> 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?

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Exhausting to have otherwise seemingly intelligent folks so consistently make this into a black and white issue.