Subject: Re: The Ultimate Irony
I don't understand the repeated attempts by Christians, Muslims, Russians, Germans, and assorted Muslim nations, to persecute Jews.

Hitchens hypothesized that the Jews had the original monotheism, and that they have rejected every "add-on" to that religion. They're still waiting for the 'christ', and they don't accept Islam at all. So they p-o both groups, except for the radical splinter Xian group that thinks the Jews need to take over all those lands so that the Second Coming can be triggered. But Xians and Muslims account for probably half the world's population (give or take).

Probably not quite that simple, but I think he is at least close to the truth.