Does it also trouble you that Americans settled Texas ?
Not only is this clearly Palestinian territory, but the very word "settlement" is troubling.
It's almost as bad as say, colony.
Using this word makes a Jewish incursion sound like a fortified village in aboriginal territory.
If you don't fortify they will murder you quite savagely.
Perhaps, at the base of everything, this attitude is what troubles me and (I believe) others.
It certainly troubles Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. So now you have your others.
Israel with its "setttlements" in the Gaza and West Bank is not only inflaming the situation but it is rapidly losing support from people like me who have always supported their efforts. At first this change will have little effect, but, eventually, it will be reflected in our politicians attitudes.