During the last Victory Bell game at Wallace Wade Stadium, approximately half the crowd was made up of Tar Heel supporters?at a home game for Duke! However, at the 2007 game at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill (which I attended), Duke fans were much more scarce.In theory, two major universities that are only eight miles apart should have many fans from both sides present at sporting contests between the schools; in practice, this is not the case.This is a reflection of the pervasiveness of the ?Tar Heel born? idea in North Carolina, as well as Corey?s point that Duke is ?a small private school without broad market appeal.? In-state, few people seem to become Duke fans without some sort of connection to the school?which few North Carolinians seem to have. Written By: Mark “The Hard Hitter” Ritter With the Olympics just a few weeks away, every Canadian citizen with a pulse awaits the drop of the first puck and with it, the renewed opportunity for Canada to bring home a Gold Medal, a feat Canada has not accomplished since 2002. Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets during a wet-dry first day of the third preseason test in Spain. As the Blackhawks look toward next year and consider where they will cut payroll, the consolation of knowing that Brouwer’s bargain-basement salary and solid play will be back makes potential losses like Andrew Ladd, Byfuglien and Versteeg easier to stomach.For more great coverage of the Chicago Blackhawks, check out Tab’s blog: CommittedIndians ! Tab can also be read on HendricksHockey and InsideHockey as well.. The ARCA cars and the Nationwide cars run different packages at restrictor plate tracks.

  These kids are referred to as “One-and-Done” because they have no interest in studies before they come, while they are enrolled, nor after they leave prematurely …Now, it’s one thing if the recruit hides his intentions from the recruiting coach … The average is tough to swallow, but he’ll bring you power.Nick Swisher - It’s hard to imagine a Yankee coming as a value, but Swisher gets overlooked in his stacked lineup.Josh Willingham  – Quietly averaged 21.5 HRs over the past four years.Also check out Value SB options Originally published at LestersLegends .. The Heavyweight title was originally set to be defended at UFC 106 in November between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin. People just like to stir up problems when there’s really not a story there.

The former Boise State defender has no problems going toe-to-toe with the biggest wideouts, though some would argue that his experience in the WAC hasn’t afforded him the ability to face the best in the NCAA.Wilson’s tenacity on the field sometimes translates into a nasty character that plays through the whistle and causes minor, unnecessary controversies at the end of the play. That season, Isaiah led the Pistons to 63 wins and an NBA Title.In the 1997-98 season, Michael Jordan was the lone all-star selection from the Chicago Bulls. He later captained France at Euro 2008 in what was to become his final footballing foray before retirement. The Bruins lost a tight knit game 2-1 and the Bruins had their fourth straight loss. The Bruins limped into Carolina and left limping They got blasted 5-1 by the worst team in the league. Celski right behind him for the bronze in his first major event since a gruesome crash at the U.S. Richard was rumored to be wavering and UCLA was coming on strong.

MVP is the man, but the WWE seems reluctant to commit to him as a main event Superstar. The first rounder will almost certainly be shopped, as usual, because there still is no ceiling for a rookie’s salary and Belichick hates paying players a lot of money, especially rookies. Additionally, do not look for big names via free agency because, again, Belichick rarely pays players their worth and the Patriots front office is not going to get into a bidding war in an uncapped year.Sadly, this could be a transition year, and while the Patriots will compete and do well, it seems like they are leaning more toward a Super Bowl run in the 2011-12 season. The trade deadline has finally come and gone in the NBA and with it most player movement for the rest of the season.  Each year, the savvy fantasy owners look at not only which players moved, but also which ones didn’t and the expanded roles that some trades may offer.  With big names gone, some lesser known players will get big opportunities.The biggest beneficiary of the trade deadline deals so far easily is Washington’s Andray Blatche.  He has exploded since the trades that sent Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison and Brendan Haywood out of the nation’s capital averaging over 25 points and 10 rebounds in his last 5 games.  Pick him up if he’s available in your league.The Clippers DeAndre Jordan will also see an expanded role after the trade that jettisoned Marcus Camby from LA LA land.  The Clippers alsoreceived Drew Gooden in another deadline deal which may negatively effect Jordan’s production so proceed with caution.  With the dearth ofconsistently performing fantasy centers Jordan may be worth a flier in larger leagues.Chicago’s Taj Gibson has been another noticeable beneficiary of a trade.  The deal that sent Tyrus Thomas out of the Chi has given Gibson even more opportunities.  He had been playing pretty well in his rookie campaign but has seen a bump since the trade averaging 12 points and 10+ rebounds since the AS break.One player who will benefit from new surroundings is the Bucks’ John Salmons.  After being dealt from the Bulls Salmons goes to a Bucks team with a huge hole at SG after the injury to Michael Redd.  Salmons has responded averaging close to 18 points in his first three starts for the Bucks including a 19 point, 7 assist and 5 rebound effort against Bob’s Cats.If any of the guys mentioned are free in your league give ‘em a try.  They all should have ample opportunities to produce over the rest of the season. . If not, at least he won?t cost you a first round pick anymore. 5. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (16) Record: 20-5, 8-3 WACRPI: 75Louisiana Tech is in third place in the WAC.

