is it surprising that Israel was founded in a welter of violent deeds, that its leaders have double standards about violence, that "officials" and partisans of all sides are liars?

Not to you, obviously. To a majority in the US and big minorities in Europe, for whom Israel is and has always been a beacon of civilization beleagered by barbarians, the answer would be yes.

The world's northernmost desert wind.

WHat about the majority of those killed in the King David Hotel, who were neither soldiers nor British?

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}