The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years. But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries.
It is easy to go vegan in Palestine, which is where I quit eating food with a face. The vegetables and spices are one of a kind, and you don't even miss the meat.
Those who elected Hamas in Palestine did so on the basis of its political platform.
I feel that the Jews have always had a special connection to this part of the world, which in geographical terms was called Palestine for so many centuries.