To Teribus
You mention the arms purchased by the Palestinians in the on going conflict...however it is Israel which is one of the most highly militarised [and ironically one of the most dangerous] places in the world today.
Israel has one of the largest armies in the world...it is equipped with all the latest military hardware from America ..and has a range of modern fighters,bombers,tanks ,artillery helicopter gunships etc which is more than ready to use against its enemies, and more accurately, civilian populations of neighbouring countries.

Any other country would have gone bankrupt from the cost of this arms economy but Israel is the largest recipient of US aid in the world.
While Palestinian suicide bombers get themselves blown up the equivalent Israeli bombers drop their high explosives or napalm on civilians and then go home for a nice cup of coffee and a dessert.

It is true that the Palestinian leadership has been poor but it is also true that the Israeli leaders are war criminals,human rights abusers and no respectors of the United Nations...and time and time again they have missed opportunities to make a lasting peace that involves justice for the Palestinians.
They have reaped a whirlwind and the events of last summer when they got a drubbing in Lebanon show that time is also running out for the warhawks in Israel.
The current Israeli president is facing rape charges which somehow epitomises the stature of the leaders in Israel today.Zionism is a dead end and a pessimistic and thuggish set of policies.
ifor