Making the Palestinians equivalent to Indians on Reservations overlooks the fact that one can equally state that the Jewish people are the 'Indians' who took BACK what had been stolen from THEM.

You could say that, but it would be equally accurate to say that before it was stolen from the Jewish people all those millenia ago, the Jewish people stole if from the people who were there before them, committing genocide in the process. Looks like nobody's got the high ground, really. So since everybody's just as guilty as everyone else, maybe it's time for everyone to get off their high horses and try to find a way to ensure a future for the children of today.

By the way... as far as I'm concerned, the crimes Sharon is guilty of are just as great as those of Arafat, but I will not celebrate Sharon's passing either.