Bangkok--21 Dec--eTurboNews Rami Kassis typically does what most Palestinians do when being blind to the PA's internal problems - blame Israel. Is it Israel's fault that the Palestinians voted for Hamas which began a reign of terror within the Palestinian population in 2006 and exacerbate an already fraught Israeli-Palestinian conflict because of its overriding aim to wipe Israel off the map? Is it Israel's fault that Bethlehem which used to be a town with a Christian majority is now a town with a small Christian minority because Islamists made life intolerable for Christians? Is it Israel's fault that law and order in the PA areas is so lacking that almost every tourism generating country advises its citizens to avoid travel to the West Bank and Gaza ? is it any wonder that given an intelligent choice tourist, especially religious pilgrims, even those with genuine sympathy for Palestinians will take a calculated risk to visit Bethlehem but would prefer to stay in Jerusalem? I had enough experience in dealing with Israeli/ Palestinian tourism to know that if Israeli-Palestinian relations were left to tourism professionals and not hate mongering ratbags posing as Islamic religious leaders the Israeli-Palestinianconflict may have been solved years ago. The Peres foundation and other Israeli organizations have worked hard to try and build real tourism bridges between Israeli and Palestinian tourism and hotel professionals because we know that if The PA does real a real slice of the Israeli Palestinian tourism pie this will service the interests of peace but your only response is to blame Israel.