According to the online world factbook there are roughly 5,000,000 Jews living between the river Jordan and the sea in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. According to the same source, 4,200,000 Arabs live in the same region.

One of the organisations responsible for the suicide attacks is the Hamas. There was an interesting interview with their leader in a German newspaper last week. He didn't ask for a Palestinian state beside Israel, he asked for a Palestinian state instead of Israel.

He reiterated the well known policy of Hamas that Jews that have been living in Palestine in 1917 (and their offspring) have a right to stay. When asked what should become of the roughly 5,000,000 other Jews living now in that region he said: "That is not our problem."

When I hear such a man I understand though do not support Israel politics of strength.

Wolfgang