have welcomed them with open arms. Keep the faith Adina you are not alone. I think the issue isn't that she is a Westerner. It is a fact in Israel -- I can show you a Knesset speech praising the idea -- that the far left largely controls the media, the arts, the academia, and the courts. These members of the Nomanklatura live in their own little bubble -- one study found the far left the most isolated group in Israel, more so than even us Chareidim. This is the circle she moved around in. What is really ironic is that she is a Shephardi, and the group issomething of an Ashkenazi mafia (only 5% of Israeli university professors are Sephardi, for example). I WAS REALLY HOPING THIS TIME ISREAL WOULD SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO WIN A CONFLICT. C-lock-sorry! They have the moral grounds, and everyone knows it. Send in the ground troops, push all the fighting aged men into the desert and air drop them food and water for a couple of months. Start from the north-and search every single home-take away every single weapon. Take the Polices' weapons too. Then leave-or re-occupy, whichever is the best for isreali security. Since the West Bank is now a full-fledged Palestinian state with Israel's backing. Israel has given up its West Bank Settlements and handed them over to Palestine. After all, the violence in the West Bank has abated and a vibrant Palestinian economy is ready to emerge. But no.