Simply put, if I was in their shoes, I'd do the same.
Excellent point. For the most part, we are who we are born/raised with... if you were born in Israel... you'd most likely be a Jew... If you were born in Palestine... you'd most likely by a Muslim...
... the ability to understand where your advesary is coming from(can't think of the dang word right now lol), to "imagine" yourself in their shoes...