Well, gee, Carol, wasn't Israel established as a homeland for Jewish people, people who had deprived of a homeland for two millenia? If that is the founding premise of Israel, does it really seem unfair to offer citizenship to Jews?

Yes, there were many Palestinians displaced as a result of the establishment of Israel - there is a tangled web of reasons for this displacement, and the blame can't really be placed on the majority of the current citizens of Israel. Israel was established before I was born, and it seems to me it's time to forget the injustices committed then and deal with the present situation. Israel exists as a Jewish homeland, and it's not likely to go away. What needs to be done now, is the establishment of a homeland for Paelstinians, a homeland that allows Palestinians a standard of living equal to that of the Israelis (and Jewish Israelis appear to have a very good standard of living).

-Joe Offer-