of the ultra-orthodox Satmar Hasidic sect that is very anti-zionist. They burn the Israeli flag in public and belive that the Jews are not allowed by religious doctrine to have their own state until the coming of the Messiah. The fact that those in charge of the Israeli govenment are secular as opposed to religious only re-enforces that view. However, the suicide bomber who is intent on killing does not ask the question "What side are you on?" before detonating his explosives. One can not equate the destruction of houses with the taking of lives. Our people would have gladly surrendered all their earthly possessions in 1941 to the Nazis, if Hitler would have only let the 6 million Jews he slaughtered escape with their lives. Human life is sacred and comes first. Property is only secondary. SOL ZELLER