The sufferings of the Palestinian people are incontrovertible and a shame on the Arab world.

After the birth of Israel and the partial resolution (by a battle of self defense) of the legitimate rights of the Jewish people to obtain access to their ancestral homeland, Jews were often forceably evicted from many Arab lands, Jews who had lived within them for longer than the religion of Islam has existed. Many of these Jews are descended from the original tribes and were and are indistinguishable ethnically from Arabs, who are, after all, cousins of the Jews.

The Arab and Muslim nations who evicted much of their Jewish populations and expropriated their property did not in turn make an effort to alleviate the very real problem of displaced non-Jewish Arabs who had often left their homes in anticipation of an Arab military victory over the Jews.

This is a shame, but it is not the fault of Israel. To blame Israel makes me recall the book "Unfair to Goliath" Goliath's mother and wife lament much as many current 'palestinians'

"My children keep asking, 'When is Daddy coming home? Has he killed all the Jews yet?'"

Unfortunately, rather than seeking compromise, peace, and resolution, too many of the Arabs and 'palestinians' have followed the road to hate, prejudice, and nazification in the name of a perverted approach to their own religion. And it is winding up as a war among Muslims, as a battle of Arabs on Arabs.

And it all could have been avoided.