Speaking of Haifa University professors, can somebody tell me where Illan Pappe was during the war. Did he ride it out in a Haifa bomb shelter or did he seem to find pressing matters to attend to in Europe.

sharing the "national depression" lately I've started having similar thoughts.

Quantifying loss and suffering should be assessed on a human level. When minorities including other occupied populations are excluded from this equation, it renders the argument and claims of national suffering rather hollow and somewhat baseless..