Arafat and his group lack imperative social/poltical platform.
Yet, besides new mode of terrorism, they maintain an extensive propaganda apparatus, which incorporates various sources: Nazi anti-semitism, Anti-colonialist literature (Applied here in inappropriate setting) South American radical literature, and religious motives

The camp rallied around its fighters, and many residents reported volunteering to guide them, hide them and feed them.

And what about the explosion and ambush last Tuesday which killed 13
soldiers? "They were lured there," he says. "We all stopped shooting and
the women went out to tell the soldiers that we had run out of bullets and
were leaving. The women alerted the fighters as the soldiers reached the
booby-trapped area..."

Right, it seems that various social and technical systems and infrastructural services, are well and efficiently functioning in the West Bank.
It was surprising to what efficiency level the
apparatus
of reconstructing the ruins was set into work these days

Even from afar it pleases me to contradict your claims, Dov:
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArt.jhtml?it...

Asti,

First of all, I must ask you, and any other commentators, to forgive my English mistakes and blunders. I'm writing from a computer that does not support Hebrew, and which Interface Language I do not speak.

As for your question - the two have merged into one.
The array of reasons which I have reflected in the article, combined with several other personal reasons, have brought me to the point where I stand in complete and utter lack of will to remain in Israel.
I can assure you that if my reasoning for leaving was as trivial as "I would rather live in <Insert Western country here>", I would not have bothered all of you with this article.
I wrote this article out of a sense of true emergency, and despair.
I feel that the Israeli culture has been severely damaged due to the 35 year long Occupation, and corruption of collective and personal moral standards.
As I wrote in the article - Escapist Culture is a moral crime in this situation.

Also, I'm no fool - I will try to immigrate to a place where I can live a happy and joyful life, but more importantly - at peace with my conscience. Naturally, I would prefer a Western Democracy over anything else.
But I can not overlook the true statement you have made in the last part of your response - I feel true sorrow and sympathy for the people in Israel who feel like me, but are unable to manifest it in the way that I could. They are an addition to the ever growing toll of victims in this bloody conflict.

As for your comment in a latter reply, about the Israeli culture - it is certainly not true.
A small example to prove it will be that out of the 20+ KG I was allowed to take with me on the plane, about 50% were of Poetry and Literature in Hebrew.
In fact, while you are out looking for any incriminating info in my past responses, I suggest that you look for the one where I said that one of the main reasons that keep me in Israel is my connection to the language and local culture. (I think I said it with agreement to something similar that Dubi wrote)

I promise to reply to some of the other responses in a short time - Please be patient.

P.S. - If I could Copy&Paste Nathanel Yefet´s response written in my name, I would have. (with minor changes, I don't like the "GASHASHIM").