It is so tied in with guilt over the Holocaust, even if we were on the side fighting it (unknowningly), remnants of our colonialist thinking that we had these lands to dispense with as we felt best, relatives who were Jewish and not Palestinian who could speak forcefully, lots of dollars going to American politicians and knowledge they would not be elected did they not speak and vote a certain way.....it is complex. No one would speak of it. I do remember the nuns told us to always call it the Holy Land as it was under dispute so I still try to do that. But they way they said it made me always a bit puzzled. It is time for new generations to look at it historically and compassionately for all sides and do what is fair to the extent that they can. mg