The .252 batting average and .330 OBP numbers are actually lower than their .258 and .337 This article is also featured on The Nats Blog. Now 35, Wade probably has the abilityto start somewhere if healthy,but it seems like the 32 teams in the NFL will all explore otheroptions. Triple H getting to main event WrestleMania on a regular basis, Michelle McCool and the Women?s Title….but what about Hogan?s boys? The Outsiders? The Nastys??The Nasty Boys?I love them because I believe they can give 3D a run.?Whoa, red alert He just used the Nastys and ?run? in the same sentence. Over OLB Jordan Hicks and kicker Will Russ (hey, every team needs a kicker!), Jeffcoat is the crown jewel of the Longhorns 2010 class, the most complete and well-rounded squad in the country.A cross between Brian Orakpo’s hand-to-the-turf bullrushing ability and Sergio Kindle’s slippery, unblockable inside move, Jeffcoat is the new face of the Longhorns pass rush. Alas, they are the vultures who love seeing someone struggle in agony than enjoy in victory.

Dunlap’s character is questionable and the Titans have a Pro Bowler at defensive end in Kyle Vanden Bosch. (Originally posted at 4SportBoston )So, it turns out I was right.Man, do I hate being right.For the last few weeks now, all of the talk around the Bruins has been about whether or not Peter Chiarelli would make the big deal to bring in Ilya Kovalchuk as a puck panacea to cure all that ails the Bruins. People don’t remember her silver medal nearly as much as they do her white bikini.. Their offensive coordinator Gary Crowton had left for LSU and their quarterback Dennis Dixon had played minor league baseball all summer.The fans and media were asking if coach Mike Bellotti had reached the end of his tenure as the Ducks had lost their last four games in 2006.But Dixon had developed a special relationship with the new offensive coordinator, a guy by the name of Chip Kelly from New Hampshire.After a modest win against a good Houston squad in Eugene, the Ducks traveled to Ann Arbor to take on a Michigan team that had been shell-shocked the previous week by I-AA Appalachian State at home.The Wolverines were sure to be angry, but the Ducks controlled the game from the opening kick. He does it to bring joy to his son, and in turn is an inspiration to everyone who has heard his story.He is a hero in every sense of the word.These men are examples of what true heroes in sports should be. What we do not know, is how GMs come to these hard decisions of getting rid of players who they once coveted.Sure, Hindsight is 20/20 We all do some things we wish we could take back.

Garcon, however, has become the home-run threat the Colts had been lacking the last several seasons. The Badgers are currently tied for second with Purdue, Ohio State, and Illinois. SubplotMichigan State is riding an eight-game winning streak, including two of the last three on the road. This season has been a bumpy ride for the pride of Orlando, the Magic. Miller was named the Montana Gatorade Player of the Year.Miller, the No.

