I'm not sure who was there first, but the land Israel sits on has switched hands between the Palestinians, Israelites(Jews), and Christians(The Crusades) since forever. The Palesitinians feel that Israel is squatting on their land and they want it back. I guess the hatred comes from thousands of years of bloodshed between the 2 factions. Islamic extremists hate us for supporting Israel.

Question for OverMind: I wasn't aware that Germany had any part in Hezbollah and Hamas's unprovoked kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. I'll have to check on that. It's common knowledge that Iran and Syria are supplying both factions so if we moved against anyone it'd be them. Israel is following the rules of conventional warfare(Leaflettes n shit). Besides, I'd hoped the lebanese civilians were smart enough to get out of mine fields. Their neighborhoods turned into mine fields when hezbollah started firing rockets over the border. This shit probably wouldn't be happening if the UN "Observer Force" placed in the region after Israel agreed to pull out had been doing it's job.