Etnic cleansing and clumsey attempts to manipulate the religious and ethnic content of the state lies at the root of the tragedy of Israel/Palestine.If the refugees from the war of 1948 had been allowed to return home the end of the fighting the population of Israel would be much more evenly balanced between Jews and Muslime and Christians, and it is likely that it would now be living peacefully alongside a separate Palestinian state in partnership with it, and in friendship with neighbouring countries.

As I understand it, that kind of situation is what was envisaged by the   founders of Zionism.

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Perhaps it's a pity that this thread has been so radically diverted from the London bombings - but it has and it'd make more sense for anyone with stuff to say about that to do so in the other thread about the bombings, rather than struggle vainly to bring this one back in line again..