A more accurate view on the issue of violence and Islam is answered here.

> The causes has long since passed into irrelevance Don't we agree that what was wrong 55 years ago is still wrong today? Here in US (where I live), if my neighbor "occupied" my backyard 100 years ago, the law still guarantees me to get it back even today.

Christian, here are a few links I'd like to add... The Source of Palestinian Frustration Zionism and Israeli apartheid Compilation of human right abuses in Palestine The history of Palestine The current Intifada