But, we still have a great deal of respect for each other.
There are so many wrongs that have been committed on both sides, I just feel that Israel is a bully because it has a standing army that is well trained, well organized, well financed and deadly.
The forces that Israel has gone up against have always been poorly organized and not very well armed. Now that other nations in the area growing wealthier with oil money, they are finally able to give the Arab militias weapons other than the sticks and stones that the Palestinian youth have used to assault the tanks that were mowing down their neighborhoods.
It is tragic because there is no magic answer and in this case the innocent on both sides suffer greatly because of the actions of a few.
The Israelis have been given far more by the West and as a recent a huge resentment has grown. If we had started both sides out on equal footing, how different do you think it would be now?
i do not know, too much of what is happening is about power
since israel was founded, islamics have wanted to destroy it, but they cannot form an alliance to do it and now israel is too strong so the islamics fall back on rhetoric and propaganda - they sting israel until it must respond, their military hides among the civilians so any strikes against them will kill civilians
it is what it is and must be approached for what it is