As the torment continues, for those discriminating Israelis with consciences and indiscriminately for the dispossessed Palestinians, there is sadly little to celebrate as Israel marks the 60th Anniversary. The die of this project was cast before the First World War, the rise of Hitler and the Holocaust.

As long as Israel exists in its present form, cruel and inhuman in its actions, a shadow of injustice and discord will be cast over the Middle East and the World. This dream has turned into a nightmare. It is a case study that invites us all to consider how things might have been different. Israel is the worst of all follies - it is a human folly.

Doesn’t the Bible say somewhere: If you live by the sword; you die by the sword?