Kobold,

Thank you, thank you. I haven't been very active lately on this blog because I felt disheartened. I felt that there is nothing we can really do about these issues, that we will have to let history take its course and let the Zionist agenda proceed and self-destruct, with Israel, ordinary Jews, Americans and millions of Arabs ultimately paying the price.

But it goes even deeper than that. Studying Judaism and Zionism, the concept of self-fulfilling prophesies comes to mind:

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"The resurgence of Orthodoxy in Israel in recent years, and its attraction for many secular Israelis, is a function not only of the contemporary crisis of secular values that has led to a return to traditional religion in many parts of the world but also of Israel