This excellent article is a must read for anyone who needs intelligent responses to typical right-wing propaganda on the conflict.
My favorite quote: “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of competing nationalist movements battling for a homeland on the same territory. It is not a religious or ethnic conflict at its root. The conflict is not intractable: the majority of both Israelis and Palestinians are willing to accept territorial compromise and share historic Palestine in two states side by side in return for peace and security.” For any of my Jewish friends out there who believe Hitler has risen from the dead, and Holocaust II is around the corner, please repeat after me: “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of competing nationalist movements battling for a homeland on the same territory….”