They do it because they want to make the highlights on ESPN and because their coaches allow it.Some fail to police their players because they want to foster an “fun” image of their school. “Sexiyama” starred in the K-1 organization, and had a two fight stint with Dream.If the UFC has its way, the best possible scenario would be for Silva to win, there may not be a more revered fighter in Japan than “The Axe Murderer”Silva ruled the Pride middleweight division with an iron fist holding the division championship for over five years.If the UFC is successful in holding a show in Japan some other fighters who would have to be considered for the event would be former Pride superstars Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, newly signed lightweight Takanori Gomi, the Nogueira brothers, and of course Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.In the past, Dana White has been very vocal about the difficulties he has encountered when dealing with the Japanese. The UFC purchased Pride from Dream Stage Entertainment with the intention of running both organizations separately but having Super Bowl like cards a few times per year.One of the main reasons Pride failed was the lack of a television contract, which some say was due to the influence of the Yakuza, the Japanese form of organized crime.Staging a show in Japan would be a huge coup for Zuffa, when Pride was in its heyday, they were drawing crowds of well over 50,000 fans.This story comes on the heels of a weekly one hour series airing on Friday nights on Spike which shows some of the best fights in the history of Pride.It was also a few short weeks ago that White proclaimed that while it may be a long shot, “anything could happen” when asked if there was a Pride revival in the works.. A view of the North Sky represented in Ursa Major, the Big Bear, the third largest of the major constellations.. You not only need great teammates, but you need to trust them and spread the ball around to be successful.The only thing the Cavs have proved so far to me is that they can beat the Wizards in the first round, which they’ve accomplished three years in a row. Noel gives this team a fresh start and, perhaps, a new outlook on not only this season, but the future as well.Until next time, Peace!. In the interest of safety, the fans must be allowed to storm the court. Mike Slive would be well served to familiarize himself with the events that occurred following UNLV?s 76-61 victory over BYU on March 15, 2008 in the Mountain West Conference Championship game. In the 2007 Championship game, UNLV and BYU squared off The Rebels won.

The Saints this game will not have the most pressure because of the fact that more people expect the Colts to win then the Saints and even though Drew Brees hasn’t won a championship ring he still has never been in consideration for the greatest QB ever like Peyton has.I personally don’t think Peyton will be the greatest quarterback ever if he does when it. Family, players and faculty were devastated, not just because Case was an exceptional human being. A couple quieter moves could complete this team and get them looking solid for the postseason.However, if this team heads south, they could quickly find themselves in a bad spot. 14. He took a gigantic step back in terms of fantasy in 2009 and hopefully will return to full health before the start of the 2010 season. Tom Brady [QB, Patriots]From ProFootballTalk I?m excited I don?t have to have surgery this offseason,? Brady said at a charity appearance Monday, according to Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.Good news for Brady and the Pats. Though listed as a middle linebacker, Wallace has the speed to also man both the “mike” and “will” linebacker positions. This has proved to be the tipping point between victory and defeat for the Spartans.If Narduzzi is unable to improve the defense this year, the reigns need to be taken out of his hands and shown the door.

Until October2001 The Rock had been the only 6 time WWF champion.March 26, 2001 – Vince McMahon announces to the world on MondayNight Raw that he has acquired WCW. Mark Coleman (16-9-0)Some people have misconstrued my message in yesterday’s piece about the place these men hold in the history books of this sport.I’m not saying that being critical of this fight isn’t allowed, and that we have to pretend like this fight has serious implications for the UFC light heavyweight division, although I do think a Randy Couture win puts him into title consideration just because he’s Randy Couture.This fight is a couple years beyond it’s expiration date and certainly nowhere near the impactful and anticipated headliners set for UFC 111 and 112, respectively That much is without debate. In the article I stated many ways how WWE could stop this match fromoccurring. “The thing about Dwight is that there’s been many weeks where he’s had some situations that have looked like he would not be able to play but he’s been able to battle through it and not only play, but play well, so he’s a quick healer and we’re praying for the same thing to happen this week as well.” Caldwell said on Sirius XM’s NFL Radio.Source: USA Today This article is also featured on GridironFans . Trade speculation has hovered around nearly every member of the Chicago Bulls, with the exception of Derrick Rose, and the truth is they may have to make a move in order to advance in the standings.Due to the ineptitude of the Eastern Conference, the Bulls seem a safe bet to secure a playoff bid, but the only way they can jump over teams ahead of them is to improve their roster.So, which player do they move? Joakim Noah has been mentioned, as has Kirk Hinrich and Tyrus Thomas, but Chicago is unlikely to receive the compensation expected for any of those players.Chicago may be doomed to the fate of a first round exit versus Cleveland, the likely number one seed from the Eastern Conference.. Of the guys who play exclusively on special teams, two-thirds represented the Eagles at the Pro Bowl.. They are a young team with a brilliant quarterback who will hopefully gain the recognition he deserves after the Super Bowl and an explosive offense.

