State of warAt least once in your lifetime, you must visit Israel, according to a tourism marketing slogan of the country. There’s also the fascinating history of the Jewish state – how people fleeing centuries of murderous persecution culminating in the Holocaust carved a prosperous nation out of forbidding desert. Being aware of the history of the Palestinians, I also sympathize with their aspiration for their own state. For those with no emotional attachment to the conflict, the bigger concern is the impact of the war on already elevated fuel prices. “Stop the war” and “war is hell” may seem like melodramatic slogans mouthed by pot-smoking peaceniks, but not in this case.
