TM7, My post had nothing to do with feeding hate; and everything to do with presenting the truth. Truth is, the Palestinian people are not valued by their brothers apart from their geography. I'm making no statement on the actions of Israel, so please do not read into my silence on a subject as a statement on that subject. Sectors of the Arab world want the US to believe that Palestine is the issue, but it is not, and they admit that in Arabic language outlets that they know very few Americans will ever try to understand. They want to drive a wedge between Israel and its largest and strongest ally, the US. Why? The Arab world is not a passive victim in this situation, they have an agenda. So regardless of how poorly Israel has acted, should we simply demonize them and ignore all that the Arab world is doing as well? That would be foolish. We're in the middle, regardless of how we got here, and we can either take sides, take over, or get out.
Your posts should remind us that Israel is not perfect, nor without sin; that's a healthy perspective. The fact remains we have a commitment to them, and should, but let it be an eyes wide open arrangement, not blinded by either hate or abject worship.