Edge is making his legacy and is not a carbon copy of The Rock but our generation’s new rock. The Arizona Cardinals select Daryl Washington, ILB, from Texas Christian University. The biggest problem with the Cowboys is Tony Romo There is not one person that can convince me otherwise. Not only did Stallworth score touchdowns, but he also had theknack of making big plays.At that point in time, he looked much like a player of DeSean Jackson’scaliber, and it seemed as if he was primed to be a top 10 fantasyreceiver in future seasons.Since then, Stallworth has started more than 11 games in a seasonjust one time (2005), and he still missed three starts. I feel that we may see some great, competitive games come out of KC, just not ones they’ll win… this year..  Beyond David Blackwell though, the rumors are very quiet.  Who do you think Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez will hire to fill the vacancy?  Let’s get some conversation on this started below in the comments and see if a candidate emerges.—UPDATE—Rich Rodriguez has promoted Adam Braithwaite, a defensive quality control assistant, to this position..

Here are my top five observations of player/coaching improvements from last night’s game.#1. All Chicago sports fans are familiar with Jermaine Dye, the 2005 World Series MVP. Between the hated injury bug and our clueless defensive coordinator, it was just one big mess. That would make him an exceptional platoon option to use with Curtis Granderson who struggles against lefties.You can read The Case for Jonny Gomes by our own Dan LaTorraca here , but if the Yankees could land him at this point Brian Cashman’s offseason will look golden in my book. Louis Rams?Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska It’s rare when the top prospect in the draft agrees to participate in everything at the combine, but Suh feels he has nothing to hide. This also gives teams some insight into his competitiveness.I anticipate a very strong showing from Suh He can break the 5.0 second mark in the 40.

His career average of 22.4 yards per reception is a team record, and is his season average in 1947 of 25.6 yards per catch. The starting outfield will then look like this: Kubel in left, Denard Span in center, and Michael Cuddyer in right.This lineup will supplant Young’s limited power against righties (five home runs in 2009) with Thome’s big bat (18 home runs against righties in 2009).Against left-handed pitching, Kubel will likely DH with Young playing in left field. But Weatherspoon is quite possibly the most talented outside linebacker in this entire draft, and pairing him with Demeco Ryans, Mario Williams, and Dunta Robinson?assuming he returns?will have opposing quarterbacks scared. Florida Gators 17-8 (6-4 SEC)Key wins: Michigan St., Florida St.Heartbreaking losses: South Alabama, at South CarolinaI saw Florida play Tennessee and they are a long and athletic squad that can make plays.

Virgina Tech Hokies(16-4, 3-3) Last week – 6Asking Virginia Tech to 2-0 on the road this week in the ACC was probably a bit much to ask. He took his lumps in the first round against Kang, but rebounded very nicely. He showed Brown and the Longhorn fan base that Muschamp can close the deal and has become one of the best recruiters in the nation.Rated as high at fourth overall by ESPN U Top 150, Hicks has outstanding measurables with great size, speed and strength. If the language of football becomes one swear word after another and this is portrayed as the norm then the children will eventually follow suit.It is these children therefore who can change the way that future generations behave towards the sport itself, and it is these children who we have the power to affect in a positive and controlled manner.All that is required is for them to learn in schools, through their guardians and then through the media the morals and values that we should expect of football fans.When we can teach children that a persons race, gender or sexuality is not a choice and should not be considered in a negative light, then we can progress into forming a new vision for the football stands that is void of any homophobic or racial abuse.Sadly a huge barrier to achieving such tolerance in the earlier stages of life is that of the children’s parents themselves.

gave him a grade of 78, as Miami needs replacements along the offensive line to better protect Jacory Harris, and I think with some polish this kid may be an immediate answer.Grade: B+ with the potential to be a A in a program as touted as Miami’s..Image Courtesy of Insidetheu . How he continues to develop them will probably decide whether he will coach at UCF for the rest of his career.Speraw has brought in AJ Rompza, Isaac Sosa, Dave Diakite, Keith Clanton, and Marcus Jordan all within the last two years. Mallett has it in spades.The Arkansas junior made a very wise decision to go back to play for Bobby Petrino for his junior year. It’s a different scenario than any previous WWE cast-off that has received a main event push with TNA. You trade an undersized shooting guard that’s a three-point threat for another undersized shooting guard that’s a three-point threat.Nate Robinson is at his best offensively when the ball is in his hands. But he would also walk 102 times in that 162 game average season.By contrast Johnny Damon has a career OBP of .355, an OPS of .794 and a career OPS+ of only 105.So for his career Damon is only slightly above average in OPS+ and Johnson is 25 points higher there.When you consider that Damon was truly a defensive liability in left field and that the Yankees were probably thinking of Johnny as the DH when Matsui left, the Yankees will be better off with Johnson than with Johnny.If Johnson can stay injury free, Yankee fans should delight in the number of times he gets on base and the opportunities he gives Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez to drive in runs..

