On the sixtieth anniversary of the coming into being of the state of Israel, Israel‘s many supporters are celebrating what they see as a great achievement. For them Israel has been a culmination of a dream created from amongst the ashes of Auschwitz, from the grotesque anti-Semitism of not just Germany but the whole of Europe, a state that against all odds has survived in one piece despite being surrounded by hostile enemies. The proponents of Israel believe it is a democracy and therefore should be treated as a nation …