This is the life for Israelis and their neighbors for life.  Violence. 

Israel was established at a very emotional time. I wonder if Israel would have been founded if the holocaust had not occurred. It seems rather selfish of the Jewish leaders to set up a nation where their families would grow up in violence. All for a strip of land in the desert. 

And now having experienced the violence, to continue to occupy the land. Beyond understanding.    

The Israelis really showed their capabilities in building a nation on sand. Strange as it may sound, it would be relatively easy  to establish Israel on friendly territory, say Texas.