Hitler's Bunker etc V-E Day and kissing in the streets. Meanwhile, France is in ruins, Belgium is in ruins, Germany is in ruins, Poland is in ruins, Italy is in ruins, England is broke as fuck and the United States is ascendant. All of the countries listed aside from the United States enact policies and procedures that essentially say "we don't care that this was your house, we don't care that this was your job, we don't care that your family was gassed at Dachau this is ours now and you should fuck off, you filthy Jew" (C - Seriously - the entire last chapter of C is a solid, documented, footnoted argument that while the Germans were the ones that actually carried out the Holocaust most every country in Europe was thinking about it, was aligned with its principles, and was pretty damn happy to have those filthy Jews gone).

This is surprising to me, if only because it's the first time I've heard that the rest of europe may have been quietly thinking "getting rid of the jews is fine, but Germany... leave us alone." -Is this what your sources say?

It would be interesting to see your timeline/history of the Palestinians to be juxtaposed against this comment.

In your estimation, were the Oslo accords window dressing or do you think we were potentially on the brink of what could have been peace?

Thanks for the detailed comment.

edit: I've been thinking that I can't relate to someone that identifies so strongly with a "group." I'm not a Jew, I'm not a Christian, I'm half mexican and half german, so I'm not any particular ethnicity. Upon thinking about it, the closest I have ever felt to being "X" is right after 911. I was an American and dammit, I was proud of it and I was willing to fight for it (I didn't fight for it, many braver souls than I did though), my point is that when faced with conflict or confrontation, groups solidify and take shape and gain strength. In this regard, it's not a surprise to me that Jews are so closely knit and have such a strong affinity to one another. Think of the amount of conflict and confrontation they've faced over the millennia. I wonder if history would prove out that the most challenged peoples become the most solidified as a group?