BobIsYourUncleS

Double thanks June!

Not much to disagree with your your first point, William, except for the extent and the virulence of the said violence, made so very much worse by Western meddling.
As to the possible peace between Israel and the Palestinians -what's left of them, I fear pigs will fly before it happens. As far as I can tell, according to whatever history I know, past and recent, Israel will not rest until the last Palestinian is pushing up daisies. And even then... They do have a loopy dream-plan for a Greater Israel, you know. (Not making this up either; it's fairly well documented, if not widely admitted.)
Re. tolerance. I'm all for it, mostly (though I don't extend it to the likes of Henry Kissinger and Warren Buffett and them of that ilk!) And I'd love to see the West embrace tolerance for diversity, also, which is something I see less and less of, lately. Trump and his pals ain't helping either, worse luck.
Many thanks for the presence and the conversation, me old china!. Dialogue is also becoming a rara avis, these days.