Grandpa recently passed away and I found this pic of him smoking. I didn't know he smoked. My grandma made him stop before she would marry him.
This is probably around 1955.
extortionists
This only exists because almost every American city makes it illegal, or very difficult to build new housing. It's very hard to extort people when the a proper supply.
There's a lot of commenting from westerners about this, but it's not going to matter. Israel is going to wipe out Hamas. Hopefully the regular Palestinians survive with out much damage. And in the future they have a better life.
But it is very clear the people of Israel are very united in what they're need to do and how to do it.