Ive got a good friend that is jewish. he says that until the 1920's jews and arabs lived side by side in Palestine in complete harmony. Thats a viewed shared by my late grandfather, who was fighting in palestine in 1916-18.
My Jewish friend, moreover says that many jews lived quite peacefully throughout Muslim countries in the Middle East until just after the war. Then the process of radicalisation began. The bile and utter prejudice that is taught in the name of islam against the jews is utterly shocking. They are railed in the most disgusting ways, labelled pigs and dogs, openly encourage discrimination and completely unlawful discrimination. The only option left really to many jews is now to relocate to Israel, and that of course has inherent problems with the two state solution.
For israel the story of its inception is unfortunate, and now coming home to afflict the nation. The Israelis, in setting up the new state, broke some eggs and stepped on some peoples lives. Radical islamics have exploited that for all they can. If we want to be honest, there are some grievanaces and injustices at the hands of the israelis, but these are continualy beaten out of proportion and worked for all they are worth by th4e headline conscoius islamic radicals that seek to divide and sensationalise the issue at every turn.
I am mindful of the ban on politics in this place, and i feel we are at this moment sailing too close to the boundary here.