To be fair to all parties. You have to have something to negotiate with. And Israel is surrounded by countries whose leaderships have gone from Soviet Imperialist (in Nasser's day) to Islamic fundamentalism, Arab tribalism, and arrogant Monarchy. These are not easy people to deal with.

I dislike the sneering at Israel. I'm not Jewish. I don't see attempt to understand their predicament. I hear a lot of resentment of Israel's very existence.

And frankly I see a lot of the denial of antisemitism as disingenuous. It cames from a far left faction who see it as their duty to dis anything they see as American Imperialism.

The State of Israel happened because of what happened in Europe, because of the attitudes much in evidence in Russia. Perhaps crude surgery but highly necessary.