  Well its very very PC right now to hate israel. The whole Palastine thing and all. Its part of the anti-American sentiment really, America and Israel are seen as buddies (well maybe because American Media is Israel... or so I am told... I could be wrong, don't quote me on that...) so people hate Israel.   Exactly. It's fashionable to blame Israel. Just like it's fashionable to hate Michael Moore. Once upon a time, all the lefties would read his books and comment how thought provoking he was. Now that it's been proven that he fabricates most of his facts, or at least smudges them, the rats jump ship. Popular opinion VERY rarely represents what the average joe actually thinks.       Its so weird how people I know can be totally all for Palastine despite being so against them before (because muslims are bad because they are sexist...heh yeah liberal-leftism is a very weird arena), its like they have split personality, peoples opinions seem to be swayed so much by fashion. Its not waking up to anything... its a change of fashion. Sorry to burst you're bubble.   It's a strange fact that most people in Europe are PRO-EUROPE as well, but forget the fact that the Israeli Jews for the mostpart left from Europe TO Israel after WW2. They were a bunch of Europeans plonked into the desert. Oh of course, their religious ideology makes them a race that's non-european yeah, but still. The average Englishman thinks that someone from Ireland is just as bad as a  [email protected] , Italians are all cowards, the French are all pansies and the Germans are innately bad eggs. They don't care about race' so much as ethnicity heh.       Then again there is a very noticable uprising of ultra-right veiws in Europe at the moment, or so the media tells me. Well that and Belgians, some Belgians told me that to, but they were metal-heads so could be biased by what they see in their own movement, although didn't metal always have that faction? Is it growing?   Actually there is a lot more support for the Right in Europe nowadays. Speaking from what I can see in the UK, it's getting pretty heated with race riots and the BNP actually winning seats. I live in the largest BNP dominated area in the UK currently, but originate from Birmingham (another very large BNP area). It's quite odd that normal, everyday people are reading leaflets and saying things like Wow, I didn't know the Jews were all in it together or Yeah, these immigrants are coming in, taking our jobs/welfare.