Imperially Speaking

Let's see if I've gotten this straight, folks. The Hashemite Kingdom was ultimately awarded 80% of British Mandate Palestine. The Jews (a people with ancient and continuous ties to the land) - they, on the other hand, received 12%. But, in the minds of very many, it's still the latter who get the tag of "imperialists"? Now THAT is very interesting.............................................................................................Of course, the whole thing gets even more preposterous when you look at some of the additional facts. 1) The Jews were awarded only those areas in which THEY had the clear majority. 2) From basically 1929 onward, the Arabs of that area have engaged in a systematic effort to terrorize civilian areas/kill civilians. 3) For long stretches of time prior to the partition, the British put massively severe restrictions on Jewish immigration - this, me-buckos, while, at the same time, providing Arabs virtually unrestricted access. 4) Prior to Jewish development of Western Palestine (the land purchased fairly and squarely from absentee landlords), the area was at best sparsely populated. It was only after the Jews turned what was essentially swampland into a thriving area did the Palestinian/Arab population grow to the extent that it did. 5) Israel has tried from day one to live in peace with its Arab neighbors. Even after they took the West Bank from Jordan (an act that was prompted solely because of Jordan's aggression/their attack on Jewish population centers), they were willing from the start to give it back for peace/security. 6) Whenever Arab states HAVE shown a willingness to seek peace with Israel, they've clearly been successful. Reference Sadat, King Hussein, the fact that Turkey and Israel have had normalized relations for years, etc..........................................................................................Look, folks, I don't particularly enjoy doing this - not even a little. But the anti-Israel sentiments that I've been encountering are absolutely dumbfounding. I mean, seriously, doesn't SOMEBODY have to speak up for Israel here?......................................................................................P.S. Bill Clinton did some things that brought shame upon this nation - no question. And I'm certainly not about to defend him when it comes to those issues. But, yes, I was/am very proud of his strong/tireless attempts to bring about peace in the Middle East. It's just too bad that there wasn't somebody on the Palestinian side (ten God-damned frigging years ago) that wanted it as bad as he did.