`  ::(1) allow me to start with this one: ``Even at the time, The Zionist leadership denounced the massacre.`` - Israel has a history of first saying sorry and later making a full investigation - to add to this, at the time, there was no real intention at letting the arabs think that jews are cute and nice people - to remind you, jerusalem was under seige and convoys were being shot at repeatedly. both sides were involved in spreading that 250+ died. this does not negate the current general belief to the event which is very controvercial. ::(2) there's allways been israeli counter opinions - that's what's so great in democracy - however, they do not constitude ``the israelis`` the same way that people like ``walid shoebat`` does not constitude ``the palestinians`` - if it's a matter of semantics, than i suggest we say ``the villager palestinians`` and ``the etzel and some isareli historions`` or something close... personally, i preffer my previous phrasing. ::(3) i'd be happy to hear who are these many israelis - prefferably with serious links their conducted research method and accounts of the battle - to validate that they are not groups with mainly arab-israeli supporters.  `