If you're a journalism student, Jeff, you need to start doing a much better job of researching your information. For instance, this paragraph:

It is one of the abiding myths of the Arab-Israel conflict that a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza is the key to peace. But if that were true, peace would have broken out in 2000, when former Prime Minster Ehud Barak proposed a sovereign Palestinian state comprising all of Gaza, virtually all of the West Bank, and half of Jerusalem. Arafat responded to Barak's offer by launching a new war of terrorism and bloodshed.

...is entirely devoid of facts, and this bit of propagandist journalism is one of the biggest reasons that peace isn't possible in the middle east at this time. Were it not for this fantastic lie promulgated by the Israeli and US governments, I believe that more Israelis and Americans would be working harder to pressure the Israeli government to put a halt to its blatant robbery of the Palestinian people. A blatant theft of land, water, and human rights. Until the Israeli government puts a halt to these things, there will be no peace in the middle east. When it does, there will be peace in the middle east.

You, my friend, are not helping anyone by spreading these lies.

If you want more facts with which to prepare future papers on this subject, become a member and send me a Personal Message. I can supply you with more than ample documentation from the most credible sources (mostly Israeli Jews).