@Moment-in-Time,
"My blood was boiling."
I can understand that, and I even agree with some of it. But you collapsed completely to one side of this conflict, ingoring any of wrong doings by that side
"But when I take in the cruelties of the Zionist nation against a defenseless people throwing stone age tools, rocks, "
You know this is an incomplete list of tools. 15 thousand rockets landed on Israeli citicens. Hundreds of Israelis were blown to pieces by Palestinian suicide bombers
"I simply cannot feel any love for you and your Israel. "
You being just childish. I have no love for Tanzim members who aimed their telescopic aim at a baby and shot her in her face. My blood is boiling because of that too. So what? Hate every Palestinian because of those murderers? Rise above your emotions - try thinking.
"OK, I understand rockets from Gaza are continuing to rain down on Israel, but here again, if you want the rockets to stop QUIT THE DAMN SETTLEMENT BUILDING! "
1. I agree the settlement building should stop.
2. I don't believe the rockets will stop if point 1. happens. Why? Look at post 2005 Gaza. All , and I mean All settlements in the Gaza strip were removed - all of them. Not a single new one built, and all the existing ones removed. This should bring to end of violence from Gaza, right? Wrong. The rockets only intensified after that.
3. Just the ridiculous notion of the equation between building houses (legal or not) and murdering kids by rockets - who ever came up with this equation? Your neighbor disputes which roses in the garden belong to whom, and you just shoot him in the head?
So yes, the settlement should stop. But try to step one step back and look more critically at the PAlestinians too - not only them, but them too.
"If you make no effort to stop stealing Palestinian land"
I'm not going to go into the whole historical argument about the partition plan the Palestinians rejected, all the wars the Arabs started etc. Lets look at the Gaza pullout example again. What do we learn from it?
"and intimidating the Palestinians so eventually they will all leave their land,"
this is not true. I don't know any Israelis who believe that Palestinians will go anywhere. They are pretty much OK having a Palestinian state next to Israel. Only one that doesn't shoot.
"why the hell should the rockets stop?!?! At least they are fighting back!"
Nonsense. Fighting back is for when you are being attacked - not when someone builds something somewhere you don't like. this is not fighting back - this is attacking.
Gaza example for the 3rd time. Why didn't they stop after the Gaza pullout?
"I do not harbor the same intensity towards Jewish Americans whom I work with, live in the same apartment building"
Yes. I know .. everyone like the timid Jew, the one you can kick around as much as you wish, the one without a gun to protect himself. Sorry - that time is not coming back. 6 million dead in cold blood murders allowed by the nice people in the West like yourself is not going to happen again. You want to boycott Israel - go ahead. It is not fun to be boycotted, but it is less fun to be murdered. I expect the Israelis to keep fighting for their survival despite your boycott and all.