Briefly, we are not going to change each other’s minds. I would suggest in the future to refrain from using inflammatory language (mindless rantings) which only serve to further increase the anger surrounding this conflict, which certainly involves tragedies on both sides.

I would also point the readers to the following map:

Map of Middle East

I repeat the question, because there has not been a satisfactory answer: Why are these people STILL refugees? There is more land and wealth in the Arab world than there would be in many countries the size of Israel. There are a total of about 13 million Jews in the world. There are over one billion Moslems. So, what’s the problem here?

Your citations are not objective. Neither are mine. No one is objective about this conflict.

BUT, the map is objective: Israel is the size of New Jersey. Israel has granted political rights to a fairly hostile Arab population. (I was there when the Arab community danced on the rooftops as Saddam Hussein sent Scud missiles our way.) Evidence mounts that the Arabs in the region prefer to live under Israeli rule than under the rule of their co-religionists. They want to live in Israel, under Israeli rule, under a system that derives it’s nature in large part to the ethics of the Jewish people. BUT, they don’t want Jews ruling. Fascinating.

Another objective fact is that the Moslem/Arab world is many times richer than Israel.

The problem is not an Israeli problem. It is a problem that reveals itself in the despotism and various sociological sicknesses that plague the Arab world. If Israel was gone, the Arabs of the region would continue creating disasters for each other, because they are intolerant of other viewpoints. Guns and killing are the M/O for those declared in the wrong on any variety of issues. Many enlightened Moslems who’ve left the region have come out and said the very same thing, only to find that their lives are now in danger.

As far as the Jewish people suffering less under Moslem rule than under Christian rule, that is a poor measuring stick. When either religion has had political power over the Jewish people, it has not been a walk in the park, I’ll tell you that. In Yemen, just one example, Jews were required to wear pauper’s clothes. Being a dhimmi is no fun.