@AngelSpeaks I noticed your like of my previous post. I have a question. History in the US relies heavily on the early civilizations of the fertile crescent (Middle East), Egypt, Greece, Rome and Europe. We also spent time in China and some for Japan and India and indigenous peoples of the Americas. Almost none in Africa below the Sahara. But, given when I went through school, most of my history was WWII and earlier. I was out of school before the partitioning of Palestine so all I know of that period, I know because I spent time living in Kuwait and that peaked my interest. Plus I had a couple of close friends who were Holocaust survivors.
So, the question for you is - how much of Western history do you study. I would think, your education would concentrate on Asia and work out.
For the youngsters out there, if you were in school in the 80's or later, how much of the history of Israel and the wars of the Middle East prior to the two gulf wars, did you study? Do you know there was a 2-state solution in 1948 and the Arabs totally rejected it because their position from the formation of Israel was that Israel had to die?