Dahhh! The Jews, who have done nothing more than create positive movements such as Capitalism, Science, Entertainment and modernity, are the single most reason we're not a third world country. They were given a vast desert in which to survive and turned it into an oasis and peaceful haven, something the Palestinians have yet to do. Let's give the Palestinians the land they so desire and watch them feed at the tit of the West because they have no ingenuity or creativity. They just want to scream and cry like infants so the West won't cut the umbilical cord. They're not standing members of the third world for nothing. How many third world countries exist only because the West allows them to?

The minority have always been perseuted in most societies. Organized religion and corrupt rulers/military generals have been primarily responsible for persecution and discrimination throughout history. The favored Church cooperated with the political ruler to provide a "God approval" to the ruler and the rulers provided police/military protection to the Church. The Churches used their position to brain wash the common man into believing negative beliefs about followers of other religions.

Christianity persecuted Jews simply because they were not Christians. The Catholics persecuted Protestants beause they were not Catholics. Muslims persecute everyone not Muslim from their beginning to this day. All religions were guilty.

This comment is actually a reply to Gerald's comment:

I think you have a little of your history wrong. Christians were persecuted by Jews. Paul, whose name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity, was a Jew and was notorious for killing Christians.

Good comment about different religions persecuting each other merely for believing different things, tho.