“Coming to terms with one’s own history is often difficult. For a state this process is even harder. During this month the State of Israel celebrates its 60th year. For Palestinians, however, this is not a time of celebration but rather a period of mourning for their tragedy in 1948. On May 15, Jewish communities will hold many celebrations while Palestinian communities will be holding vigils just across the street. To this day these dual narratives have not been reconciled and this failure lies at the very foundation of the saddening conflict we have today. Walking through Israel today you can still see many signs that a different people once inhabited the land.” [editor’s note: Lest we forget that the Israeli “state” was forcibly carved out of an existing piece of geography, under the orders of the fading imperialists from Britain, who could no longer oversee it - SAT] [additional editor’s note: The British did everything in their power to destroy Israel at its birth, including hanging every proto-Israeli operative they could find and turning key locations over to Arab forces as they left Palestine - TLK] (05/11/08)