[rmnunez]

Israelis have to 'buy' a certain amount of government-promoted nationalist disinformation. This is necessary because otherwise they would need to live with an unbearable amount of guilt. Careful scrutiny by Israelis of that nation's history, its leadership, policies and practices regarding the Palestinians would fill the most inconsiderate among them with shame. Its like the slaughter of Indians in America, something people in that country prefer not to dwell upon.

So we have a chosen people on promised land, lots of highlighting ancient roots in the region, all sorts of governmental institutions to promote the preservation, protection, promotion and research into Jewish antiquities. They live in a very militarized society, compulsory military service for life, everyone has a gun, universities are high security bastions, people live in 'gated communities' but this means something different there. Everyone goes around looking over their shoulder and they discount their misdeeds comparing them to someone else's.

This is an unpleasant 'reality' that needs to be justified somehow. How does the Israeli government account for the situation its subjects live under? They tell them they are sieged by hatefilled Arabs all around them, that they must fight this hated enemy for their god-given right to live on disputed land. They tell them to make sacrifices and they 'lean' on allies to fund their important military needs because the frustrated Palestinians don't buy into the Israeli mythology. rmnunez :§)©