Bad - it is a good comment. 1. I don't think that Israel needs to become more Arab, just accept that it is modern Middle Eastern. Some of the Jews there are from Europe, some from the US and some from Arab countries, never mind local Arabs (Muslim and Christian) as well as Druze. Trying to be only Western or only Middle Eastern denies many their culture, background and experiences. The question is how to meld that together, as I mentioned below, Israel is in a unique position to function as a bridge between East and West. 2. Language can also be a window on the mind. 3. Now you have hit on the great debate within Israeli society. Zionism started with socialist roots and viewed Israel as a safe haven for Jews, a democracy. Modern messianic Jews want a Jewish state, the most extreme wishing for a theocracy. Lots of people fall somewhere in between. I spent a lot of time going over it. I understand the hopes of the religious for a true Jewish homeland, but I know I am not willing to accept the price, which is a loss of democracy and removal or subjugation of another people (and I think the action would go against the Jewish faith too). Which leaves a democracy with a Jewish majority, formed by ceding control of majority Arab areas (West Bank, Gaza), or creating one mixed State, by annexing those areas and absorbing the population, which would mean no Jewish majority and possibly civil war. Some people would accept the last option (barring civil war) but not many so I guess it has to be the second (unless someone has a stroke of genius and comes up with something which makes everyone happy). Which means, that intifada, "resistance" or no, the Palestinians will eventually get their own state, the question becomes when will Israel feel safe enough to end its military occupation of these areas, and when will the Palestinians get their act together enough to administer to their own population?