If I'd gone up to my father's dresser, taken his wallet and walked away, the eventual confrontation would have been along the lines of:
D: "Chris, please give me back my wallet."
C: looking down at the wallet in my hands "I don't have your wallet."
D: "I can see it in your hands right THERE, so please give it back."
C: "That's not your wallet. It's some identical, but completely different wallet."
D: "I can see the edge of my drivers license. It's my wallet. Give it back NOW."
C: "Umm.... maybe if you gave me more time to think about it?"
D: "It's not a matter that requires thought. Give me the wallet back NOW, or suffer the consequences."
C: "I can't. The other kids would laugh at me if I did."
and so on.
Now, I had more sense than that when I was an infant. My parents didn't exactly beat me on a regular basis, but I knew that there were lines that you didn't cross. In truth, I'd have guaranteed a beating by the opening sentence there. Lying is frowned upon in my family.
Quite frankly, the UN is a joke. Both sides violate UN Sec. Council declarations on a regular basis, and the UN is too weak and ineffectual to get involved.
In regards to the use of the word Semite, yes, I am aware of it. Most dictionaries, incidentally, will have at least one subsection of the definition that basically reads :Jewish. It's a popular use phrase, and there was no ambiguity involved on the part of the readers, I'm sure. Don't be nitpicky.
In regards to Taiwan... not quite the same thing. Mainland China DID attempt blockades and embargoes, but Taiwan is the last refuge of the previous government, one considered friendly to the US. The Communist Party has NEVER controlled Taiwan. In the case of Israel/Palestine, it's more like the state of Texas. We won it in a war, it's technically ours to govern as we see fit.
Basically, what Israel is looking for is security. They've been invaded FAR too many times in recent memory, and the one time that they didn't stick around and wait for the Arabs to move, they were censured for it in many countries. Any deal that is offered is going to require some of the very things that the Palestinians are railing against, solely because the Palestinian factions have proven that they cannot be trusted.