if people take anything away from this post it should be that situations in israel and other arab-jew dynamics are not as simple as animosity between the two sides, are easy enough to assign blame or equate state with individual action across sides or within them, and that as Americans who still live in a relatively safe nation where one attack sends us into a murderious, invasive frenzy cannot possibly comprehend the oppression experienced by either side at any point in history. Certainly there are groups that have experience egregious social oppression but in terms of actual, personal danger, its not even close.

I definitely appreciate the opinions of both sides and neutral heads in this post, I have some reading to do on the matter for sure, some very good points and account all over.