Little Hawk:

Without (meaning to be) rude, I don't see the value of discussing your opinion of Zionism once we are all well beyond that. Zionism has a fascinating history all its own and developed, as theories are wont to do, in a way that Theodore Herzl did not expect. For the record, had I existed in the relevant era, I'd've probably been on the fence about Zionism until the Holocaust. The Holocaust made Zionism a necessity for Jews whether Europe liked it or not.

As for living in peace and harmony, people are inherently mostly unlikeable even and sometimes especially within established groups. I think Abba Eban was onto something when he said that Arabs and Jews will live together in peace once they have tried everything else.

In other words, Arabs and Jews are a lot like Europeans.