21.   A humiliation, witnessed by the suffering of southern Lebanese struggling to flee into Israel because they feared retribution for aligning with the Jewish state?

22.   A Muslim, she will represent the Jewish state in the Miss World contest late this year.

23.   A Jewish state was established in the Mideast.

24.   After the seminar, Hisayuki Hashimoto, chief engineer at Hitachi Communciations Systems Inc., said he would review his feelings toward the Jewish state.

25.   Both sides understand that such a return would quickly lead to creation of a Muslim majority and to the end of the Jewish state.

26.   But for some supporters of Israel, the episode fueled concerns of a broader journalistic bias that portrays the Jewish state as a ruthless aggressor.

27.   But deep antipathy for the Jewish state endures.

28.   But democracy in the Jewish state has never been simple.

29.   But in a Jewish state many do not consider those acceptable solutions, especially when essential services -- not mere comforts -- are on the line.

30.   But in Israeli minds, any suggestion of returning refugees challenges the very notion of keeping Israel a Jewish state.