OK Tony, there are many demonic regimes in the world, Israel is not one of them.  Like Eric, my feeling is that you reserve your judgement and indignity for blaming Israel for all the things that you feel are unconscionable in the world. 

You believe that if things are "put right" with regards to Israel then in a domino effect everything else in the Middle East will just fall into place. Most of the conflicts in the MIddle East have nothing to do with Israel. Interfaction warfare between Muslim sects; and Hamas stifling all competition by murdering them, are issues that will continue to exist regardless of what Israel does and does not do.

Historically, Jews have been the scapegoat for the world's ills. Blaming Israel, a small country, consisting of millions of Jews, Muslims, Druze and Christians with full citizenship, and a sizeable number of Jews who fled persecution from Arab and African countries is not going to resolve the complex and continuing conflicts in the region. 

Often the word "indigenous" is used when talking about Israel, there has been a Jewish population in Jerusalem for thousands of years and in 1948 the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem was ransacked by the Arab Legion.  A photographer John Philips managed to smuggle out photographs showing the persecution of Jews in Jerusalem at this time.

If you want to examine the whole picture in Britain with regards to Middle East politics and influencing factors,  you have to also look at University campuses where aggression and open hostility against Israel and Jews has become the norm with many Jewish students feeling intimidated and fearful. 

What do you want to happen? Do you want Israel to give up its existence? Would that satisfy your sense of indignation? What do  you suspect would happen if Israel was forced to succumb to Hamas?

You live in the UK. Like someone else pointed out Oborne has a priviledged background. Ironically I find that many middle class white British people align themselves with regimes that do not tolerate many of the rights and liberties  that British people take for granted.

There are  many Israelis involved in projects on equal footing with Muslims and Christians; medical, dental, community health and social welfare projects. I don't think you realise how diverse life is in Israel.  A study by  IDI Guttman  in 2008 showed that most Israeli-Arabs identify themselves first as Arabs (45%), and that only 24% consider themselves Palestinian." Amongst Jews there are different cultures existing alongside each other. 

 If you read the manifesto of Hamas you will find that this is not the type of society they want. Jews, would not have full rights of citizenship in Gaza.