Instead of praying for the chance of atonement against Argentina, he would have been better remembering the old message that God tends to help those who help themselves. Against Chelsea, whose sharpness and unity of purpose was a majestic credit to the powers of organisation of the often ridiculed coach, Claudio Ranieri, Beckham was a help to neither himself nor his team.His cheerleaders – and has any individual footballer ever had quite so many? – may say that at this point in United’s season singling out Beckham for special criticism is a bit like blaming a booking clerk for railway chaos. But if the endlessly publicised and f?d captain of England, the man who mythically took England’s World Cup qualification by “the scruff of the neck”, could not rally the most talented squad in English football, who could?Ferguson had no doubt. Again it was Roy Keane, who is played when half-fit and is never withdrawn from critical action, carrying the manager’s deepest hopes.

This time, though, the job was beyond even his extraordinary resilience. He performed, in the circumstances, quite brilliantly while filling in at the centre of the defence, and then returned to midfield after Beckham, Juan Sebastian Veron and Paul Scholes all failed to exert any kind of prolonged influence.Ferguson, as is his practice now, would pass comment only to the club’s television channel. He said that United, with five Premiership defeats and an apparent crisis of confidence, were now unlikely to win the title. But his face was more eloquent, and so, again, was his decision to withdraw Beckham. What they expressed was the disbelief of English football’s most successful manager at the sight of such rank under-achievement.The reasons for the dishevellment have been documented exhaustively enough.

If Fabien Barthez had not recently given a striking impersonation of a nervous breakdown, if Laurent Blanc had retained more strength in his legs, if Ryan Giggs had not suffered injury at such a critical time, if Ferguson had not flagged his intention of putting down the baton, perhaps the inherent superiority of United’s squad might have suffered no more than a squall of doubt. But the reality in which Ferguson now lives is that he has never known a football crisis of such scale. The solution, he suggested after the irresolute performance at Anfield, no doubt lies in the spirit rather than the bodies of his players, and if the performance at Liverpool was disturbing, the one on Saturday came as a confirmation of all his fears.Beckham’s desperately ineffective performance thus became central to the problem of a club which for so long carried a huge aura into every game. The celebration of the player has simply gone beyond rationality. In one Sunday newspaper yesterday Beckham commanded three separate headlines. One screamed: “REVENGE: I prayed we’d get Argentina.” Another said: “Becks out for revenge.” And the third: “Koreans crown our Becks king of the world.” Such was Beckham’s profile the day after a performance which could provoke only one critical reaction: a shudder.It is a world of illusion into which United now find themselves drawn with ever increasing trepidation.

It must be covered, of course, but in some way we must be prevented from hearing that particular bit. It is quite possible that we switch off from Straw and Howard because we don’t want to hear what they are saying, but when it comes to a weather report for our neck of the woods and we still can’t hear what it says…This gift for aural invisibility crops up elsewhere I think it is fair to say that the Queen has it. It’s almost impossible to remember anything she has said after she has said it, or to concentrate while she is saying it General de Gaulle probably cultivated it on purpose. All sides would listen to his euphuistic, statesmanlike utterances and come away convinced he was on their side.Opera singers have the gift of verbal opaqueness too.

They sing so beautifully that meaningfulness is almost entirely absent. I am not an opera-goer, but I have quite often heard divas attempt to sing classy popular composers such as Gershwin, and the result is always that the words disappear into a pool of beautiful warbling. You simply cannot hear what they are singing.I once heard one of these divas – either Jessye Norman or Kiri Te Kanawa, I think – singing the standard “Mean To Me”, and although I know the words pretty well, I could not follow what she was singing about The words disappeared into a fog of fine phrases. Well, if divas can’t manage a simple standard with easy American words, how do opera-goers have any idea what she is singing about? What was it like on the first night of a new Verdi opera in the 19th century? Was everyone handed the libretto or a plot summary as they went in? If not, I don’t understand how they knew what it was all about. Maybe that is why so many operas use stories that are well-known already… A reader writes: Excuse me, but I think that I must have dropped off in the middle of this article. What is it about exactly ?Miles Kington writes: I think I did too Let’s try again tomorrow
More from Miles Kington. The wild red stag may be known as the Monarch of the Glen, but in one part of Scotland its days may be numbered.

