Iran's 'atrocities' -- as if Israel had none. I don't see Iran killing its own children for money. He points the finger at Iran's nuclear activities -- as if Israel had/has none. He conjoins Israel's ability to wind people up with the notion that it therefore deserves to be nuked. Which is ironic really seeing as how all of the sabre-rattling is in the other direction. But most of all -- he focuses and become indignent at the word 'nation' -- so as to avoid informing us all how Israel is actually one of the most peaceful of entities. If he writes a blog entry about the other points you raise then we can debate those too. Till then I'll stay on topic thanks. By the way -- he seems to know where Arafat was born, but not Israel's founding fathers. No word on that one either. But by now he's far too busy in the next blog entry praising Jonathan Hoffman for his silly question, posed in the most belligerent of ways. How convenient. Means that this thread can slowly be forgotten and his original points remain unaddressed. I do like the fact that he describes this (his own) blog on TheJC as a "miniscule irrelevant blog". Many maps over the past few hundred years use the term Palestine to designate a geographical land area whose "borders" are similar to those of the two Jewish states that existed until 2,000 years ago. The Romans changed the name of Israel