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Don't care about what happens over there and, frankly, don't care if the Israelis and Palestinians blow themselves off the face of the planet. Most Americans are tired of the conflict and bloody acts of revenge that will never end, the unwillingness on both sides to compromise.
This American atheist has no vested interest in either party's claims to Jerusalem - it's simply a piece of real estate and a nigh uninhabitable one at that. The actions of both sides are monstrous, venal and pointless; neither deserves our support or sympathy. There are two reasons America is in this game at all: because of oil and the potential for political instability in the Middle East to threaten its supply, and because of the illusion that there is a biblical significance to the existence of Israel.
It's hard to care about people who insist it's their right to kill those they disagree with.
