Some more views on the Middle East situation:
Israeli People's Most Common Mistakes By Gilad AtzmonThe most common mistakes made by Israelis are as follows:
1. To fail to realize that there is no essential difference between Tel Aviv
and a Jewish settlement in the West Bank.
2. To believe that the creation of the state of Israel was an outcome of the
Holocaust.
3. To regard themselves as innocent people and thus as victims of the
IsraeliPalestinian conflict.
4. To believe that they live in a democracy and therefore that their
atrocities are legitimate.
5. To be convinced that they live in an open society which enjoys political
and ideological diversity.
6. To believe that the ghetto is behind them.
7. To be convinced that the 'Jewish state' is a legitimate concept.
8. To think that Israel is a shelter for the entire Jewish people and the
best answer to anti-Semitism.
9. To regard themselves as humanists.
10. To be sure that Israel is immortal.
For more information see:
http://www.gilad.co.uk/mistakes.html