Thank you, M. Ted, for a knowledgeable and instructive answer. I appreciate it.

Lepus -- anti-Israel and pro-Jewish. Hm. How's your history? Is there any place in this world where the Jewish people belong, by your lights? Or is their only homeland the "land" of diaspora?

I do understand that the same questions can be asked of the dislocated Palestinians, and I think that some way of sharing that tiny stretch of real estate will have to be found.