I am surrounded all day by people who hold the opposite extreme opinion, practically cheering Israel on.
Now that really bothers me. How any people living in a civilised country can find the indiscriminate destruction of people's homes, families and livelihoods, whether it is in Gaza or Lebanon, an acceptable way for anyone who is not officially 'a terrorist'to behave is very, very worrying. If anyone else bombed holiday resorts they would be vilified.
Of course the history goes back a long way - most countries have histories going back thousands of years - most of us have learnt to live with the fact that our ancestors may have been mistreated by your ancestors - we deal. And that comment applies equally to the Arabs, the Israelis and the Lebanese (who as much European as Arab,of course).
The problem is the way the relevant countries behave now. And the most belligerent and most likely to attack with excessive force is Israel. The current official figures for example for the last week are Israelis dead: 30, people in Lebanon dead 300: where they can be reached to be counted.
And dispersion was a lot safer - only the Jews in German occupied Europe were murdered - those in other areas of the world weren't, otherwise they wouldn't have been around to form the state of Israel.
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Now that really bothers me. How any people living in a civilised country can find the indiscriminate destruction of people's homes, families and livelihoods, whether it is in Gaza or Lebanon, an acceptable way for anyone who is not officially 'a terrorist'to behave is very, very worrying. If anyone else bombed holiday resorts they would be vilified.
Of course the history goes back a long way - most countries have histories going back thousands of years - most of us have learnt to live with the fact that our ancestors may have been mistreated by your ancestors - we deal. And that comment applies equally to the Arabs, the Israelis and the Lebanese (who as much European as Arab,of course).
The problem is the way the relevant countries behave now. And the most belligerent and most likely to attack with excessive force is Israel. The current official figures for example for the last week are Israelis dead: 30, people in Lebanon dead 300: where they can be reached to be counted.
And dispersion was a lot safer - only the Jews in German occupied Europe were murdered - those in other areas of the world weren't, otherwise they wouldn't have been around to form the state of Israel.