> All this talk about how Israel's intelligence agencies were turned to the task of Palestinian terrorism without a single mention of why these palestinians, an

> All this talk about how Israel's intelligence agencies were turned to the task of Palestinian terrorism without a single mention of why these palestinians, an occupied people on their own land, might resort to force. (A) Because everyone knows why; how can someone read the New York Times and not be aware of the Palestinian cause? (B) Not everyone agrees that terrorism and electing terrorist-supporting politicians (Hezbollah, etc.) is a reasonable way to solve problems > an occupied people on their own land Do we only care about recent history here? —- Exhausting to have otherwise seemingly intelligent folks so consistently make this into a black and white issue.