Hi, robomatic - thanks for your comments in the thread. I get a little overwhelmed by the ideologues. I haven't dared to lay one bombshell, and I don't know if I'll be able to do it. Oh, well, what the hell?
While things in Palestine are looking up, the truth is that Arabs in Israel have a terrific standard of living, and the Jewish and Arab Israelis have built an absolutely beautiful and prosperous country. In some ways, it seems like the people of Palestine would be better off to give in and ask to unite with Israel.

The trouble is, I'm not sure that Israel would be willing to incorporate the Palestinian Territory, because that would give the Palestinians a vast and instant majority in the Knesset. What would happen then?

-Joe-