I am not calling all Palestinians terrorists.  But some Palestinians commit acts of violence, and these acts are as reproachable and disgusting as Israeli violence or any political oppression going on from the other side.  If you prefer the term "war" that's fine - but a war has combatants on both sides.

And you cannot omit facts if you want other liberals to take you seriously - you dash off facts about "occupied lands" from 1948, 1967, and 1973 and OMIT the fact that Arab nations attacked Israel each time.  The US has occupied lands after wars in situations such as these - places like Texas and California, which Mexico is never going to get back, like it or not.

Again, I'm really not disagreeing with you so much as I am hopeful that both your side and the Israeli side will tone down the rhetoric and realize that each side has valid claims, and begin more reasonable discussions.  It is not helpful to cast one side, in your case, Israel, as the "evil" side.