@sun @CookieJarObserver @Hoss @Indigo @not_benis and then Palestinians launched the Second Intifada (it was planned before Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount, that's a myth) in which a greater proportion of Israeli civilians were killed than Arab civilians in the response. And because of the Second Intifada Israel has had an obdurate right-wing government. So it can be said that Palestinians created the current political climate which has caused the catastrophe in Gaza.