The Intervention —-

First of all as a person. I have met a few Muslims living in the UK. From that you cannot generalise. None of us should. The three cameos so to speak were: A taxi driver all in white, sneering and subliminally jeering. At his taxi stand with his mates oggling lewdly birds. The second also a taxi driver. Very nice guy who wanted to learn from the Jewish community how to be a Brit and found it hard as his Dad was ’emotionally loyal to Pakistan’. The third a hearing aid technician. My hearing aid had packed in & they had give gave me a new one for free. It was understood I’d send it back from Israel. It was Ramadan. I told her about the Hezbollah and the grudging respect we had for them and Nasrallah’s leadership. I gave her 20 pounds to donate to a charity ‘from an old Israeli yid  who wants peace’. She and I were very moved.

From there to generalities is forbidden.
Next as someone who understands minorities, immigrants and second generation. There is an enormous crisis. Their parents ‘came from and are loyal to–‘ The kids are neither. And they hit both glass ceilings and glass walls. We Jews were doubly lucky. We expect that. It’s built in. So when we experience hostility and racism we accept like a hypochondriac who finally has an an illness diagnosed. The Muslim weren’t bred that way. Also we grew up sans the hypocrisy of PC. We knew that we were not liked. To keep ourselves to ourselves. Respect and suspect was our attitude to our hosts. But no allusions. The Muslims haven’t had the same treatment. They are told ‘cultural equality’, ‘melting pot’ , ‘racial tolerance’, ‘equal opportunities’. That’s what they hear and they are bitter at the con. Worst of all when it doesn’t work they are at fault. So you have a very bitter, rootless generation who don’t know who they are, what they believe, what is their role and where do they belong. And IS answered all the questions. That is your problem. It is hard for me to answer. As an Israeli we have integrate very difficult immigration waves. The latest are the Ethiopians. Success? Only partial but a large part. The second generation or first generation Israelis’ are targeted. National service is a great social leveler and is used as such. All soldiers are offered free education at any and every level. On the other hand the political – social leaders have a vested interest in maintaining a par. If not it’s like the Turkeys voting for Xmas. So nothing is perfect.
The nearest we have is East Jerusalem. Another erudite piece of Israeli stupidity that is a product of slogans and shallow politicians. We have now a generation of East Jerusalem Arabs who are not Israeli , not Palestinian, not working and very explosive. The Shin Bet will keep the lid down but the politicians can’t solve the problem. Having run up the wrong flag they are hoisted by their own petard.  Your politicians are following suit. Its’ not about bombs or boots. It’s about banality and balls. 
Balls to do what? For once the useless Bibi can serve as an example. For good and for bad. Bibi said outright not to enter deep into Gaza. But Gaza is not IS. Gaza is defined, enclosed and throttled by Egypt. [Not us]. We could destroy the three M’s–men. money and materiel . Bombs may do a bit to all three. But you need direct control of the area. We had it. You do not. We bombed the living shit out of them. You cannot for two reasons. The first being ability and secondly public opinion which was whipped up when we did it. Remember bombing causes cohesion amongst the bombed. Something the IS wants. It’s a social Stockholm Syndrome. 

Lastly lets look at the horror issue. We are inured to this. Again two reasons. Just about every religion has had a hand at it. All justifying it in the name of ‘good’ as defined by them. I say most and we are inured because often we were the ‘benefactors’ of the religious mayhem the ‘good’ inflicted. These things come and they go.
The real question is geo political. Ask yourselves what we do. What do we want and what do we care? Why? Because do you care enough to achieve what you want? Stop reacting to the tempo of your ADHD, impulse control challenged politicians. As an Israeli I can vouch that wars are fought for a real reason. Not to save some politicians bacon. Especially those who lead from behind or from their behinds.
I was asked as an Israeli. What would be my  point of view? I’d ask what we ask:  What do I want?– That they leave us alone. For us it was defanging. For you it’s the returnees. Stop them going. Stop them having receptive audiences when they return.  If you do not have social reform IMO you are seriously fucked. Do you care enough to lead the fight? Have you the ability? IMO definitely not. Go back to the old UK stratagem of  balance of power. Contain them. Back the Kurds to the hilt. They, Jordan and Egypt are your boots.Give then drones. Advise them. No more than that. Block Qatar and Turkey who are aiding the bastards. Talk hard with the degenerate Saudis. They cannot have it both ways. No more tacit support to IS or Quada or they are hung out to dry.
All this means being cool, calculating and honest. It means accepting what you can and cannot do. What you should and should not do. We haven’t the desire or needs to obliterate our enemies. We can not correct the middle east. Neither can you. So we look for allies. Influence and stay out till you are threatened immediately. You are not threatened.Then we work at strengthening the social fabric.
In short stop the bombing, get into the Muslim communities. Aid the Kurds, Egyptian and Jordanians to the hilt. It’s their fight not yours.

There is a big difference between interests and involvement. 
Do remember that I was specifically asked