something so obvious.   Usually I brush off accusations of colonialism against Zionist – it seems too ridiculous to me to argue about.  But when some of my family and friends in the states bring this up – I find it impossible to ignore.  There are some people who are indiginous to this part of the middle east – we see it every day even in the ground under our feet.  The israelites were here thousands of years ago.  That’s a fact.  So were other peoples.  But as Abraham told his nephew – there’s room enough for all of us.