I am Israeli by birth and hold an Israeli passport. However, I spent most my life in Canada.

All you guys go back and forth about this conflict. I personally get very sad every time I read about this subject. Sadly, Israel as a country has failed on many levels:
1) the least safe place for me to raise a family for a jew is Israel. Safest place is NA.
2) I was raised my whole life being told that Judaism is the only religion of peace and we have always been victims - kiss that track record good bye.
3) the majority of jews on earth are not deemed jewish enough to marry the Israeli population bc of the chief rabbinate. my friend told me that 1/3 people in tel aviv are also not pure blooded enough for the jewish state (Russians, Ethiopians, Pilipino nannys and their families).
4) 33% of Israeli students are studying in govt funded schools that don't teach secular subjects (haredim). they will be the majority soon

As a moral, beacon of light... Israel has failed. 

so what's the point