answer:I’m not sure what you are really asking here. Your question is facetious, yes, but what are you hoping for? That someone will offer you hope? That someone has a real crystal ball? Are you just expressing cynicism? Frustration? We have a long way to go in terms of Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. It may take more generations. Maybe the Arab Spring will have to settle down before anyone can know how safe Israel can be. Netanyahu doesn’t seem to be big on peace. I’m not sure he believes it helps Israel. I suppose he could be holding his cards close to his vest, and maybe will spring a deal at some point, but I doubt it. It’s just going to be the same old same old for a long time. Mistrust. Checkpoints. Rocket attacks. A lot of sturm und drang to indicate that both sides are still fomenting, but no useful response except to kill a few more people. Maybe that’s why the settlers have such big families—then they can absorb the loss of a few kids more easily. Their genes still get passed on down. There is a relationship between hard times and large families, but I wonder if it works the other way around: people who like large families choose hard times to have them in? Right. Mr. 1997 (your lurve as I write this).