Shane Warne was understandably dejected after falling one short of his maiden firstclass century against New Zealand here yesterday. Mark Richardson held the catch, well in from the boundary, to a chorus of groans around the stadium.”I am disappointed. I thought I played really good and just wanted to be there at the end,” Warne said. “A hundred is something I have always wanted to get but it just wasn’t meant to be I played a pretty ordinary shot, I suppose, on 99. I didn’t even try to slog it – I just wanted to get it out there for one somewhere. I will probably lie awake on my bed tonight thinking of all the shots I should have played.”Despite missing the milestone, Warne’s efforts were crucial to Australia’s recovery from a forlorn 192 for 6. The veteran was perhaps lucky to have reached 99, having twice been dropped and once given not out when he clearly nicked Chris Martin to Adam Parore behind the stumps.

But few would have denied him his maiden century after battling to within a single run with 10 boundaries in 215 minutes.Warne and Damien Martyn, who made 70, were the main architects of the Australian recovery. They put on 78 for the seventh wicket after coming together when Justin Langer and Adam Gilchrist were out in the space of one run on 191 and 192.Langer looked to be on his way to a fourth consecutive Test century when he went for 75, caught down the leg side by Parore off Chris Cairns. Television replays showed the delivery was a no-ball but Langer walked without looking at the umpire, perhaps feeling guilty about being given not out when he clearly gloved Martin to Parore on 36.But if Martin, overlooked for the Hobart Test, was always a greater threat than the more experienced Cairns, it was Vettori who caused the most trouble. He had Mark Waugh, dropped at slip by Stephen Fleming in the third over, well caught at short third man by Shane Bond. Then the uneasy Steve Waugh pushed forward, got a thick edge to Parore and walked without a backward glance for just 8. Add to that Gilchrist – a bat and pad catch for 0 off his third ball – and Vettori was having a good day.But then Warne and Martyn took Australia to 270 and Warne and Brett Lee took them past the follow-on figure of 335 before a TV replay was needed to confirm that Lee had been caught at extra cover by Craig McMillan. Jason Gillespie was dismissed soon after, with Warne’s wicket the last to fall.With a lead of 183, Vettori is confident.

They intended to discredit peacemakers of both nationalities, and to polarise politics on all sides. Their hope is for a continuing intifada, continuing repression, then a final, sanguinary outcome in which Israel went the way of the World Trade Centre. At least as regards the continuous violence, they may succeed. That impatience is understandable, but is it realistic? It is an easy mood to indulge in when looking at small scale maps in far off capitals, but the nearer the approach to the region, the rougher the landscape appears. Though the acreage may not be that great, it has provided a big enough cockpit for centuries of warfare, with no sign that its potential is exhausted. After all, it is supposed to be the battleground for Armageddon.The danger is that those who are currently exasperated will rapidly become discouraged when they are brought up against the complexities of peace-making For we have been here before.

Over three decades, the Israelis have become experts at charting – and manipulating – the mood swings of American administrations, knowing that the electoral cycle will always encourage infirmity of purpose. The Palestinians have also learnt how to procrastinate, and with them, there is a further problem. Does Yasser Arafat still speak for anyone, and if not, who does?Starting from moral first principles is pointless. In 1948, the state of Israel had no right to come into being, in as much as the Jews had no right to expropriate a single acre of Palestinian land.

They could have claimed a right to expropriate territory and much else from Germany, but all their sufferings at the hands of the Germans did not entitle them to dispossess Palestinians. Yet their new state was necessarily founded on dispossession.Fifty years on, all that is solely relevant to understanding the problem, not to crafting a solution. The Israelis have long since altered the facts on the ground. After all, most states were originally founded on dispossession, and were merely luckier in that the dispossessed either assimilated or died out or went quietly somewhere else. The Israelis are almost uniquely unfortunate in having so many of the dispossessed – plus even more of their descendants – living in squalid, terror-genic conditions just across the border.Even so, and despite the refugee camps, the changing facts on the ground have moral implications as well as geopolitical ones.