Many written "stories" on Al Jazeera are like this -- a giant mix. I too agree that this story needed to be flushed out more for a higher level of writing, but I do like this whole idea of the food as the metaphor for the conflict. For Westerners, most of us don't understand Middle East politics. And most of us have been raised to believe Israel is always right, if not simply because the U.S. always supports and protects Israel; but, even in the Bible we are told that if the U.S. continues to do this it will mean trouble for us. I think this is being born out.