lol. What makes you think I am so proud as to have blind faith in the state of israel? or in Palin's proported support of it?
I sit on the fence with israel. They commit atrocities just like the 'terrorists', and both sides spew equal amounts of propaganda. It's very saddening to watch my own people go down the same road they tried to prevent through the creation of a jewish state. Israel is slowly becoming a fundamentalist jewish-fascist state that treats Palestinians and other muslim minorities the same way the jews themselves were being treated for much of the 19th century. no one is innocent in that conflict. Besides, there are twice as many jews in america (particularly new york city) as there are in the rest of the world combined, including israel. Jews have been on the move since abraham, "the promised land" is a state of mind, not a physical place. As far as i'm concerned New York and California are the Jew's homeland for the time being. We have safety, power, numbers, success and prosperity here in america - all the supposed material benefits of the "promised land". Israeli jews have none of those, except for economic prosperity.
When Israel implements a dual-state solution: one land, two governments governing two groups of people with a single super-branch keeping things in check - I will support israel. when they give palestinians arable land along with educational and economic opportunities, when they give them equal citizenship, when palestinians are no longer treated the same way blacks were treated in alabama at in the 1950's, I will support israel. I refuse to become a self-proud hypocritical blind follower. If jews want lasting peace and a homeland where they will be safe from anti-semitism, they should stop acting like anti-semites too. (arabs and palestinians are also a Semitic race!) what goes around comes around, and if jews keep behaving this way, history will only repeat itself. it already is.