With all due respect, CarolC, you can't throw six million Israelis out of their homes just because you are unhappy about what happened more than fifty years ago, when they acquired the property--

The real claim that Israelis have to Israel is that they live there now. The business about the "Promised Land" is a nice thought, but the fact is that Israel was established by a UN mandate, and it's there, it's been there, and it isn't going anywhere--like it, or not.

It is unfortunate that blood was spilled when Israel was founded. It is unfortunate that people lost property that maybe shouldn't have lost it, it is most unfortunate that the displaced people has never been relocated. And perhaps most unfortunate of all that the promised Palestinian State has never come to fruition.

The Jews who created Israel were a displace people who had a powerful determination to survive, and who took that determination and created a new nation. Unfortunately, the Palestinians never had that determination--and a Palestinian state has never been established.

That's the reality. The rest of this stuff doesn't really make much difference.