Good questions.
You are right.
Lately I've been obsessed with this subject.
Here's why.
In 1955 one of the most famous humans (and Jews) who ever lived, Albert Einstein, and Bertrand Russell wrote a letter to the world putting forth a choice "stark and dreadful and inescapable: shall we put an end to the human race; or shall mankind renounce war?"
War is a Racket today, earning billions of dollars in profits while devastating millions of (mostly) innocent lives from Gaza to the Great Lakes.
The Jewish State of Israel (not all Jews) and Wall Street are at the financial heart of the War Racket. Seven million US taxpayer dollars go to Israel every day of every year to feed the Racket.
Israel also controls over 240 illegal nuclear weapons AND their delivery systems, land, air, and submarine.
You don't have to be Einstein or Russell or Noam Chomsky to see what's coming if the War Racket isn't neutered.
That starts with ending US support for the Jewish State of Israel.
Copyright 2006 Failed States by Noam Chomsky P.3.
War is the Choice of the Arabs not the Jews and look were its gotten them, The so called "Palestinians" are only pawns, slaves to the rest of the Arab muslims who want Israel gone and all the Jews dead if they had it thier way
" When the Arabs love thier children more then they hate the Jews there will be peace"
Golda Meir
It's my understanding that only one time, in 1973, did Arabs attack Israel first. It's certainly clear in 1948 who launched the first assaults:
"Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Arab citizens of Israel have had to struggle for their basic civil and political rights.
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In 1948, the area that became Israel was inhabited by 900,000 Palestinian Arabs2.
"After the war of 1948 and the establishment of the State of Israel, some 770,000-780,000 (86%)3 of this population was displaced from their homes and expelled from Israel, to become refugees in neighboring Arab states.
"In addition, tens of thousands of Palestinian Arabs were displaced from their homes to other locations within the borders of Israel, becoming refugees within the State of Israel.
"Those Arabs who remained within the borders of Israel found that virtually overnight they had become a minority in a Jewish State..."
"Each Israeli government has held a different stand on the Arab population, but no Israeli government has ever officially recognized the population as a valid national minority.
"Israel’s leaders reflect the lack of recognition, from David Ben Gurion, who stated that Arabs should be permitted to stay in Israel 'to serve as water carriers',
to Golda Meir, who declared that 'there is no such thing as Palestinians.'"5
Social, Economic and Political...
If you find Noam Chomsky a credible source, you'll want to consider the possibility that Arabs proposed a Peace Plan in January of 1976 that the US and Israel have been rejecting ever since.
"The fact that the Israel-Palestine conflict grinds on without resolution might appear to be rather strange. For many of the world's conflicts, it is difficult even to conjure up a feasible settlement.
"In this case, it is not only possible, but there is near universal agreement on its basic contours: a two-state settlement along the internationally recognized (pre-June 1967) borders -- with 'minor and mutual modifications,' to adopt official U.S. terminology before Washington departed from the international community in the mid-1970s.
"The basic principles have been accepted by virtually the entire world, including the Arab states (who go on to call for full normalization of relations), the Organization of Islamic States (including Iran), and relevant non-state actors (including Hamas).
"A settlement along these lines was first proposed at the U.N. Security Council in January 1976 by the major Arab states.
"Israel refused to attend the session.
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The U.S. vetoed the resolution, and did so again in 1980.
"The record at the General Assembly since is similar."
A Middle East Peace...