I dont make excuses for Judaism because I do believe it was that religion or that culture that started this whole, "we are God's Chosen" or the whole, "us verse them" mentality. I do however believe generally they have grown beyond religious dogma.
Then you are totally unaware of the settler movement and whole swathes of political opinion within Israel. Again, showing how little you know of the situation.
Ofcourse people will always use some tool to justify their actions, be it religion or some other bullshit ideology.
But so many within the settler movement (not all) do what they do because of their dogmatic religious beliefs. It's not about their beliefs being used to justify their actions, but their beliefs motivating their actions.
I dont know why you're being an ass and I dont really give a damn, it's your problem not mine. You've got shit going on, fine, take it out on someone else.
A combination of being in a bad mood and you making idiotic statements.
You dont like what I say, dont comment on it, it's that simple.
No I don't like what you say, and I feel obliged to point out the fallacies in your arguments. It's called real life.
If i've made errors, then you can correct me. I am not the type of person who is so stubborn that only my way is the right way. We are all here to learn from each other and criticize each other's OPINIONS.
http://travelgreenisrael.com/100-years-of-green/One hundred years ago, the land of Israel was an ecological disaster. Four centuries of Ottoman rule had seen millions of trees cut down....Then, in 1910, the first kibbutz was founded on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, giving a practical boost to the dream of making the desert bloom.Israel is now a land of forests and pastures, not of barren wilderness. A rather romantised account for the purpose of promoting tourism and selling holidays. Hardly scientific.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=reclamation-of-man-made-desertThey came to a land of encroaching sand dunes along a once-verdant coast, of malarial swamps and naked limestone hills from which an estimated three feet of topsoil had been scoured, sorted and spread as sterile overwash upon the plains or swept out to sea...Israel is a pilot area for the arid lands of the world, especially those of her Arab neighbors, who persist in their destitution in the same landscape that Israel has brought into blossom. Seems to be a lot of poetic licence going on here.
If you really believe that the place was a barren wasteland, then you clearly have no idea about the region.