Jono, I am sorry that my comment offended you, but I still do not understand why. I think you read a lot into my comment: I definitely do not believe the Israeli government represents the ISraeli people, and nowhere did I imply that in my comment. I was offended reading that. As you say, that completely contradicts my whole argument that one should not punish a nation of people for its government's actions. The comment I write right now is not going to be very articulate because your accusations really shook me up. You obviously assumed I am not Jewish. While I'm not religious, I am part Jewish actually and the only reason I make that point is to tell you that being against the Israeli state is not to be against Jewish people. I am against the American government, but I love my country and the American people. Like all of us, I have conflicting notions about the Israel-Palestine conflict, but I do know one thing- that no government should be allowed to treat people so badly. You need some information about Israel's human rights record? Why don't you look at Dana's recent post, or at Israel's actions during teh Lebanon war (http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_id=13535)? You said "but I didn't see a definitive quote in your comment from any Israeli official motioning to level another country." Israel already has leveled a country. Lebanon not only suffered huge human losses, its infrastructure is destroyed.