I write to support CarolC. Zionism has poisoned relations between all the peoples of the Middle East. It has been used by Western Imperialism as a guard dog to for US interests..oil,and military and geo strategic....
The result has been a catastrophe for the Palestinians in particular. But Israel has time and time again has invaded or attacked or threatened its neighbours [Egypt,Syria, Jordan, The Lebanon]and the indiginous Palestinian people whose lands it has stolen.
"A state governing a hostile population of 1.5 to 2 million foreigners [ie.the indiginous Palestinians in the newly occupied lands ]... is bound to become a Shin Bet [security state ] with all this implies for the spirit of education,freedom of speech and thought and democracy. Israel will be infected with corruption,characteristic of any colonial regime."
Reinhart..p8