Tel Aviv's population density: 7,533 people per square kilometer. Gaza's population density: 4,118 people per square kilometer. Almost double.

Tel Aviv is one of the most vibrant cities in the world, the secular heart of a country where everything from art to technology to genuine tolerance is a part of everyday life. Gaza is a swamp of resentful conspiracy mongering where the ills of daily life - objectively limited as they are - are excused by reference to scheming Jewish forces.

The artistic and military sensibilities of secular Israelis are deeply oriented towards peace. Gaza's cultural products are more likely to embrace century-old genocidal violence:

Partial transcript:

Following are excerpts from speeches by Arab Islamic leaders expressing solidarity with Gaza, which aired on Al-Manar and Al-Aqsa TV, December 3 and 5, 2008. Sheik Himam Sa'id, Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: Oh noble Gaza, raise your head high. You have made the Muslims raise their heads high. And you, people of Hebron - you are now waging a war against the Jews. You are well-versed in this. We saw how, on a day in 1929, you slaughtered the Jews in Hebron. Today, slaughter them on the land of Hebron. Kill them in Palestine. Arise, oh people of Palestine, all the people of Palestine - arise in defense of your Al-Aqsa Mosque, arise in defense of Nablus and Hebron. Arise and face the [PA] Preventive Security forces. Fear them not, for they are rabbits. They are wolves, so fear them not, oh lions.

I wonder if these two dynamics - the cultural divergence on one hand and the hatred gap on the other - are in any way related.

References:
* Video: Hamas Pretty Psyched About Using Qassams To "Send Israeli Civilians To Hell" [MR]
* Gay Anti-Israel Movements Very Sophisticated Indeed [MR]
* Breathless HuffPo Headline About Gazans Eating Grass Contradicted By Rest Of Headline, Linked Picture, Reality (Plus: Anti-Semitic Comments Ensue Anyway) [MR]
* Zionist Rappers Sing About Peace, Stopping Holy War [Video] [MR]
* Israeli Soldiers Kick Back In A Bus Station, Jam About Peace [Videos] [MR]
* 'Slaughter Jews like in 1929, blow yourselves up in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv' [Israel Matzav]

Previously:
* Hamas Heavily Armed, Skeptical About Israeli Commitment To Self-Defense
* Hamas Leaders Spent Last Month Bragging About War, Mocking Israeli Restraint
* Hamas Seems Pretty Serious About The Whole "Divine Victory Over The Jews" Thing (Plus: Jimmy Carter's Pro-Hamas Propaganda Seems Rather Untenable)